Musicals 101 Historic Calendar
November
Compiled by John Kenrick
(Revised 2011)
November 1
- Actor/singer George S. Irving born (1922)
- Actress/singer Beth Fowler born (1940)
- Top Banana starring Phil Silvers opened on Broadway (1951)
- Molly opened on Broadway (1973)
- Revival of Oh, Kay! opened on Broadway (1990)
- Hit revival of Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway (2005)
November 2
- Actor/singer Dennis King born (1897)
- Rodgers & Hart's I'd Rather Be Right starring George M. Cohan opened on Broadway (1937)
- Kean starring Alfred Drake opened on Broadway (1961)
- The Grass Harp starring Barbara Cook opened on Broadway (1971)
- Meet Me In St. Louis opened on Broadway (1989)
- Revival of On the Town opened on Broadway (1998)
- Grey Gardens opened on Broadway (2006)
November 3
- Rodgers & Hart's A Connecticut Yankee opened on Broadway (1927)
- Actor/singer/dancer Ken Berry born (1933)
- Willson's The Unsinkable Molly Brown starring Tammy Grimes opened on Broadway (1960)
- Oil City Symphony opened Off-Broadway (1987)
- Bring In Da' Noise opened Off-Broadway (1995)
November 4
- Humorist Will Rogers born (1879)
- Performer Gaby Deslys born (1881)
- Park Avenue opened on Broadway (1946)
- Harold Rome's Fanny opened on Broadway (1954)
- Actress/singer Daisy Eagan born (1979)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown opened on Broadway (2011)
November 5
- Producer Vinton Freedley born (1891)
- Actress Vivien Leigh born (1913)
- Victor Herbert's Miss 1917 opened on Broadway (1917)
- Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet opened on Broadway (1929)
- Artists and Models of 1943 opened on Broadway (1943)
- Actor/singer Howard McGillin born (1953)
- Actress/singer Andrea McArdle born (1963)
- Sondheim's Into The Woods opened on Broadway (1987)
- Threepenny Opera revived on Broadway (2nd time) starring Sting (1989)
November 6
- Composer/bandleader John Philip Sousa born (1854)
- Lyricist Gus Kahn born (1886)
- Actress/singer Juanita Hall born (1901)
- Ziegfeld's The Century Girl opened on Broadway (1916)
- Conductor/arranger/pianist Peter Matz born (1928)
- Actor/singer Eddie Korbich born (1960)
- Actor/singer Michael Cerveris born (1960)
- Revival of Hello Dolly starring Pearl Bailey opened on Broadway (1975)
- Maltby & Shire's Closer Than Ever opened off-Broadway (1989)
- Jersey Boys opened on Broadway (2005)
November 7
- George M. Cohan's Little Johnny Jones opened on Broadway (1904)
- Victor Herbert's Naughty Marietta opened on Broadway (1910)
November 8
- Actress/vaudevillian "Baby" June Havoc born (1913)
- Director Gene Saks born (1921)
- George & Ira Gershwin's Oh Kay opened on Broadway (1926)
- Kern & Hammerstein's Music in the Air opened on Broadway (1932)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas opened on Broadway (2007)
- Young Frankenstein opened on Broadway (2007)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas opened on Broadway (2006)
- Young Frankenstein opened on Broadway (2007)
November 9
- Actress/singer Marie Dressler born (1869)
- Actress Edna May Oliver born (1883)
- A Trip to Chinatown opened on Broadway (1893)
- Actor Ed Wynn born (1896)
- Composer/performer Kay Thompson born (1903)
- Arranger/composer/producer Roger Edens born (1905)
- Cole Porter's Leave It To Me opened on Broadway (1938)
- The Prince of Central Park opened on Broadway (1989)
- Frank Wildhorn's The Scarlet Pimpernel opened on Broadway (1997)
- Les Miserables revived (1st time) on Broadway (2006)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas revived on Broadway (2008)
November 10
- Floradora opened on Broadway (1900)
- Actor Richard Burton born (1925)
- Lyricist Marilyn Bergman born (1929)
- Lyricist Tim Rice born (1944)
- Dancer/actress/choreographer Ann Reinking born (1949)
- The Vamp starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway (1955)
- Nowhere to Go But Up opened on Broadway (1962)
- Something More starring Barbara Cook opened on Broadway (1964)
- Rodgers & Charnin's Two by Two starring Danny Kaye opened on Broadway (1970)
