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Posted: 10/17/05 at 9:59pm
Lotte Lenya 10/18/1898 - Nov 27, 1981 Wife of Kurt Weill (1/28/1926 - 4/3/1950) his death, performer, - starred in Berlin musicals by her husband, composer Kurt Weill, and fled with him to France and then the U.S. after the rise of Hitler. She later appeared in the long-running Off-Broadway revival of Weill's The Threepenny Opera in 1954, and in the musical Cabaret in 1966; film's From Russia with Love, Semi-Tough, Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Miriam Hopkins 10/18/1902 - Oct 9, 1972 performer - AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY; 1930 LYSISTRATA (Jose Limon); film's The Children’s Hour, The Chase, Carrie, Barbary Coast
George C. Scott 10/18/1927 - Sep 22, 1999 performer, father of Alexander Scott, father of Campbell Scott, husband of Colleen Dewhurst (1959 - 1965) divorced; remarried (1967 - 1972) divorced - 1967 THE LITTLE FOXES; 1975 DEATH OF A SALESMAN; 1996 INHERIT THE WIND; Academy Award-winning actor: Patton [1970]; Anatomy of a Murder, The Day of the Dolphin, The Hanging Tree, Taps, The Prince and the Pauper, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Malice
Inger Stevens 10/18/1934 - 4/30/1970 performer - tv's & film's The Farmer’s Daughter, Madigan, A Guide for the Married Man, Hang ’Em High
Peter Boyle 10/18/1935 - performer - Paul Sills' Story Theater; The Roast (Doug McClure, Rob Reiner); Emmy Award-winning actor: The X-Files [1995-1996]; Everybody Loves Raymond, Taxi Driver, While You were Sleeping, Young Frankenstein, Midnight Caller, From Here to Eternity [TV]
Laura Nyro 10/18/1947 - 4/8/1997 singer: Up on the Roof; songwriter: Wedding Bell Blues, Blowin’ Away, And When I Die, Stoney End, Stoned Soul Picnic, Sweet Blindness, Eli’s Coming, Time and Love, Save the Country
Ntozake Shange (Paulette Williams) 10/18/1948 writer, performer - FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Wendy Wasserstein 10/18/1950 writer; Mother of Lucy Jane (born September 1999) - THE HEIDI CHRONICLES; THE SISTERS ROSENZWEIG; AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER; Escape: 6 Ways to Get Away; Other plays include "Isn't It Romantic", "Old Money", and "Uncommon Women and Others"
Pam Dawber 10/18/1951 performer - tv's Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam
Wynton Marsalis 10/18/1961 trumpet player, composer - Grammy Award-winning musician: jazz/classical trumpet [1984, 1985]: Think of One [1983]; played on: Father & Sons; in orchestra for Sweeney Todd; composer: TV theme song for Shannon’s Deal
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1858 Our American Cousin
1939 Too Many Girls with Desi Arnaz, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson
1966 The Apple Tree with Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Larry Blyden, Robert Klein
1990 Once on This Island opens on Broadway tonight at the Booth Theatre. Actress-singer LaChanze, who recently replaced Audra McDonald as Sarah in Ragtime and also appeared in the 1995 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Company, is the star. Jerry Dixon and Kecia Lewis-Evans co-star in this musical about Caribbean fairy tales and the collision of two cultures as a young, French Antillean woman (LaChanze) falls in love with an American aristocrat (Dixon). The show, which transferred from Playwright's Horizons, runs 469 performances.
2001 The blockbuster musical Mamma Mia! opens on Broadway with a record advance sale. Built around 1970s disco hits by the rock band ABBA, the show makes a star of Louise Pitre.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1943 - The first broadcast of Perry Mason was presented on CBS radio. In the 15-minute (Monday-Friday) shows, Perry was played by Barlett Robinson, Santos Ortega, Donald Briggs and John Larkin. Larkin played the role the longest and was reportedly very disappointed when Raymond Burr got the gig on TV (1957).
1944 - Forever Amber, was first published this day. This historic-romance novel was written by Kathleen Windsor. Although the book was very popular among women between the ages of 12 and 24, it was considered scandalous to be seen reading it; a reaction that lasted at least another three decades.
1964 New Yorkers can either head downtown to the Sullivan Street Playhouse to see tonight's production of The Fantasticks, or they can stay home and watch the broadcast on the NBC television network. The Off-Broadway production has the honor of being the only one ever to compete directly with a televised broadcast of itself. More than 35 years later, The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in the world and also the most frequently produced. It has been playing since May 1960 in New York, racking up 16,000-plus performances (as of summer 2000).
