May/June theatre almanac.
American Theatre, May, 2003
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100 YEARS AGO (1903) After runaway hit The Wizard of Oz takes Broadway by storm, producer Fred R. Hamlin and director Julian Mitchell commission a new show by composer Victor Herbert, hoping to replicate Oz's triumph. The result, Babes in Toyland, premieres in June at Chicago's Grand Opera House and goes on to make spectacular history in its own right with opulent sets and enduring tunes.
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90 YEARS AGO (1913) "The most recent attempt of actors to unionize is doomed to failure," the New York Review writes on June 28, after 112 actors band together to form ...
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