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MUSICAL OPENED BROADWAY ON THIS DAY IN 1956

Dave's Music Database: My Fair Lady opened on Broadway: March 15, 1956

My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
and music by
Frederick Loewe. The story, based on the 1938 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw‘s 1913 play Pygmalion.

The musical’s 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

It set a record for the longest run of any musical on Broadway up to
that time and was followed by a hit London production.
Rex Harrison
and
Julie Andrews starred in both productions.

'My Fair Lady' Broadway Debut: Photos From 1956 | Time.com

'My Fair Lady' Broadway Debut: Photos From 1956 | TIME

My Fair Lady (Broadway, Times Square Church, 1956) | Playbill

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today in History March 4: From National Safety Day to Toru Dutt Birthday

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Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarded to the Founder of Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low 
(October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927)

Juliette Gordon Low was the founder of Girl Scouts
of the USA
. Inspired by the work of Lord Baden-Powell,
founder of
Scout Movement, she joined the Girl Guide
movement in
England, forming her own group of Girl
Guides there in 1911.

In 1912 she returned to the States, and the same year
established the first U.S. Girl Guide troop in
Savannah,
Georgia
. In 1915, the United States’ Girl Guides became
known as the Girl Scouts, and Juliette Gordon Low was
fhe first ever leader. She remained active until the time
of her death.

Juliette Gordon Low, who had no children of her own, started Girl Scouts in 1912 - The ...

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama
film
directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros.
Pictures. It is the first
feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing
and speech (in several isolated sequences).

Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound
films
and effectively marked the end of the silent film era
with the
Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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Al Jolson (1886 – 1950) as Jack Robin on stage, in a
publicity shot representing the film’s final scene.

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FRED ASTAIRE DANCE PARTNER BORN

Ginger Rogers at age 10. This photo publicized one of her earliest stage appearances: singing in ...

Ginger Rogers - Classic Movies Photo (9491078) - Fanpop

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GINGER ROGERS AND FRED ASTAIRE

Ginger Rogers - Interview Leonard Maltin - Part 1 - YouTube
Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
(July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)


On this day in history, July 16, 1911, American star Ginger
Rogers was born in Independence, Missouri.

Ginger Rogers was an American actress and dancer who
was best known for work with the legendary Fred Astaire
during that time period and much of the 20th century. 

Rogers won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her
starring role in
Kitty Foyle (1940).

Kitty Foyle

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ACCIDENT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ACTOR

Picture of Treat Williams

Treat Williams Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos
Richard Treat Williams
(December 1, 1951 – June 12, 2023)

On June 12, 2023, Williams was hit by a car
while riding his motorcycle on
Vermont Route
30
, near Dorset. He was airlifted to a hospital
in
New York, where he died at the age of 71.

Treat Williams was an actor, writer and aviator
who has appeared on film, stage and television
in over 120 credits. He first became well known
for his starring role in the 1979 musical film Hair,
and later also starred in the films
The Eagle Has
Landed
, Prince of the City, Once Upon a Time in
America
, and The Late Shift.  
         
Williams was nominated for two Screen Actors
Guild
Awards
and nominated for three Golden
Globe Awards
, two Satellite Awards and an
Independent Spirit Award.


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Treat was the lead of the TV series Everwood from
2002 to 2006.  


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