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1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
1994 "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!) 1991 Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 1991 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70 1990 "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances 1987 Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44 1983 "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show 1976 30th Tony Awards: Travesties and Chorus Line win 1975 "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 6137 performances 1975 Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City 1975 "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres 1959 Audrey Landers, born in Philadelphia, actress, Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line 1954 Justin Ross, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change 1944 Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line 1944 Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera 1939 Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies 1931 Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards 1925 Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1921 Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1916 Ray Conniff, Attleboro, Massachusetts, chorus director, Ray Conniff Singers 1916 David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone, Great-Broadcast chorus 1888 Nana Bryant, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Ladies of the Chorus 1883 Louis Davids, Simon David, Dutch cabaret performer/chorus performer |
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