4/20 IN Musical Theater History
On this day in 1895 John Phillip Sousa’s “El Capitan”( 112p) opens at the Lyric Theater. The best known of Sousa’s Operettas and the most performed and revived American stage work of the 19 th Century the musical stars DeWolf Hopper as the Peruvian potentate. It quickly becomes the biggest stage... Sign in to see full entry.