Today's Birthdays 2/6

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 2/6/04 at 9:05pm

Christopher Marlowe 2/6/1564 - 5/30/1593 1 of my most fav poets, writer, "Come Live With Me and Be My Love," (aka The Passionate Shepherd to His Love) quoted by Shakespeare in "Twelfth Night" - The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus; Tamburlaine the Great; Edward II; Shakespeare's Cabaret

Ramon Novarro 02/06/1899 - Oct 28, 1968 performer, beaten to death by theives - Infidel Caesar [never officially opened](John Cullum, John Ireland, James Earl Jones, Robert Earl Jones); film's Ben Hur; The Cat & the Fiddle

John Lund 02/06/1913 - May 10, 1992 Writer, Lyricist, Musical Director, Performer - New Faces of 1943; The Hasty Heart; film's My Friend Irma, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, my fav A Foreign Affair

Zsa Zsa Gabor 02/06/1916 daughter of Jolie Gabor, sister of Magda & Eva Gabor; performer - replacement in 40 Carats; film's Boy’s Night Out, Moulin Rouge, Ninotchka

Patrick Macnee 2/6/1922 - performer - tv's & film's [1 of my most fav tv shows] The Avengers, A View to a Kill, Battlestar Gallactica, This is Spinal Tap, Thunder in Paradise

Rip Torn 02/06/1931 performer, father of Angelica Torn, husband of Ann Wedgeworth 1956-1961 (divorced), Geraldine Page (1961 - 1987) her death - Daughter of Silence (Vincent Gardenia); Look Away (Maya Angelou, Geraldine Page); Mixed Couples (Julie Harris); film's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Extreme Prejudice, RoboCop 3, Beyond the Law, The President’s Plane is Missing

Francois Truffaut 2/6/1932 - 10/21/1984 director - film's Fahrenheit 451, The Bride Wore Black

Michael Tucker 02/06/1944 performer, husband of Jill Eikenberry (1973 - present) - Moonchildren; 1975 Trelawny of the "Wells" (Mary Beth Hurt, John Lithgow, Mandy Patinkin); The Goodbye People (Herschel Bernardi, Ron Rifkin); tv's & film's L.A. Law, For Love or Money, Radio Days, Diner

Kathy Najimy 02/06/1957 performer - replacement Dirty Blonde; the hysterical Kathy & Mo Show; film's Sister Act; Soap

Barry Miller 02/06/1958 performer - Biloxi Blues (Penelope Ann Miller, Matthew Broderick); Crazy He Calls Me; film's Saturday Night Fever, The Last Temptation of Christ

Megan Gallagher 02/06/1960 performer - A Few Good Men (Arnold Molina, Tom Hulce); Angels in America I & II

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:

1843 - The first minstrel show in America, the Original Virginia Minstrels, opened at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City.

1946 Mary Martin and Yul Brynner are a married couple forced to separate in Lute Song. Raymond Scott composed the score, and Sidney Howard and Will Irwin wrote the libretto based on a Chinese folktale. It will run for 18 weeks at the Plymouth Theatre in New York.

1979 Tommy plays at the Queen's Theatre in London. Music is provided by Pete Townshend and The Who, with direction by Paul Tomlinson and John Hole. Allan Love stars. The show will play 118 times. In 1994, Townshend, director Des McAnuff and choreographer Wayne Cilento will turn Tommy into a full-fledged Broadway musical.

2002 Elaine Stritch's sold-out Public Theatre solo show, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty moves to Broadway. It will go on to win the 2002 Tony Award for Best Special Event.

ON THIS DAY IN:

1993 Tennis Hall-of-Famer and human rights advocate Arthur Ashe died in New York at age 49.

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

Milla Updated On: 2/6/04 at 09:05 PM