- Oh Brother opened on Broadway (1981)
- Revival of Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opened on Broadway (1993)
- Souvenir opened on Broadway (2005)
November 11
- British lyricist/librettist Francis Burnanad born (1836)
- Floradora premiered in London (1899)
- Actor/singer Stubby Kaye born (1918)
- What's Up opened on Broadway (1943)
- Revue La Plume De Ma Tante opened on Broadway (1958)
- Amen Corner opened on Broadway (1983)
- Revival of Friml's The Three Musketeers opened on Broadway (1984)
- Revival of Fiddler on the Roof (4th) starring Topol opened on Broadway (1990)
November 12
- Actor/singer Bert Williams born (1874)
- Composer Richard Whiting born (1891)
- Lerner & Loewe's Paint Your Wagon opened on Broadway (1951)
- Actress/singer/dancer Karen Ziemba born (1957)
- Platinum starring Alexis Smith opened on Broadway (1978)
- Teddy and Alice opened on Broadway (1987)
- Tommy Tune's production of Grand Hotel opened on Broadway (1989)
- Revival of Little Me starring Martin Short opened on Broadway (1998)
November 13
- Singer/actress Norma Terris born (1904)
- Lyricist John LaTouche born (1917)
- George M. Cohan's Little Nelly Kelly opened on Broadway (1922)
- As The Girls Go opened on Broadway (1948)
- The Gay Life starring Barbara Cook opened on Broadway (1961)
- Skyscraper opened on Broadway (1964)
- Lerner & Loewe's stage version of Gigi opened on Broadway (1973)
- Revue A Musical Jubilee opened on Broadway (1975)
- Disney's The Lion King opened on Broadway (1997)
- Taboo opened on Broadway (2003)
November 14
- Director/librettist George S. Kaufmann born (1889)
- Actor/singer Dick Powell born (1904)
- Actor/singer/dancer Gregg Burge born (1957)
- Record breaking revival of Chicago opened on Broadway (1996)
- Elf opened on Broadway (2010)
November 15
- Choreographer/dancer Tillie Losch born (1904)
- Actress/singer Carol Bruce born (1919)
- Artists and Models of 1927 opened on Broadway (1927)
- Actress/singer Petula Clark born (1932)
- Actor/singer Bob Gunton born (1945)
- Lil' Abner opened on Broadway (1956)
- Revival of Camelot starring Richard Harris re-opened on Broadway (1981)
- The Rocky Horror Show revived on Broadway (2000)
- Ragtime revived on Broadway (2009)
November 16
- Rodgers & Hart's Jumbo opened on Broadway (1935)
- Sadie Thompson opened on Broadway (1944)
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music opened on Broadway (1959)
- Actress/singer/dancer Michelle Pawk born (1961)
- Applause opened in London (1972)
- Sondheim's short-lived Merrily We Roll Along opened on Broadway (1981)
- Revival of Gypsy (3rd time) starring Tyne Daly opened on Broadway (1989)
- Mary Poppins opened on Broadway (2006)
November 17
- Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer opened in London (1877)
- Actor/dancer/film director Charles Walters born (1911)
- Sweet and Low opened on Broadway (1930)
- Very Warm for May opened on Broadway (1939)
- Revival of A Connecticut Yankee opened on Broadway (1943)
- Actor/singer Brent Carver born (1951)
- Actress/singer Mary Mastrantonio born (1958)
- Director/choreographer/dancer Rob Marshall born (1960)
- Cy Coleman's Little Me opened on Broadway (1962)
- Kander & Ebb's Zorba starring Herschel Bernardi opened on Broadway (1968)
- Godspell opened in London (1971)
- The short-lived The First opened on Broadway (1981)
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's A Grand Night For Singing opened on Broadway (1983)
- Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard starring Glen Close opened on Broadway (1994)
- Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White opened on Broadway (2005)
November 18
- Lyricist/librettist/director W. S. Gilbert born (1836)
- Comedienne Imogene Coca born (1908)
- Songwriter Johnny Mercer born (1909)
- Irene starring Edith Day opened on Broadway (1919)
- Producer Robert Fryer born (1920)
- Singer Dorothy Collins born (1926)
- Smiles opened on Broadway (1930)
- Jerome Kern's Roberta opened on Broadway (1933)
