Today's Birthdays 11/13
Today's Birthdays 11/13
Today's Birthdays 11/13#1
Posted: 11/13/07 at 9:44pm
Edwin Booth 11/13/1833 - Jun 7, 1893 brother of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., brother of John Wilkes Booth, husband of Mary Devlin (1860 - 1863) her death, husband of Mary McVicker (1869 - ?), son of Junius Brutus Booth, performer, producer, managed the Winter Garden (1863-67) & built Booth's Theatre after Winter Garden burned down - 1864 Julius Cesar; 1864 & 1891 Hamlet (John Wilkes Booth, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.); 1865 Othello; Merchant of Venice
Robert Louis Stevenson 11/13/1850 - 12/3/1894 writer, source mat'l - Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, A Child’s Garden of Verses
John Drew, Jr. 11/13/1853 - Jul 9, 1927 performer, father-in-law of Jack Devereaux, grandfather of John Drew Devereaux, son of John Drew, son of Louisa Lane Drew, uncle of Ethel Barrymore, uncle of John Barrymore, uncle of Lionel Barrymore - 1913 Much Ado About Nothing; orig The Circle (Estelle Winwood); 1926 King Henry IV, Part I (Otis Skinner)
Eugene Ionesco 11/13/1912 - Mar 29, 1994 (Playbill lists db as 11/26/1909) born in Slatina, Romania. Ionesco will be remembered for his founding of the Theatre of the Absurd, a school of thought which abolished realistic and psychological theatre. Rhinoceros and The Bald Soprano are just two of his plays that broke new ground. He died in 1994.
John Latouche 11/13/1914 - 8/7/1956 Writer, Lyricist, Source Material, Performer - Sing for Your Supper (the eternal Paula Laurence); Cabin in the Sky; Banjo Eyes (Virginia Mayo, Eddie Cantor, Jacqueline Susann); The Lady Comes Across (Mischa Auer, Gower Champion); Beggar's Holiday (Alfred Drake, Zero Mostel); The Golden Apple; The Vamp (Carol Channing); Candide (Barbara Cook, Irra Petina)
Nathaniel Benchley 11/13/1915 - Dec 14, 1981 writer, father of Peter Benchley, son of Robert Benchley - The Frogs of Spring (Mary Grace Canfield, Fred Gwynne)
Robert Sterling 11/13/1917 - May 30, 2006 husband of Ann Sothern (1943 - 1949) divorced, husband of Anne Jeffreys (1951 - his death) - Gramercy Ghost (Sarah Churchill); Roman Candle (Julia Meade, Inger Stevens); tv's & film's Show Boat (Katherine Grayson); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; 1 of my fav tv series Topper [which Stephen Sondheim wrote for]
Madeleine Sherwood 11/13/1922 - originals: The Crucible; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Sweet Bird of Youth; Arturo Ui; Do I Hear a Waltz?; All Over (Colleen Dewhurst, Neil Fitzgerald, Jessica Tandy); tv's & film's The Flying Nun, Hurry Sundown, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Broken Vows, Sweet Bird of Youth; tv's & film's Guiding Light; The Flying Nun; Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Richard Mulligan 11/13/1932 - Sep 26, 2000 performer, stage mgr; Studied playwriting at Columbia University - Special Occasions (Suzanne Pleshette); THIEVES; All The Way Home (Lillian Gish, Colleen Dewhurst); orig A Thousand Clowns; Nobody Loves an Albatross (Robert Preston); tv's & film's Emmy Award-winning actor: Soap [1979-1980], Empty Nest [1988-1989]; S.O.B., The Hero, The Group, Little Big Man, Diana
Adrienne Corri 11/13/1933 Spouse of Daniel Massey (1961-1967) divorced - Jane (Edna Best, Basil Rathbone); The Rehearsal (Keith Michell); tv's & film's Revenge of the Pink Panther; Dr. Zhivago; Cry Wolf; Napoleon and Love
Garry Marshall 11/13/1934 writer, dir., brother of actress Penny Marshall; Bway wrote: The Roast (Doug McClure, Rob Reiner, Larry Gelman, Peter Boyle, David Huddleston [holy cow, just realized that Huddleston was born 20 min. away from my town Troutville!]; tv's & film's producer: The Odd Couple, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days; director: Pretty Woman, Beaches; comedy writer: Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lucy Show; actor: A League of Their Own, Lost in America; Lucky 13; Keeping Up with the Steins; Brothers & Sisters
