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Born on this day in 1929 soprano and administrator Beverly Sills.
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On this day in 1966 Jerry Herman‘s musical Mame opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, to run 1,508 performances.
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On this day in 1963 The Leopard directed by Luchino Visconti won the Cannes Palme d’Or.
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On this day in 1973 the film Day for Night premiered at Cannes.
On this day in 1981 Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music opened at the Nederlander Theatre to run 333 performances.
On this day in 1965 the Kander-Ebb musical Flora, the Red Menace opened at the Alvin Theatre, to run 87 performances.
Born on this day in 1922 actress (and, somewhat less frequently, director) Nancy Walker.
On this day in 1958 the psychological thriller Vertigo was released.
On this day in 1946 the Metropolitan Opera presented La Gioconda on tour in Chicago.
On this day in 2017 the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center.
On this day in 1927 the Metropolitan Opera presented La forza del destino on tour in Cleveland, Ohio.
On this day in 1944 MGM released the melodrama Gaslight.
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