Today's Birthdays 8/8 - Dustin Hoffman, Marcia Lewis, Keith Carradine

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 8/8/03 at 9:00pm

MY MOM!

Victor Young 08/08/1900 Lyricist, Composer, Performer - MURDER AT THE VANITIES (Earl Carroll Cameo appearance (his only time on stage as an actor), Bob Cummings, Bela Lugosi); 7TH HEAVEN (Gloria DeHaven, Ricardo Montalbon, Bea Arthur, Chita Rivera)

Dayton Lummis 08/08/1903 performer - orig EDWARD, MY SON (Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Hunter, 1950 AS YOU LIKE IT (Kate Hepburn, Richard Hepburn)

Sylvia Sidney 08/08/1910 performer - origs ENTER LAUGHING (Alan Arkin, Vivian Blaine); ME JACK, YOU JILL (Russ Thacker, Lisa Kirk, Barbara Baxley); VIEUX CARRE (Olive Deering, Iris Whitney); film's AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY; DEAD END; STREET SCENE; SABOTAGE; BEETLEJUICE

Rosetta LeNoire 08/08/1911 Producer, Writer, Performer, Other, Choreographer, goddaughter of Bill "BOJANGLES" Robinson, Founded AMAS Musical Theatre in 1968 - THE HOT MIKADO; I HAD A BALL; BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR

Anne Francine 08/08/1917 performer, I only saw Anne perform in Cabaret Clubs, also had the privilege of working w/her at the O'Neill Center Cabaret Symposium; She's 1 of my all time favs, a brilliant comedianne - origs THE FILES; BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA (Shirley Booth, Mary Harmon, Mae Barnes); THE GREAT SEBASTIANS (Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt; TENDERLOIN; MAME; A BROADWAY MUSICAL; 1987 ANYTHING GOES (Patti LuPone, Howard McGillin)

Esther Williams 08/08/1923 performer - film's DANGEROUS WHEN WET; NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER; TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

Rory Calhoun 08/08/1923 performer - film's 1 of my fav Marilyn Monroe movie RIVER OF NO RETURN

Ed Kenney 08/08/1933 performer - origs SHANGRI-LA; FLOWER DRUM SONG; 13 DAUGHTERS (Don Ameche, Sylvia Sims [another wonderful Cabaret Diva]}

Dustin Hoffman 08/08/1937 Producer, Director, Performer, Stage Manager, Oscar Winner - A COOK FOR MR. GENERAL (Geo. Furth); JIMMY SHINE (Rue McClanahan, Cleavon Little, Pamela Payton-Wright); ALL OVER TOWN (Jill Eikenberry, Patti Perkins, Wm LeMassena); DEATH OF A SALESMAN; film's RAINMAN, TOOTSIE

Connie Stevens 08/08/1938 performer, Eddie Fisher's ex, Joely Fisher's mom- HILARITIES; STAR SPANGLED GIRL (Richard Benjamin, Anthony Perkins); film's PARRISH (can't figure out why Claudette Colbert made this 1)

Marcia Lewis 08/08/1938 performer & terrific cabaret singer - 1969 TIME OF YOUR LIFE; RAGS (Teresa Stratas, opera divissima(!), Larry Kert, Andy Gale, Judy Kuhn, Dick Latessa, Audry Lavine(another terrific cabaret singer!), Terrence Mann, Lonny Price - What a great cast! Another 1 I wish I saw. Any chance this show is fixable & can be brought back?); ROZA (Georgia Brown, Neal Ben-Ari); 1989 ORPHEUS DESCENDING (Vanessa Redgrave, Tammy Grimes, Kevin Anderson); 1996 CHICAGO

Percy Granger 08/08/1945 writer - EMINENT DOMAIN (Philip Bosco, Betty Miller)

Keith Carradine 08/08/1949 performer - orig HAIR (replacement); FOXFIRE (Hume Cronin, Jessica Tandy); WILL ROGERS FOLLIES (Dee Hoty, Cady Hufman, Dick Latessa, Paul Ukena, Jr.)

Kohl Sudduth 08/08/1974 performer, Skipp Sudduth's bro - TAKE ME OUT

Shows which opened on August 08:

Shenandoah 08/08/1989 with John Cullum, Thomas Cavanagh

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune 08/08/2002

ON THIS DAY IN:

1975 Liza Minnelli to the rescue! With only six days to learn the role of merry murderess Roxie Hart, the Academy Award-winning stage and film star agrees to fill in for an ailing Gwen Verdon in Chicago. Minnelli will stay with the show until mid-September. Always willing to do a friend a favor, Minnelli will make a highly-publicized return to the stage in 1997 as she fills in for a vacationing Julie Andrews in the musical Victor/Victoria.

(sources: IBDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)

Milla
Do Re Milla Updated On: 8/8/03 at 09:00 PM

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Posted: 8/8/03 at 9:06pm

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