STAGE TUBE: On This Day 8/24- OKLAHOMA!
Today in 1980, the second Broadway revival of Oklahoma! closed at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 293 performances.
Today in 1980, the second Broadway revival of Oklahoma! closed at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 293 performances.
Today in 1980, 42nd Street opened at the Wintergarden Theatre, where it ran for 3486 performances.
Happy Birthday, Andrew Rannells! Rannells played Bob Gaudio in the First National Tour of Jersey Boys.
Happy Birthday, James Corden! In 2004, Corden played the role of Timms in the original London stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, as well as in the Broadway, and Sydney productions.
Today in 1983, La Cage Aux Folles opened at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 1761 performances.
Today in 2007, the second Broadway revival of Grease opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for 554 performances.
Today in 1981, the second Broadway revival of My Fair Lady opened at the Uris Theatre (now the George Gershwin Theatre), where it ran for 120 performances.
Today in 2008, the first Broadway revival of A Chrous Line closed at the Schoenfeld Theatre, where it ran for 759 performances.
Happy Birthday, Cristin Milioti! Milioti currently stars in the Tony-Award winning musical ONCE.
Today in 2002, Hairspray opened at the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 2642 performances.
Today in 1997, the first Broadway revival of 1776 opened at Criterion Center Stage Right, where it ran for 333 performances.
Today in 1986, Me and My Girl opened at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 1420 performances.
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.
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
Today in 1995, the first Broadway revival of Damn Yankees closed at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 533 performances.
Today in 1974, A Little Night Music closed at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 601 performances.
Today in 1965, Oliver! opened at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it ran for 64 performances.
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.
Today in 2003 Avenue Q opened at the John Golden Theatre, where it ran for 2534 performances.
Today in 2008, A Catered Affair closed at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 116 performances.
Today in 1992, the third Broadway revival of Man of La Mancha closed at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 108 performances.
Today in 1975, A Chrous Line opened at the Shubert THeatre, where it ran for 6137 performances.
Happy Birthday Kristin Chenoweth! On Broadway, Chenoweth has appeared in Steel Pier, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Epic Proportions, Funny Girl, Wicked, The Apple Tree, Promises, Promises, and On the Twentieth Century.
Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe! Radcliffe is best known for playing the title role in all eight of the blockbuster Harry Potter films.
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.
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