1946 "No you can't get a man with a gun," but when you're you can sure try. She's the star of and 's production of . (You read that right: R&H were the producers, not the composers.) supplies the words and music for the book by and . costars as Frank Butler, the fellow sharpshooter Annie gets in the end. There are 1,147 performances at the Imperial Theatre.
1952 Among the 鈥攁 revue staged by 鈥攁谤别 , , , and . There are 365 performances at Broadway's Royale Theatre.
1962 At New York City Center, begins a program of musical revivals. Tonight's opening is Can-Can.
1965 and 's musical opens on Broadway, with Newley starring opposite . It runs 231 performances at the Shubert Theatre. The score includes the breakout hit "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)."
1969 Actor, director, and producer dies at the age of 93. He was the husband of .
1985 directs 's The Marriage of Bette and Boo Off-Broadway at 's Newman Theater. , , and star in the dysfunctional matrimony comedy in which Durang himself appears.
1999 Rebecca Gilman's new play, Spinning Into Butter, opens at Chicago's Goodman Studio. After extending three times, the play moves to New York the following year, where it plays 's Off-Broadway venue, the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
2001 Hours after struggling musical announces its closing, singer steps forward and writes a check to keep the show open, in hopes that it will win some life-saving awards to buck the tide. Star wins the Drama Desk Award as Best Actress in a Musical a few days later, but when the show gets shut out of the Tony Awards, it plays its final performance June 10.
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