On this day in theatre history, courtesy of playbill: 1926 Devil in the Cheese (yes, its a comedy), written by Tom Cushing, has a cast that includes Béla Lugosi as a Greek priest. An archaeologist eats some ancient cheese and suddenly understands his lovesick daughter. The play will run for 157 performances at the Charles Hopkins and Plymouth Theatres. 1973 Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst star in a revival of Eugene ONeills A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Morosco Theatre. it runs 313 performances and the performances become definitive for a generation. 1998 The Broadway-bound revival of Annie Get Your Gun, starring Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat, begins performances tonight at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Center engagement is the productions only pre-Broadway stop. Annie Get Your Gun will go on to win two Tony Awards and run for more than 1,000 performances. #theatrehistroy #onthisday #theatre #history #seemoretheatre
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:37:52 +0000
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