TODAY IN THEATRE HISTORY 1854: Conductor and composer John Philip Sousa (THE FREE LANCE) is born. 1899: The melodrama SHERLOCK HOLMES, written and originally starring William Gillette, based on the infamous stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, premieres at the Garrick Theatre in London. 1905: The original production of Sir James M. Barries PETER PAN opens on Broadway. 1911: Henrik Ibsens THE LADY FROM THE SEA premieres in the United States. 1931: COUNSELOR-AT-LAW, a drama by Elmer Rice, opens at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway. 1966: AMERICAN HURRAH, a collection of three satires by Jean-Claude Van Itallie, premieres Off-Broadway at the Pocket Theatre. 1988: Mike Nichols limited-run production of Samuel Becketts WAITING FOR GODOT, starring Steve Martin, Robin Williams, F. Murray Abraham and Bill Irwin, opens at Lincoln Centers Mitzi Newhouse Theatre. 2002: David Mamets BOSTON MARRIAGE premieres. 2003: THE VIOLET HOUR by Richard Greenberg becomes Broadways Biltmore Theatres first production to open in 16 years. 2005: The Tony Award-winning Best Musical JERSEY BOYS, featuring the songs and based on the lives of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, opens on Broadway. 2010: A group of around thirty people pickett the Kander & Ebb/David Thompson musical THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, feeling that the use of minstrel to tell the story is racist. 2011: Michael John LaChiusas musical QUEEN OF THE MIST debuts at The Gym at Judson Memorial Church. https://youtube/watch?v=WM4fMmMq1S0
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