Grande Dames in Great Roles: Women Who Found a Second Career Onstage
As part of Playbill.com's Women in Theatre week, correspondent Ben Rimalower reflects on actresses who found second careers on Broadway. 
Today is Thursday, May 21, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Da'Vine Joy Randolph Paolo Montalban Mark Jacoby David Groh Johnny Stewart Alice Drummond Rick Jason Kay Kendall Peggy Cass Cathleen Cordell Elina Labourdette Jeanne Bates Doreen McLean Dick Smart Thomas "Fats" Waller Robert Montgomery Arthur Hohl Mabel Taliaferro Melville Gideon James Durkin Helena Phillips Evans Richard Bennett Winston DeWitt Hemsley The American Red Cross Anisha Nagarajan Tina Landau Betty Paul Harry Tierney