STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/15- HAIRSPRAY
Today in 2002, Hairspray opened at the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 2642 performances.
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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/14- 1776
Today in 1997, the first Broadway revival of 1776 opened at Criterion Center Stage Right, where it ran for 333 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/10- ME AND MY GIRL
Today in 1986, Me and My Girl opened at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 1420 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/8- SHENANDOAH
Today in 1989, the first Broadway revival of Shenandoah opened at the Virginia Theatre (now the August Wilson Theatre), where it ran for 32 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/7- Rachel York
Happy Birthday Rachel York! York has appeared on Broadway as Fantine in Les Miserables; Norma in Victor/Victoria (Drama Desk Award) with Julie Andrews; Marguerite in The Scarlet Pimpernel; Miss Fancy in Sly Fox with Richard Dreyfuss; and Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrelswith Jonathan Pryc
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/6- DAMN YANKEES
Today in 1995, the first Broadway revival of Damn Yankees closed at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 533 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/3- A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Today in 1974, A Little Night Music closed at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 601 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/2- OLIVER!
Today in 1965, Oliver! opened at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it ran for 64 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/1- Sam Mendes
Happy Birthday, Sam Mendes! Sam Mendes is best known for whis work as the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, and his direction of the film American Beauty and the Broadway production of Cabaret on Broadway starring Alan Cumming.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/27- A CATERED AFFAIR
Today in 2008, A Catered Affair closed at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 116 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/25- A CHORUS LINE
Today in 1975, A Chrous Line opened at the Shubert THeatre, where it ran for 6137 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/23- Daniel Radcliffe
Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe! Radcliffe is best known for playing the title role in all eight of the blockbuster Harry Potter films.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/22- Alan Menken
Happy Birthday Alan Menken! For Disney, Menken has scored The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas, each of which won him two Academy Awards.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/21- GUYS AND DOLLS
Today in 1976, Guys and Dolls opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 239 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/20- PASSING STRANGE
Today in 2008, Passing Strange closed at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 165 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/18- ASSASSINS
Today in 2004, Assassins opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 101 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/17- [title of show]
Today in 2008, [title of show] opened at the Lyceum Theatre, where it ran for 102 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/16- Tony Kushner
Happy Birthday Tony Kushner! Kushner's best known work is Angels in America, a seven-hour epic about the AIDS epidemic in Reagan-era New York, which was later adapted into a miniseries for which Kushner wrote the screenplay.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/15- Laura Benanti
Happy Birthday Laura Benanti! Benanti recently starred as Candela in 2010's Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown and in the title role of the Patti LuPone revival of Gypsy in 2008, for which she was honored with the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Drama League nomination.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/14- Arthur Laurents
Happy Birthday Arthur Laurents! Laurents' first play, Home of the Brave, opened on Broadway in 1945, followed by many others.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/13- HAIR
Today in 2011, the return engagement of the second Broadway revival of HAIR opened at the St.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/12- Cheyenne Jackson
Happy Birthday Cheyenne Jackson! Jackson has been featured in Broadway shows including XANADU, FINIAN'S RAINBOW, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, and AIDA.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/11- Yul Brynner
Happy Birthday Yul Brynner! His best-known role remains that of King Mongkut of Siam in the Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I which he played 4,525 times on stage over the span of his career.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/10- XANADU
Today in 2007, Xanadu opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre, where it ran for 512 performances.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/9- FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Today in 1981, the second Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof opened at the New York State Theatre, where it ran for 53 performances.
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