On this day in 1968, the musical Her First Roman closed at Lunt Fontanne Theater, New York City, after 17 performances.
{This misbegotten tuner, “based on Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra,” has sunk without a trace. Here’s La Uggams in a slightly later (and much happier) moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM6Buc2wguA
Born on this day in 1739 composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
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