On this day in 1953 the musical Carnival in Flanders opened at the New Century Theater in New York, to run six performances. Leading lady Dolores Gray won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the shortest-lived Tony-honored performance ever.
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On this day in 1953 the musical Carnival in Flanders opened at the New Century Theater in New York, to run six performances.
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Dan Soda (Windy City Operaman) is a Chicago native whose first visit to opera was at age 17 and Massenet’s Werther with Troyanos and Kraus. Nothing was ever the same. Opera and concert performances, recordings and video are an obsession. He prepares Parterre Box’s daily birthday and anniversary tributes. He also enjoys concerts, live theater and movies.
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