Broadway already had Starbucks long before every street corner did. Starbuck Number One appeared as a pivotal character in N. Richard Nash's play The Rainmaker fifty-nine years ago next week, on Oct. 28, 1954. Starbuck Number Two showed up fifty years ago this week on Oct. 23, 1963 in the play's musical version, 110 in the Shade. Today, of course, the musical would be called The Rainmaker: The Musical. And composer …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:45PM on October 21, 2013