- The Gay Life starring Barbara Cook opened on Broadway (1961)
- Revival of Kiss Me Kate starring Brian Stokes Mitchell opened on Broadway (1999)
November 19
- Actor/singer/dancer Clifton Webb born (1891)
- Little Mary Sunshine opened off-Broadway (1959)
- Ambassador starring Howard Keel opened on Broadway (1972)
- Dancer/actor Savion Glover born (1973)
- The Biograph Girl opened in London (1980)
- Finian's Rainbow revived (2nd time) on Broadway (2009)
November 20
- Actress/singer Kaye Ballard born (1926)
- Kander & Ebb's Cabaret opened on Broadway (1966)
- Marilyn opened on Broadway (1983)
November 21
- Actress/dancer Eleanor Powell born (1912)
- Actress/singer Vivian Blaine born (1921)
- Cole Porter's Anything Goes opened on Broadway (1934)
- Actress/singer Lorna Luft born (1952)
- Actor/singer Peter Shoeffler born (1958)
- Doonsbury opened on Broadway (1983)
- Cyrano (Dutch version) opened on Broadway (1993)
- Sondheim's Putting It Together starring Carol Burnett opened on Broadway (1999)
November 22
- Actress/singer Ethel Levey born (1880)
- George & Ira Gershwin's Funny Face opened on Broadway (1927)
- Man of La Mancha starring Richard Kiley opened Off-Broadway (1967)
- Lerner & Loewe's The Day Before Spring opened on Broadway (1945)
November 23
- Lyricist/librettist Guy Bolton born (1884)
- Actress/singer Ruth Etting born (1907)
- Choreographer/dancer Peter Gennaro born (1919)
- Composer Jerry Bock born (1928)
- Rodgers & Hart's The Boys From Syracuse opened on Broadway (1938)
- Bock & Harnick's Fiorello opened on Broadway (1959)
- Bajour opened on Broadway (1964)
- Revival of Jesus Christ Superstar opened on Broadway (1977)
- Revival of Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby returned to Broadway (1998)
- Revival of Wonderful Town opened on Broadway (2003)
- Fela! opened on Broadway (2009)
November 24
- Lyricist/director/performer Martin Charnin born (1934)
- Noel Coward's Tonight at 8:30 opened on Broadway (1936)
- Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls opened on Broadway (1950)
- Smile opened on Broadway (1986)
- Street Corner Symphony opened on Broadway (1997)
November 25
- Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe opened in London (1882)
- Composer/film producer Arthur Schwartz born (1900)
- Texas, L'il Darlin' opened on Broadway (1949)
- Once Upon a Mattress starring Carol Burnett moved to Broadway (1959)
- Actor/singer Kevin Chamberlin born (1963)
November 26
- Actor/singer Robert Goulet born (1933)
- Walking Happy opened on Broadway (1966)
- Revival of Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby opened on Broadway (1991)
November 27
- Broadway producer David Merrick born (1911)
- Cole Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen opened on Broadway (1929)
- Harold Rome's revue Pins and Needles opened on Broadway (1937)
- Actor/singer Bruce Adler born (1944)
November 28
- Composer Louis Hirsch born (1887)
- Via Galactica opened on Broadway (1972)
November 29
- Vaudevillian Trixie Friganza born (1870)
- Film director/choreographer Busby Berkley born (1895)
- Designer Raoul Pene Du Bois born (1912)
- Stripper Ann Corio born (1914)
- Actor/singer Michael Kermoyan born (1921)
- Cole Porter's The Gay Divorce opened on Broadway (1932)
- Bells Are Ringing opened on Broadway (1956)
- Actor/singer/dancer Hinton Battle born (1956)
- Anya opened on Broadway (1965)
- Revival of The Boyfriend opened in London (1967)
- Shogun - The Musical opened on Broadway (1990)
- Company revived (2nd time) on Broadway (2006)
November 30
- Ziegfeld's Miss Innocence starring Anna Held opened on Broadway (1908)
- Romberg & Hammerstein's The Desert Song opened on Broadway (1926)
- Actor/singer Robert Guillaume born (1937)
- Actor/singer Mandy Patinkin born (1952)
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pipe Dream opened on Broadway (1955)
- Loesser revue Perfectly Frank opened on Broadway (1980)
- Flaherty & Ahrens's The Seussical opened on Broadway (2000)
- Caroline, or Change opened Off-Broadway (2003)