A scene from the original New York production of
Grease.
1882 Birthday of John Barrymore, actor in the grand style, and scion of the Barrymore acting clan. Though he begins as a light comedian, he becomes identified with the classics, notably
Hamlet.
Sinbad at the Winter Garden Theatre. It runs 164 performances.
1921Laurette Taylor stars in a revival of one of the great hits of the early 1920s,
Peg o My Heart, J. Hartley Manners play is about an Irish farm lass who inherits a fortune, but must give up all she loves to get it. It runs 88 performances at the Cort Theatre.