PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: MAY 22
- 12:36 PM — May 22 —
- Source: Playbill
1907 Birthday of Laurence Olivier (1907-1989), preeminent British actor of his generation. Read More
This Day in Black History: May 22, 1967 :
- 7:02 AM — May 22 —
- Source: BET.com
Poet, playwright and columnist Langston Hughes died of complications resulting from prostate cancer in New York City. He was 65. Read More
Guthrie Theater review: "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been â ¦" shines light on poet Hughes during McCarthy's witchhunt
- 4:26 PM — May 6 —
- Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN
Sen. Joseph McCarthy's infamous communist witch-hunters. Read More
Air Raid: Waziristan
- 2:12 PM — May 4 —
- Source: Counterpunch
In the early fall of 1937, African American poet, Langston Hughes, arrived in Barcelona in the aftermath of an air raid that killed several dozen people. Read More
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