On this day in 1613 the Globe Theatre burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII. The blaze was started by a theatrical cannon which misfired during the performance and set fire to the thatching. The Globe was rebuilt the following year.
On this date in 1983, Broadway's Alvin Theatre was renamed the Neil Simon Theatre during the run of Brighton Beach Memoirs. As the Alvin, the theatre saw the Broadway debuts of Ethel Merman, Lucille Ball, and Liza Minnelli.
Births
1901 - Nelson Eddy
1910 - Frank Loesser
1919 - Lloyd Richards
1928 - Ian Bannen
1958 - Jeff Coopwood
1968 - Judith Hoag
1970 - Emily Skinner
1977 - Will Kemp
Deaths
1933 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
1997 - William Hickey
2000 - Vittorio Gassman
2002 - François Périer
2003 - Katharine Hepburn
2006 - Lloyd Richards
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