April 28 in Broadway History
1963- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum won the Tony Award for Best Musical; 1986- Revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill opened at the Broadhurst Theatre with Jack Lemmon, Peter Gallagher, Kevin Spacey; 1988- Chess opened at the Imperial Theatre with David Carroll, Judy Kuhn, Philip Casnoff, Neal Benari, Marcia Mitzman; 1990- A Chorus Line closed at the Shubert Theatre after 6,137 performances; 1991- Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn closed at the Circle in the Square Theatre after 78 performances; 1996- Big opened at the Shubert Theatre with Jon Cypher, Daniel Jenkins, Crista Moore, Barbara Walsh, Gene Weygandt, Brett Tabisel; 1997- Jekyll & Hyde opened at the Plymouth Theatre with Robert Cuccioli, Linda Eder, Christiane Noll, John Treacy Egan, Leah Hocking, David Koch, Brad Oscar, Emily Skinner; 1999- Ring Around the Moon by Jean Anouilh opened at the Belasco Theatre with Candy Buckley, Richard Clarke, Frances Conroy, Gretchen Egolf, Simon Jones, Haviland Morris, John Newton, Marian Seldes, Joyce Van Patten; 2002- Revival of Private Lives by Noel Coward opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre with alan Rickman, Lindsay Duncan, Emma Fielding, Adam Godley, Alex Belcourt & The Smell of the Kill by Michele Lowe closed at the Hayes Theatre after 40 performances; 2005- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang opened at the Hilton Theatre with Raul Esparza, Erin Dilly, Philip Bosco, Marc Kudisch, Jan Maxwell, Chip Zien, Robert Sella, Kevin Cahoon. Robyn Hurder was in the ensemble; 2009- Accent on Youth by Samson Raphaelson opened at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre with David Hyde Pierce, Mary Catherine Garrison, Byron Jennings, Charles Kimbrough, David Furr; 2010- Collected Stories by Donald Margulies opened at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre with Linda Lavin & Sarah Paulson; 2011- The People in the Picture opened at Studio 54 with Donna Murphy, Alexander Gemignani, Christopher Innvar, Nicole Parker, Lewis J. Stadlen, Joyce Van Patten, Chip Zien; 2016- Shuffle Along opened at the Music Box Theatre with Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Brandon Victor Dixon, Joshua Henry, Adrienne Warren, Amber Iman, Brooks Ashmanskas; 2022- Revival of Macbeth by William Shakespeare opened at the Longacre Theatre with Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga, Grantham Coleman, Maria Dizzia, Amber Gray, Asia Kate Dillon, Paul Lazar; 2024- Kimberly Akimbo closed at the Booth Theatre after 604 performances
Birthdays: Mary McDonnell, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Jenna Ushkowitz
Birthdays: Mary McDonnell, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Jenna Ushkowitz