Musicals101 Historic Calendar
June
Compiled by John Kenrick
(Revised 2011)
June 1
- Vaudevillian/actor/producer Lew Fields born (1867)
- Actor Frank Morgan born (1890)
- Actress/singer Molly Picon born (1898)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 opened on Broadway (1914)
- Actress/singer Marilyn Monroe born (1926)
- Actor/singer Rene Auberjonois born (1940)
- Actor/singer Jonathan Pryce born (1947)
- Kander & Ebb's Chicago opened on Broadway (1975)
- Revival of Guys and Dolls opened in London (2005)
June 2
- A Chinese Honeymoon opened on Broadway (1902)
- George White's Scandals of 1919 opened on Broadway (1919)
- Actor/singer Milo O'Shea born (1926)
- Composer Marvin Hamlisch born (1944)
- Actress/singer Joanna Gleason born (1950)
- Your Arms Too Short to Box With God opened on Broadway (1980)
- Blues in the Night opened on Broadway (1982)
June 3
- Composer Charles Lecocq born (1832)
- Actor Maurice Evans born (1901)
- Actress/singer Dorothy Stone born (1905)
- Actress/singer/dancer Josephine Baker born (1906)
- George M. Cohan's The Honeymooners opened on Broadway (1907)
- Burlesque stripper Lili St. Cyr born (1918)
- Schwartz & Dietz's The Band Wagon opened on Broadway (1931)
- Rodgers & Hart's By Jupiter opened on Broadway (1942)
- Sleepy Hollow opened on Broadway (1948)
- Actress/singer Mary Bond Davis born (1958)
- Actor/singer/songwriter Jeff Blumenkrantz born (1965)
June 4
- Lyricist/librettist Robert Smith born (1875)
- Actress Rosalind Russell born (1912)
- Rodgers & Hart's second Garrick Gaieties opened on Broadway (1930)
- Earl Carroll's 2nd Sketchbook opened on Broadway (1935)
- Actress/singer Mary Testa born (1955)
- Actor/singer Sam Harris born (1961)
June 5
- Actress/singer Judy Holliday born (1922)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 opened on Broadway (1922)
- Actor/singer Colm Wilkinson born (1944)
- The Music Man revived on Broadway (1st time) starring Dick Van Dyke (1980)
June 6
- Actress/singer Helen Ford born (1897)
- Hitchy Koo of 1918 opened on Broadway (1918)
- Playwright/librettist/actor/singer Harvey Fierstein born (1952)
- Actor/singer Max Casella born (1967)
June 7
- Hitchy Koo of 1917 opened on Broadway (1917)
- George White's Scandals of 1920 opened on Broadway (1920)
- Actress/singer Dolores Gray born (1924)
- Composer Charles Strouse born (1928)
- Annie Get Your Gun starring Dolores Gray opened in London (1947)
- Grease moved to Broadway (1972)
June 8
- The Merry Widow opened in London (1907)
- Actor/singer Robert Preston born (1918)
- Actress/singer Alexis Smith born (1921)
- Rodgers & Hart's first Garrick Gaities opened on Broadway (1925)
- British actress/singer Millicent Martin born (1954)
- William Finn's Falsettoland opened Off-Broadway (1990)
June 9
- Composer/lyricist Cole Porter born (1891)
June 10
- Lyricist Al Dubin born (1891)
- Composer Frederick Loewe born (1904)
- Actress/singer Judy Garland born (1922)
- Artists and Models of 1930 opened on Broadway (1930)
- Taking My Turn opened Off-Broadway (1983)
- Revival of She Loves Me opened on Broadway (1993)
June 11
- Actress/singer Adrienne Barbeau born (1945)
- Barnum starring Michael Crawford opened in London (1981)
June 12
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 opened on Broadway (1916)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 opened on Broadway (1917)
- Composer/lyricist Richard M. Sherman born (1928)
- Revival of Dames at Sea opened Off-Broadway (1985)
June 13
- Actress/singer Mary Wickes born (1910)
- Producer/theatre owner Bernard Jacobs born (1916)
- Actor/singer Paul Lynde born (1926)
- Courtin' Time opened on Broadway (1951)
- Shangri-La opened on Broadway (1956)
- Jonathan Larson's tick, tick . . . BOOM opened Off-Broadway (2001)
June 14
- Actor/singer Cliff Edwards ("Ukulele Ike") born (1895)
- Actor/singer Burl Ives born (1909)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1909 opened on Broadway (1909)
- The Passing Show of 1923 opened on Broadway (1923)
- Composer Cy Coleman born (1929)
- Anything Goes opened in London (1935)
- New Faces of 1956 opened on Broadway (1956)
- I'm Getting My Act Together opened Off-Broadway (1978)
June 15
- Orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett born (1894)
- Actress/singer Mary Ellis born (1897)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 opened on Broadway (1908)
- Grand Street Follies of 1926 opened on Broadway (1926)
- Ethel Merman & Mary Martin costar in Ford's 50th Anniversary Special on CBS and NBC (1953)
- Bye Bye Birdie opened in London (1961)
