1974 At Her Majesty's Theatre in London, Derek Jacobi stars in Shakespeare's Pericles. Toby Robertson stages.

1982 Well, the title was catchy: Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up, but this musical by John R. Powers (book), James Quinn & Alaric Jans (score) shone for only five performances at the Alvin Theatre.

1984 Holly Hunter is crowned a winner in The Miss Firecracker Contest at Off-Broadway's Manhattan Theatre Club. The play, opening tonight, tells of a small-town family that becomes wrapped up in winning a beauty pageant. Stephen Tobolowsky directs. Actress Hunter will also star in the 1989 film version.

1998 Austin Pendleton directs a new Tom Stoppard translation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, which opens Off-Broadway at Theatre Four. The cast includes Angie Phillips, Mark Blum, Maria Tucci and Greg Naughton.

2003 After being developed at regional theatres, Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife has its Off-Broadway premiere at Playwrights Horizons. It will go on to win the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2004 Tony Award as Best Play.

2011 Zoe Wanamaker and David Suchet open in a West End revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons at the Apollo Theatre. It is directed by Howard Davies, who previously directed an award winning production of the play at the National Theatre in 2000.