1960s Timeline

Nov. 9, 1963 - A funny thing happened to Zero Mostel the other day — he forgot to eat. This, plus the fact that he had been dieting...

Sept. 17, 1963 - Richard Burton (left), last seen on a New York stage as King Arthur in “Camelot,” will return to Broadway as Hamlet...

July 25, 1963 - A 21-year-old nightclub singer who has appeared on Broadway only once will play Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl,” a new...

Apr. 25, 1963 - The New York Drama Critics Circle today voted “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” the best play of the 1962-63 season....

Feb. 21, 1963 - Jason Robards Jr., now sought after for stage and screen starring roles, spent six years playing mediocre parts before he...

Feb. 5, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured with Prince Stanislas Radziwill, Princess Lee Radziwill, and Clayton Fritshie] spent the...

Oct. 25, 1962 - Rex Harrison (left) has been signed to recreate his original role of Professor Higgins in the film version of “My Fair...

Sept. 25, 1962 - Mr. President teamed with “Mr. President” tonight to provide theatergoers with one of the most exciting opening nights...

Sept. 3, 1962 - With Sunday night’s closing of “Little Mary Sunshine,” “The Fantasticks” became the longest-running off-Broadway show of...

Aug. 12, 1962 - Sammy Davis Jr. will make his New York area dramatic debut next Monday at the Mineola Playhouse in “The Desperate Hours.”...

June 10, 1962 - Irving Berlin’s next show, “Mr. President,” with a plot by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, will open at the St. James...

June 9, 1962 - Faye Dunaway (pictured with William Roderick), 22 years old, will play Margaret More in the Broadway production of Robert...

June 4, 1962 - Jon Voight (pictured), a young actor who took off last Saturday for Greece, where his wife is making a film, caused the...

May 16, 1962 - Edward Albee’s first full-length work, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, will come to Broadway this fall. In contrast...

Apr. 20, 1962 - Roszika Dolly Netcher, one of the two Dolly sisters (pictured in 1926) of musical comedy four decades ago, was found...

Apr. 10, 1962 - Six of the theatre’s leading ladies who had assembled to discuss the question of whether Broadway had become a “woman’s...

Apr. 3, 1962 - Nominees for the American Theatre Wing’s 1962 Tony Awards, presented for “Distinguished Achievement in Theatre,” were...

Dec. 20, 1961 - Moss Hart (pictured with new wife Kitty Carlisle in 1946), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, stage director, and...