On this day in 1951 Benjamin Britten‘s Billy Budd premiered in London

Broadway openings on this day:

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 metteur en scène (etc.) Tom Volf.

World AIDS Day 2022.