ON THIS DAY IN 2023:
Academy Award-winner Liza Minnelli (pictured here as Sally Bowles in a scene from the 1972 Bob Fosse hit, Cabaret) turns 77 today, while actor Aaron Eckhart turns 55 and singer-songwriter James Taylor turns 75.
British singer Pete Doherty, frontman with The Libertines, turns 44 today while Law and Order actor Courtney B Vance turns 63 and Iron Maiden member Steve Harris turns 67.
On this day in 1987, the acclaimed musical Les Miserables opened on Broadway, with Colm Wilkinson and Terrence Mann in the lead roles of arch rivals. The production ran for 6 680 performances, and for a time became the second longest-running show in Broadway history, reports Playbill.
On this day in 1970, Venus by Shocking Blue was enjoying the first of its three weeks atop South Africa’s Springbok Radio chart. Just saying…
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