1996 Event 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line" 1994 Event "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!) 1991 Death Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 1991 Death Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70 1990 Event "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances 1987 Death Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44 1983 Event "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show 1976 Event 30th Tony Awards: Travesties and Chorus Line win 1975 Event "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 6137 performances 1975 Event Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City 1975 Event "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres 1959 Birthday Audrey Landers, born in Philadelphia, actress, Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line 1954 Birthday Justin Ross, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change 1944 Birthday Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line 1944 Birthday 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 Death Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies 1931 Birthday 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 Birthday Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1921 Birthday 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 Birthday Ray Conniff, Attleboro, Massachusetts, chorus director, Ray Conniff Singers 1916 Birthday David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone, Great-Broadcast chorus 1888 Birthday Nana Bryant, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Ladies of the Chorus 1883 Birthday Louis Davids, Simon David, Dutch cabaret performer/chorus performer
