1960s Timeline

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“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Voted Best Play by New York Drama Critics Circle

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....

Orson Welles’ “Moby Dick” Debuts in Toronto

Nov. 2, 1962 - Orson Welles’s theatrical adaptation of the Herman Melville novel “Moby Dick” won an enthusiastic reception tonight from a...

“The Fantasticks” Is Longest-Running Off-Broadway Show

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

Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Headed for Broadway

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

Surviving Dolly Sister Attempts Suicide

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

Broadway Actresses Prefer Male Directors

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...

Tony Nominees Announced

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

William Bendix Leaves Play After Conflict with George C. Scott

Feb. 23, 1962 - William Bendix (pictured), veteran film actor, has dropped out of the title role in “General Seeger,” the Ira Levin...

Movie: "Long Day's Journey Into Night"

Sept. 13, 1961 - Katharine Hepburn, Sir Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards Jr., and Dean Stockwell have been signed for the four leading...

Movies: Lumet to Direct "Long Day's Journey Into Night"

Aug. 23, 1961 - Sidney Lumet has been signed to direct the film version of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night." The film...