- Actor/singer Neil Patrick Harris born (1973)
- Fearless Frank opened on Broadway (1980)
June 16
- Actor/vaudevillian Bobby Clark born (1888)
- Actor/singer Lupino Lane born (1892)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 opened on Broadway (1913)
- The Cradle Will Rock opened on Broadway (1937)
- Actor/singer David Green born (1942)
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold opened on Broadway (1995)
June 17
- British composer Sidney Jones born (1869)
- Composer Sammy Fain born (1902)
- Actress/singer Virginia Martin born (1919)
- Actor/singer Mark Linn-Baker born (1954)
- Oh Calcutta! opened Off-Broadway (1969)
June 18
- Soprano/actress Jeanette MacDonald born (1901)
- Composer Sammy Cahn born (1913)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 opened on Broadway (1918)
- George White's Scandals of 1923 opened on Broadway (1923)
- Grand Street Follies of 1925 opened on Broadway (1925)
- Actor/singer George Hearn born (1934)
- The Goodspeed Opera House opens in Connecticut (1963)
- William Finn's A New Brain opened Off-Broadway (1998)
June 19
- Composer Carl Zeller born (1842)
- Actress/singer Mildred Natwick born (1905)
- Actor/singer Louis Jourdan born (1919)
- The revue Streets of Paris opened on Broadway (1939)
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas moved to Broadway (1978)
- Forever Tango opened on Broadway (1997)
- Cats breaks Broadway's long-run record with its 6,148th performance (1997)
June 20
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 opened on Broadway (1910)
June 21
- Caricaturist Al Hirshfeld born (1903)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1915 opened on Broadway (1915)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 opened on Broadway (1921)
- Actress/singer Judy Holliday born (1921)
- Lyricist Don Black born (1936)
- Seventeen opened on Broadway (1951)
- Webber & Rice's Evita opened in London (1978)
- Camelot revived (2nd time) on Broadway starring Robert Goulet (1993)
June 22
- Actress/singer May Irwin born (1862)
- Actor/singer Jack Whiting born (1901)
- Actor/singer David Burns born (1902)
- Producer Michael Todd born (1909)
- The Passing Show of 1916 opened on Broadway (1916)
- Director/choreographer/dancer Gower Champion born (1920)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 opened on Broadway (1920)
- Producer Joseph Papp born (1921)
- George White's Scandals of 1925 opened on Broadway (1925)
- Actor/singer John Cunningham born (1932)
- Revival of Kismet starring Alfred Drake opened on Broadway (1965)
- Man of La Mancha revived (1st time) on Broadway starring Richard Kiley (1972)
- Godspell moved to Broadway (1976)
- Fred Astaire dies at age 88 (1987)
June 23
- Actor/singer Larry Blyden born (1925)
- Director/choreographer/actor/dancer Bob Fosse born (1927)
- Actor/singer Bert Convy born (1933)
- Revival of This Was Burlesque opened on Broadway (1981)
June 24
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1924 opened on Broadway (1924)
- Artists and Models of 1925 opened on Broadway (1925)
- Michael Todd's Star and Garter opened on Broadway (1942)
- Actor/singer Walter Willison born (1947)
June 25
- Director/librettist George Abbott born (1887)
- Actress/singer/dancer Charlotte Greenwood born (1893)
- Actor/singer Peter Lind Hayes born (1915)
- Actor/singer Lee Wilkof born (1951)
- Wish You Were Here opened on Broadway (1952)
- The TKTS Booth opened in Times Square opened (1973)
June 26
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 opened on Broadway (1911)
- Actress Eleanor Parker born (1922)
- Grease opened in London (1973)
- Got Tu Go Disco opened on Broadway (1979)
June 27
- Actor/singer Michael Ball born (1962)
- Pal Joey revival (1st time) opened on Broadway (1976)
- Play Me a Country Song opened on Broadway (1982)
June 28
- Producer Max Gordon born (1892)
- Composer/producer Richard Rodgers born (1902)
- Librettist/songwriter Mel Brooks born (1926)
- Mike Todd's Peep Show opened on Broadway (1950)
- Revival of Dreamgirls opened on Broadway (1987)
- William Finn's one-act Falsettoland opened Off-Broadway (1990)
29
- Singer/actor Nelson Eddy born (1901)
- Composer/lyricist/librettist Frank Loesser born (1910)
- Shirley MacLaine goes on for injured Carol Haney in The Pajama Game (1954)
- Actress/singer/dancer Sharon Lawrence born (1962)
- Revue Whoop-Dee-Doo opened Off-Broadway (1993)
June 30
- Singer/actress Lena Horne born (1917)
- George White's Scandals of 1924 opened on Broadway (1932)
- Actor/singer David Garrison born (1952)
- Lionel Bart's Oliver opened in London (1960)