2000 Gwen Verdon, born January 16 1925, one of the quintessential Broadway musical stars of the 20th century, died in her sleep while visiting her daughter, Nicole Greiner. Verdon won four Tony Awards over her three-decade stage career, for Can-Can in 1953; Damn Yankees in 1955; New Girl in Town in 1958 (in a tie with Thelma Ritter); and 1959 for Redhead. She was also nominated for her portrayals in Sweet Charity and Chicago.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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Miriam Hopkins 10/18/1902 - Oct 9, 1972 performer - AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY; 1930 LYSISTRATA (Jose Limon); film's The Children’s Hour, The Chase, Carrie, Barbary Coast
George C. Scott 10/18/1927 - Sep 22, 1999 performer, father of Alexander Scott, father of Campbell Scott, husband of Colleen Dewhurst (1959 - 1965) divorced; remarried (1967 - 1972) divorced - 1967 THE LITTLE FOXES; 1975 DEATH OF A SALESMAN; 1996 INHERIT THE WIND; Academy Award-winning actor: Patton [1970]; Anatomy of a Murder, The Day of the Dolphin, The Hanging Tree, Taps, The Prince and the Pauper, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Malice
Inger Stevens 10/18/1934 - 4/30/1970 performer - tv's & film's The Farmer’s Daughter, Madigan, A Guide for the Married Man, Hang ’Em High
Peter Boyle 10/18/1935 - performer - Paul Sills' Story Theater; The Roast (Doug McClure, Rob Reiner); Emmy Award-winning actor: The X-Files [1995-1996]; Everybody Loves Raymond, Taxi Driver, While You were Sleeping, Young Frankenstein, Midnight Caller, From Here to Eternity [TV]
Laura Nyro 10/18/1947 - 4/8/1997 singer: Up on the Roof; songwriter: Wedding Bell Blues, Blowin’ Away, And When I Die, Stoney End, Stoned Soul Picnic, Sweet Blindness, Eli’s Coming, Time and Love, Save the Country
Ntozake Shange (Paulette Williams) 10/18/1948 writer, performer - FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Wendy Wasserstein 10/18/1950 writer; Mother of Lucy Jane (born September 1999) - THE HEIDI CHRONICLES; THE SISTERS ROSENZWEIG; AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER; Escape: 6 Ways to Get Away; Other plays include "Isn't It Romantic", "Old Money", and "Uncommon Women and Others"
Pam Dawber 10/18/1951 performer - tv's Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam
Wynton Marsalis 10/18/1961 trumpet player, composer - Grammy Award-winning musician: jazz/classical trumpet [1984, 1985]: Think of One [1983]; played on: Father & Sons; in orchestra for Sweeney Todd; composer: TV theme song for Shannon’s Deal
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1858 Our American Cousin
1939 Too Many Girls with Desi Arnaz, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson
1966 The Apple Tree with Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Larry Blyden, Robert Klein
1990 Once on This Island opens on Broadway tonight at the Booth Theatre. Actress-singer LaChanze, who recently replaced Audra McDonald as Sarah in Ragtime and also appeared in the 1995 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Company, is the star. Jerry Dixon and Kecia Lewis-Evans co-star in this musical about Caribbean fairy tales and the collision of two cultures as a young, French Antillean woman (LaChanze) falls in love with an American aristocrat (Dixon). The show, which transferred from Playwright's Horizons, runs 469 performances.
2001 The blockbuster musical Mamma Mia! opens on Broadway with a record advance sale. Built around 1970s disco hits by the rock band ABBA, the show makes a star of Louise Pitre.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1943 - The first broadcast of Perry Mason was presented on CBS radio. In the 15-minute (Monday-Friday) shows, Perry was played by Barlett Robinson, Santos Ortega, Donald Briggs and John Larkin. Larkin played the role the longest and was reportedly very disappointed when Raymond Burr got the gig on TV (1957).
1944 - Forever Amber, was first published this day. This historic-romance novel was written by Kathleen Windsor. Although the book was very popular among women between the ages of 12 and 24, it was considered scandalous to be seen reading it; a reaction that lasted at least another three decades.
1964 New Yorkers can either head downtown to the Sullivan Street Playhouse to see tonight's production of The Fantasticks, or they can stay home and watch the broadcast on the NBC television network. The Off-Broadway production has the honor of being the only one ever to compete directly with a televised broadcast of itself. More than 35 years later, The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in the world and also the most frequently produced. It has been playing since May 1960 in New York, racking up 16,000-plus performances (as of summer 2000).
2000 Gwen Verdon, born January 16 1925, one of the quintessential Broadway musical stars of the 20th century, died in her sleep while visiting her daughter, Nicole Greiner. Verdon won four Tony Awards over her three-decade stage career, for Can-Can in 1953; Damn Yankees in 1955; New Girl in Town in 1958 (in a tie with Thelma Ritter); and 1959 for Redhead. She was also nominated for her portrayals in Sweet Charity and Chicago.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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