STAGE TUBE: On This Day 3/12- LES MISERABLES
Today in 1987, Les Miserables opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 6680 performances.
Today in 1987, Les Miserables opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 6680 performances.
Today in 2001, A Class Act opened at the Ambassador Theatre, where it ran for 105 performances.
Today in 1975, The Rocky Horror Show opened at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 45 performances.
Today in 2008, In the Heights opened at the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1184 performances.
Happy Birthday, Donna Murphy! Murphy has won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles in Passion as Fosca and in The King and I as Anna Leonowens.
Happy Birthday, Stephen Schwartz! In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972) and Wicked (2003).
Happy Birthday, Elaine Paige! Paige was selected to play Eva Peron in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public.
Today in 1999, Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 1045 performances.
Today in 2005, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels openend at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 627 performances.
Today in 1995, Smokey Joe's Cafe opened at the Virginia Theatre (now the August Wilson Theatre) where it ran for 2036 performances.
Today in 2009, Guys and Dolls opened at the Nederlander Theatre, where it ran for 121 performances.
Happy Birthday, Bernadette Peters! Over the course of a career that has spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings.
Happy Birthday, Debra Monk! The Tony Award winner made her Broadway debut in PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES in 1982.
Today in 2004, Fiddler on the Roof opened at the Minskoff Theatre, where it ran for 781 performances.
Today in 1973, A Little Night Music opened at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 601 performances.
Today in 1955, Silk Stockings opened at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 478 performances.
Today in 2006, The Pajama Game opened at the America Airlines Theatre, where it ran for 129 performances.
Happy Birthday, Lea Salonga! Salonga is best known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.
Today in 2008, the first Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 149 performances.
Today in 1957, The Taming of the Shrew openend at the Phoenix Theatre, where it ran for 23 performances.
Today in 1992, Crazy for You opened at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 1622 performances.
Happy Birthday, Billie Joe Armstrong! Best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day, Armstrong recently brought one of his most popular albums to Broadway- American Idiot.
Happy Birthday, John Tartaglia! Tartaglia created and puppeteered the roles of Princeton (the recent college grad) and Rod (the closeted Republican investment banker) in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q, which opened July 31, 2003.
Today in 1905, Harold Arlen was born.
Today in 1980, the first Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY opened at the Minskoff Theatre, where it ran for 333 performances.
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