
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 17
1943 George Marion, Jr. and Thomas “Fats” Waller’s Goes to bed early opens on Broadway…
1943 George Marion, Jr. and Thomas “Fats” Waller’s Goes to bed early opens on Broadway…
The Norwalk-based Music Theater of Connecticut noted in a statement that June is celebrated as…
1893 Birthday of Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American actor to win and be nominated for…
1904 The timeless anthem “Give My Regards to Broadway” is sung for the first time…
1946 Mary Martin and Yul Brynner play a Chinese couple who break up when the…
1868 Producer, director and manager Birth of Charles Dillingham. Dillingham’s dozens of productions include Like…
1954 Rodgers and Hammerstein Carousel is relaunched for a 10-week run in downtown New York.…