This Day on Broadway

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Friday, July 21, 2006

7/19 In Musical Theater History

I apologize for not posting this for several days. It's been weird around here. Opera returns today to the Broadway stage in 1950 as Gian-Carlo Menotti’s double bill The Telephone/The Medium opens at the Arena Theater. Opening a year later in 1951 is the Jule Styne/Burt Lahr review Two on the Aisle... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

7/18 In Musical Theater History

A Variety story seen today in 1916 notes that the 10-year run of European operettas on Broadway has dried up, because the recent European War (WWI) has left such American talent as Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin to emerge. Ironically Marinka, one of the last European operettas to play Broadway opens... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 17, 2006

7/17 In Musical Theater History

Scandals ’ producer George White is evicted from his Apollo Theater today in 1932 for non payment of rent. Like many other Broadway producers, White suffered big losses in the 1929 Wall Street crash. Today’s birthdays are actress Lucie Arnaz (b.1951) and singer/actress Diahann Carroll (b.1935).... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 16, 2006

7/16 In Musical Theater History

The New York Telegraph runs a story this day in 1908 about a new find on the West Coast: Singer Al Jolson. Joseph Papp’s revival of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance opens for a short run at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater today in 1980 with pop stars Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith. It is... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

7/15 In Musical Theater History

Opening today in 1919 at the Greenwich Village Theater is the first Greenwich Village Follies (232p.). In 5 days it will move to Broadway and 10 days after that, because of the coming Actors Equity strike, it will be the only show left open on Broadway. On this day in 1937 George Gershwin’s funeral... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 14, 2006

7/14 In Musical Theater History

Today’s birthdays include lyricist Ted ( I’ve Got the Right to Sing the Blues ) Kohler and West Side Story and Gypsy writer Arthur Laurents (b.1918) Jules Bledsoe passes away on this day in 1943. Bledsoe introduced Old Man River during the original run of Show Boat. On this day the US Postal Service... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

7/13 In Musical Theater History

Eddie Cantor tries working for the Shuberts this day by opening in the revue The Midnight Rounders of 1920 at the Century Theater this day. Cantor does double duty for several weeks by playing in the current edition of the Follies early in the evening first, then by rushing over to the Century to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

7/12 In Musical Theater History

Victor Herbert’s latest operetta, The Girl in the Spotlight, opens today in 1920 at the Knickerbocker Theater. On this date in 1963, composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner announce that they are ending their short lived partnership. The ESP musical they attempted to write together, I... Sign in to see full entry.

7/11 In Musical Theater History

Opening tonight is the 1921 edition of The George White Scandals. On this afternoon in 1937, George Gershwin passes away after an unsuccessful operation to remove a brain tumor at Los Angeles Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Playwright Clifford Odets tells the New York Times after learning about... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 10, 2006

7/10 In Musical Theater History

The operetta Song of the Flame closes this day in 1926. The Herbert Stothart musical contained the only music of George Gershwin that contained lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, who also co-wrote the book. Variety takes note of a new vaudeville act at the Eighty Sixth Street Theater in its daily... Sign in to see full entry.

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