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Monday, October 15, 2012

PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 15 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher and Steve Luber

1881 Birth of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse P.G. Wodehouse to theatre lovers in England. He will go on to write the "Jeeves" stories as well as many Broadway musicals including …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Freakonomics Radio: Fear Thy Nature - WNYC (Audio) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

What "Sleep No More" and the Stanford Prison Experiment tell us about who we really are.

SOURCE: WNYC at 10:13PM

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Tony Awards 2012: What time is the show? Here's the curtain-raiser by Steven Zeitchik and Scott Sandell

What time are the Tony Awards? You don't need to break a leg to find out.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:20AM

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Mediator Appointed in City Opera Labor Dispute by Daniel J. Wakin and Steven Greenhouse

City Opera's management had made the request after talks fell apart shortly after midnight last Thursday, and union officials had said they were open to the idea.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:49PM

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 18 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher, Steve Luber, Anne Bradley

1836 Birthday of satirist William S. Gilbert, later to achieve immortality as the lyricist half of the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta-writing team that produced The Mikado, The Pirates of P…

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PM

Monday, November 14, 2011

Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 14 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher, Steve Luber and Anne Bradley

1905 Blanche Bates is Minnie, sweetheart of the mines in Girl of the Golden West. She tends a saloon, fugitive lover and pursuing sheriff. Writer, director, producer David Belasco was no str…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 13 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher, Steve Luber and Anne Bradley

1833 Birthday of master actor Edwin Booth (1833-1893), a major interpreter of Shakespeare and brother to actor Junius Brutus Booth and presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth. Broadway's…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Friday, October 28, 2011

Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 28 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher and Steve Luber

1928 Six-time Tony-winning costume designer Florence Klotz is born today. Her designs will be worn by the original casts of Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, On the Twentieth…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Friday, October 21, 2011

Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 21 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher and Steve Luber

1933 Trying to follow-up the success of their Pulitzer-winning musical Of Thee I Sing, George and Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind bring back President John Wintergreen and…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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