Today's Birthdays 5/3
Today's Birthdays 5/3
#0Today's Birthdays 5/3
Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:07pm
Niccolo Machiavelli 5/3/1469 - 6/22/1527 - philosopher, writer: The Prince
Richard D'Oyly Carte 5/3/1844 - 4/3/1901 English impresario; founded the Savoy Theatre
Golda Meir 5/3/1898 - 12/8/1978 Russian-born Zionist; fourth prime minister of Israel; source mat'l
Walter Slezak 05/03/1902 - Apr 21, 1983 performer, son of legendary opera tenor Leo Slezak, father of Victor & Erika Slezak - orig Music in the Air (Tullio Carminati, Marjorie Main, Al Shean); May Wine; I Married An Angel; My 3 Angels (Darren McGavin, Eric Fleming); Fanny; The First Gentleman (Inga Swenson)
William Inge 05/03/1913 - Jun 10, 1973 writer - Come Back, Little Sheba (Sidney Blackmer, Shirley Booth, John Randolph); Picnic (Kim Stanley, Paul Newman, Eileen Heckart, Janice Rule); Bus Stop; The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; A Loss of Roses (Carol Haney, Warren Beatty, Betty Field); Natural Affection (Kim Stanley, Tom Bosley, Harry Guardino)
Betty Comden 05/03/1919 Writer, Lyricist, Source Material, Performer, Other, performed w/Leonard Bernstein & Adolph Green as The Revuers in cabaret clubs - On the Town; Billion Dollar Baby; 2 on the Aisle; Wonderful Town; Peter Pan; Bells Are Ringing; Say Darling; Do Re Mi; Subways Are for Sleeping; Fade Out - Fade In; Applause; Lorelei; Singin' in the Rain; Will Rogers Follies; tv's & film's Singin' in the Rain; Wonderful Town; On the Town; Peter Pan; Greenwich Village, That Was the Week That Was, Garbo Talks, Slaves of New York
Joe Layton 05/03/1931 - May 5, 1994 Choreographer, Director, Performer - origs Wonderful Town; The Sound of Music; Once Upon a Mattress; Greenwillow; Tenderloin; Sail Away; No Strings; The Girl Who Came To Dinner; Peterpat (Dick Shawn, Joan Hackett); Drat! The Cat!; Sherry; George M; Dear World; Two By Two; Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue; Platinum; Barnum; Bring Back Birdie; Harrigan 'n Hart; film's Thoroughly Modern Millie; director: Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, The Littlest Angel, Androcles and the Lion
Doug Henning 05/03/1947 - Feb 7, 2000, Husband of Debby Henning (1981 - 2000) his death, Writer, Director, Performer, Special Effects - The World of Magic [TV], The Magic Show [Broadway rock musical]
Howard Ashman 05/03/1950 - Mar 14, 1991 Writer, Lyricist, Director, Other - Gorey Stories; Smile; Beauty and the Beast; Little Shop of Horrors; film's Little Mermaid; Alladin
Robert Cuccioli 05/03/1958 performer - Jekyll & Hyde; Les Misérables [replacement]; 2005 Benefit of On the Twentieth Century; o/b Jacques Brel Is Alive & Well & Living In Paris
SHOWS THOAT OPENED ON THIS DATE
1956 - Most Happy Fella, a musical by Frank Loesser, opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York City. The show, an adaptation of They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard, ran for 676 performances on Broadway. Critics called the show a masterpiece, thanks to the outstanding performances of Robert Weede and Jo Sullivan. One must not forget Loesser’s music, which included such classics as Standing on the Corner, I Like Everybody, Joey, Joey, Joey, Big Acquaintance and Don’t Cry.
1960 - The play, The Fantasticks, opened at the Sullivan Playhouse in New York City. It would later become the longest-running off-Broadway play. Soon It’s Gonna Rain was one of the big hit tunes from the production. The show was the equivalent of London’s long-running play, The Mousetrap. Unfortunately, though the British were familiar with The Mousetrap and might have known of the similarities between the two plays, when The Fantasticks opened in London, it failed miserably and closed after only 44 performances.
1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera, Brent Carver, Anthony Crivello, Merle Louise
ON THIS DAY IN
1937 Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Gone with the Wind."
1979 Anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., aimed at shutting down the nation's capital.
1986 - Horse racing legend Bill Shoemaker became the oldest jockey to win the the Kentucky Derby. ‘The Shoe’ was atop Ferdinand for the win. Shoemaker was 54 years old. It had been 32 years since Shoemaker’s first Derby victory back in 1955.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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