Today's Birthdays 10/5 - Joshua Logan, Glynis Johna, Karen Allen

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Posted: 10/6/03 at 12:15am

Joshua Logan 10/05/1908 - Jul 12, 1988 Producer, Writer, Director, Choreographer, Performer, Stage Manager, husband of Nedda Harrigan (1945 - July 12, 198 his death, husband of Barbara O'Neil (? - ?) divorced - I WAS WAITING FOR YOU (Vera Allen); I MARRIED AN ANGEL (Dennis King, Vivienne Siegel, Walter Slezak, Vera Zorina); CHARLEY'S AUNT; BY JUPITER; ANNIE GET YOUR GUN; JOHN LOVES MARY; FANNY; ALL AMERICAN; HOROWITZ & MRS. WASHINGTON (Same Levene, Esther Rolle)

1919 - Donald Pleasance 10/5/1919 - 2/2/1995 performer - film's You Only Live Twice, Fantastic Voyage, Tale of Two Cities, The Adventures of Robin Hood; died Feb 2, 1995

Glynis Johns 10/05/1923 performer - 1956 MAJOR BARBARA (Charles Laughton, Burgess Meredith, Cornelia Otis Skinner, John Astin), orig. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Len Cariou); 1989 THE CIRCLE (Stewart Granger, Rex Harrison, Roma Downey); film's MARY POPPINS

Bill Dana 10/5/1924 performer - tv's The Steve Allen Show, The Bill Dana Show: “My name, Jose Jimenez.”

Diane Cilento 10/05/1933 wife of Anthony Shaffer (1985 - 2001) his death, wife of Sean Connery (1962 - 1973) divorced, performer - TIGER AT THE GATES; film's The Agony and the Ecstasy, Tom Jones, Negatives, Hombre, The Naked Edge

Thom Christopher 10/05/1940 performer - Noel Coward in 2 Keys (Anne Baxter, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy)

Heather MacRae 10/05/1946 performer, daughter of Gordon & Sheila MacRae - HERE'S WHERE I BELONG (Graciela Daniele, Walter McGinn); FALSETTOS

Jeff Conaway 10/05/1950 performer - orig. ALL THE WAY HOME (Arthur Hill)

Karen Allen 10/05/1951 performer - MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE (debut, Jane Alexander); film's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Dean Nolen 10/05/1964 performer - MAMMA MIA

SHOWS THAT OPENEN ON THIS DATE:

1948 The original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke opens with Margaret Phillips as Alma Winemiller. It runs a disappointing 102 performances and is considered minor Williams -- until a downtown production in the 1950s establishes the play's reputation, and that of its new star, Geraldine Paige, as well as helping to ignite the Off-Broadway movement.

The Diary of Anne Frank 10/05/1955
Becket 10/05/1960
The Killing of Sister George 10/05/1966

1974 Bernadette Peters and Robert Preston give "two of the finest performances of the season," according to the Post. They opened tonight in the David Merrick produced musical about the silent film era, Mack and Mabel. Jerry Herman wrote songs and lyrics, Gower Champion staged, Michael Stewart wrote the book, and stars Peters and Preston are given rave reviews, but despite all this, the production runs only 65 performances at the Majestic Theatre.

Cleo on Broadway 10/05/1977
Hair 10/05/1977
Company 10/05/1995

ON THIS DAY IN:

1969 ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' made its debut on BBC Television.

1993 Agnes DeMille, 88, died today. The niece of Cecil B. DeMille, she spent much of her life as a self-characterized "storyteller", choreographing such Broadway classics as Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Paint Your Wagon.

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

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