A bouquet of reasons Arms and the Girl didn’t run longer.
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Broadway floperetta Arms and the Girl closed on this day in 1950, lasting only 134 performances despite a cast headed by Nanette Fabray and Pearl Bailey.
Born on this day in 1799 composer Fromental Halévy.Happy 95th birthday composer Thea Musgrave.Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Lina Pagliughi (1907) and Elizabeth Harwood (1938).
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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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