Today In theatre History 1993: Martin Short & Bernadette Peters star in The Goodbye Girl, a musical based on Neil Simon’s screenplay. #TiTH

#TITH 1947: John Gielgud stages and stars as John Worthing in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at Broadway’s Royale Theatre.

Today in Theatre History two Broadway legends are born: comedy star Zero Mostel (1915) and dancer/choreographer Tommy Tune (1939). #TiTH

There is ONE seat left for our Makeup seminar this weekend! Get at us if you want in: 301-698-9248 or sales at parlights dot com.

FUN FACT: Stomp has the dubious honor of being parodied in the Grand Theft Auto video game series. youtu.be/jnunxPpZXd4

#TiTH 1994 Stomp, a UK dance piece featuring trashcan lids, cigarette lighters and push brooms, opens at Off-Broadway’s Orpheum Theatre.

Imagine an up-to-date Murder, She Wrote on Broadway, with Angela Lansbury reviving her role as Jessica Fletcher. IMAGINE.

I wish there were more murder mystery Broadway shows. Has anyone done a stage adaptation of Murder, She Wrote yet?

#TiTH 1978: Ira Levin’s Deathtrap opens @ Music Box Theatre. It goes on to run 1,793 shows – longest Broadway run ever for a murder mystery.

#TiTH 1983: Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams dies of asphyxiation in his Manhattan home. nytimes.com/books/00/12/31…