Today's Birthdays 9/23 - Jason Alexander, Geo. C. Wolfe, Mickey Rooney

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 9/23/03 at 4:45pm

Caesar Augustus 9/23/63 BC - 8/19/14 AD born in Rome. 1st Roman Emperor.

Baroness Orczy 09/23/1865 - Nov 12, 1947 Source Material, Writer - SCARLET PIMPERNELL (play & musical)(Christine Andreas, Doug Sills, Terrance Mann, Sutton Foster, Craig Rubano)

Walter Pidgeon 09/23/1897 - Sep 25, 1984 performer - TAKE ME ALONG (Jackie Gleason, Eileen Herlie, Una Merkel, Valerie Harper); 1966 DINNER AT 8 (Pamela Tiffin, Darren McGavin, June Havoc, Arlene Francis, Judith Barcroft); film's Mrs. Miniver, How Green was My Valley

Frederick Hazlitt Brennan 09/23/1901 - Jul 1, 1962 Hidden Valley, CA writer - THE WOOKEY (Edmund Gwenn); STICK-IN-THE-MUD (Jose Ferrer, Rex Ingram); MAGDALENA (Music by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest)(John Raitt, Irina Petina, Dorothy Sarnoff)

Mickey Rooney 09/23/1920 performer son of Joe Yule - SUGAR BABIES (Ann Miller, Ann Jillian, Sid Stone); film's forever Mickey & Judy movies, NATIONAL VELVET, Boy’s Town, Captains Courageous, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Human Comedy, The Black Stallion, Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway, Andy Hardy series

Ray Charles (Robinson) 9/23/1930 singer/performer -‘The Genius’: Grammy Award-winning singer: Georgia on My Mind [1960], Let the Good Times Roll [1960], Hit the Road Jack [1961], I Can’t Stop Loving You [1962], Crying Time [1966],Lifetime Achievement Award of 1986; tv's & film's The Blues Brothers, THE GOLDEN GIRLS

Pat Suzuki 09/23/1934 performer - orig FLOWER DRUM SONG

Romy Schneider 9/23/1938 - 5/29/1982 performer - film's What’s New Pussycat?, Bloodline, Death Watch, La Passante

Julio Iglesias 9/23/1943 singer/performer: To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before [w/Willie Nelson]; Guinness Book of Records: sales of more than 100 million copies of 60 LPs in five languages; soccer: professional goalie [Spain]; tv's GOLDEN GIRLS

George C. Wolfe 09/23/1954 Producer, Writer, Lyricist, Source Material, Director, Other - JELLY'S LAST JAM (Gregory Hines, Mary Bond Davis, Keith David, Savion Glover, Stephanie Pope, Ann Duquesnay); ANGELS IN AMERICA I & II, ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY; TAKE ME OUT

Pippa Pearthree 09/23/1956 performer - WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? (Tom Conti[debut], Jean Marsh)

Jason Alexander 09/23/1959 performer - orig MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG [I wish I'd seen this!](Liz Callaway [debut], Tonya Pinkins, Lonny Price, Daisy Prince, Ann Morrison); THE RINK (Liza Minelli, Chita Rivera, Scott Ellis, Rob Marshall[u/s]); BROADWAY BOUND (John Randolph, Phyllis Newman, Linda Lavin, Ed Herlihy, Scott Wise, Debbie Shapiro, Faith Prince); ACCOMPLICE (Pamela Brull, Michael McKean, Natalia Nogulich, by Rupert Holmes); tv's SEINFELD

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:

The Time of Your Life 09/23/1940
Gypsy 09/23/1974
Passione 09/23/1980
A Doll's Life 09/23/1982

Funny Girl 09/23/2002 The Actors Fund hosts a special concert version of the musical Funny Girl with numerous stage stars alternating in the title role of Fanny Brice. These include: Carolee Carmello, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, Ana Gasteyer, Whoopi Goldberg, Spencer Kayden, Jane Krakowski, Judy Kuhn, La Chanze, Ricki Lake, Andrea Martin, Idina Menzel, Julia Murney, Bebe Neuwirth and Lillias White. Peter Gallagher was terriffic!

ON THIS DAY IN:

1939 Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died in London.

1946 There is a vote today on behalf of the New York Drama Critics Circle to ensure a "best play" citation every year, no matter what the quality of the year's offerings. 1946 poses no problem, however; Arthur Miller's post-war classic, All My Sons, is the winner for Best American Play.

1968 The Juilliard School starts its new four-year program of the Drama Division. As classes begin today, Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone are present. The school's director, John Houseman, will go on to call this first class of students "Group I". Among other graduates of this prestigious school are William Hurt, Christopher Reeve and Kevin Spacey.

1973 Former Argentine president Juan Peron was returned to power.

1987 Legendary dancer and choreographer, Bob Fosse, died today while walking down a Washington, D.C. street with wife Gwen Verdon. He had been directing a revival of Sweet Charity at the National Theatre. Fosse's style of choreography will always be remembered from the original Broadway productions of Chicago and Pippin. The hit musical revue of his choreography, Fosse, opened on Broadway in 1999 and went on to win the 1999 Tony Award for Best Musical.

(sources: IBDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)

Milla Updated On: 9/23/03 at 04:45 PM

[DavidMegg]

Posted: 9/23/03 at 4:55pm

You left out Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, and my personal favorite - - me!
26... I know it's not old, but I sure am having aging issues!
-david