Jean Seberg 11/13/1938 - 9/8/1979 performer - film's Paint Your Wagon, The Mouse That Roared, Airport, Joan of Arc, Bonjour Tristesse
Joe Mantegna 11/13/1947 performer - Working; Glengarry Glen Ross (J. T. Walsh, Robert Prosky, James Tolkan, Jack Wallace); tv's & film's House of Games, Things Change, Airheads, Queen’s Logic, The Godfather Part III, The Money Pit, Three Amigos; Joan of Arcadia; The Starter Wife; Criminal Minds
Chris Noth 11/13/1954 performer - Gore Vidal's The Best Man; tv's & film's Law & Order, Burnzy’s Last Call, Jakarta, Baby Boom, Sex and the City; Cast Away
Whoopi Goldberg [Caryn Elaine Johnson] 11/13/1955 Producer, Writer, Performer - Whoopi; Whoopi Goldberg; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [replacement]; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Funny Girl; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; tv's & film's Academy Award-winning actress: Ghost [1990]; The Color Purple, Sister Act series, Made in America, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Comic Relief, The Whoopi Goldberg Show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Whoopi, my fav.: Bagdad Cafe; Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jordan Bridges 11/13/1973 Grandson of Lloyd Bridges, son of Beau Bridges; nephew of Jeff Bridges; he is a graduate of Bard College where he studied performing arts; performer - Lt. of Inishmore; tv's & film's P.T. Barnum; Dawson's Creek; Mona Lisa Smile; Law & Order CI; Conviction; Say Hello to Stan Talmadge
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1906 Alla Nazimova makes her Broadway debut in the title role of Hedda Gabler at the Princess Theatre. A major interpreter of Ibsen's female central characters for three decades, she'll play Hedda a total of four times on Broadway, and inspire two generations of actresses.
1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Kirk Douglas, Ed Ames, Joan Tetzel
1965 - Julie Harris starred in Skyscraper, which opened on Broadway in New York City. The musical ran for seven months
1973 Gigi with Alfred Drake, Maria Kanilova, Agnes Moorehead, Daniel Massey, Karin Wolf
1997 Disney opens its second musical on Broadway: The Lion King, an adaptation of its animated film musical, with a score by Elton John, Lebo M, Tim Rice and others. Making spectacularly innovative use of masks and puppets designed by director Julie Taymor, the show will go on to win the 1998 Tony Award for Best Musical.
2000 Matters of the Heart with Patti LuPone; Musical Director & Arranger the late Dick Gallagher
2001 Roadside, the latest musical from Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, opens Off-Broadway at the York Theatre Company. It will close in late December within a month of the closing of their first musical, The Fantasticks, after a phenomenal 42-year run.
2003 There is as much drama offstage as on at one of the most talked-about shows of the fall, Taboo. Three-time Tony host Rosie O'Donnell makes her Broadway producing debut with this parable about the price of fame. Set in the '80s punk club world, this musical biography of rocker Boy George (George O'Dowd) has an original score by O'Dowd, incorporating two of his period hits. In a twist, O'Dowd appears on stage playing, not himself, but fellow party boy Leigh Bowery. Newcomer Euan Morton plays Boy George. After receiving savage reviews, the production will run 100 performances, with financial support by O'Donnell.
ON THIS DATE IN:
1789 Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
1940 The Walt Disney animated movie "Fantasia" had its world premiere in New York.
1974 Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., was killed in a car crash, source mat'l
1977 - After 43 years as a regular feature in hundreds of newspapers, Al Capp brought his comic strip, Li’l Abner, to a final conclusion.
(sources: IBDB,IMDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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