Broadway openings on December 1:

In 1956, Leonard Bernstein‘s Candide!

In 1958, Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s Flower Drum Song!

In 1968 Burt Bacharach–Hal David‘s Promises Promises!

Born on this day: Cyril Ritchard in 1897 and Mary Martin in 1913.

Photo: Julieta Cervantes