A little bit louder now
Happy 69th birthday singer and actress Lulu.
WindyCityOperaman
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.
“Everywhere love stories are exactly the same”
Born on this day in 1944 cinema and stage director Patrice Chéreau.
Silvers thread
On this day in 1952 the Johnny Mercer musical Top Banana opened on Broadway.
“To be somebody you must last”
Born on this day in 1896 actress and screenwriter Ruth Gordon.
“There is no director who can direct you like an audience”
Born on this day in 1891 actress, singer and comedian Fanny Brice.
Here am I; where are you?
Happy 97th birthday actress Nanette Fabray.
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Born on this day in 1946 actress Holly Woodlawn.
Let me sing a sunny song
Born on this day in 1926 singer and actress Barbara Cook.
“What’s to come is still unsure”
Happy 70th birthday actor Kevin Kline.
“Oh viens, comme à Pétrarque apparaissait Laura!”
Born on this day in 1931 actress Diana Dors.
“I’m a lot more sartorial than thespian”
Born on this day circa 1904 actress Constance Bennett.
“I hate to be alone”
Born on this day in 1912 conductor Georg Solti.
“She looked great in the rushes”
Born on this day in 1924 actress Nina Foch.
Divine pureté!
Born on this day in 1945 Harris Glenn Milstead AKA “Divine.
“Nature can make me cry faster than anything”
Born on this day in 1898 actress and singer Lotte Lenya.
Hey, buds below
On this day in 1965 the Burton Lane-Alan Jay Lerner musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever opened on Broadway.
Best news of all
Happy 55th birthday baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
She’s got possibilities
Happy 80th birthday actress Linda Lavin.
Teen idol
On this day in 54 Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (known as “Nero”) succeeded Claudius as Roman Emperor.
Missus Sally Adams requests the pleasure of your company
On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre to run 644 performances.
The first on the scaffold
Born on this day in 1876 Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort.
“Yes, I am imperious”
Born on this day in 1924 soprano Leyla Gencer, represented after the jump singing music by Giuseppe Verdi, born on this day in 1813.
Radio days
Born on this day in 1920 soprano Vivian Della Chiesa.