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Fun Facts
March 30, 1946 - Pearl Bailey makes her Broadway debut in "St. Louis Woman." Music is by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It makes its home at the Martin Beck Theatre for 113 performances.
March 10, 1953 - Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway revive "Porgy and Bess" at the Ziegfeld Theater. It runs 305 performances.
March 8, 1960 - Tony Perkins stars as Frank Loesser's musical "Greenwillow" opens. It runs 97 performances at the Alvin Theatre.
March 26, 1964 - Barbra Streisand opens in "Funny Girl." Joining her are Sydney Chaplin, Kay Medford, Jean Stapleton and Lainie Kazan.
March 23, 1966 - After seven years of playing the part elsewhere, Hal Holbrook opens on Broadway in "Mark Twain Tonight."
March 16, 1969 - Betty Buckley makes her Broadway debut and Williams Daniels and Howard Da Silva star in "1776."
March 13, 1972 - "Irene" gets revived with Debbie Reynolds. It lasts 594 performances at the Minskoff Theatre.
March 18, 1973 - Ken Howard, Michele Lee and Tommy Tune are together on stage in "Seesaw."
March 2, 1976 - "Bubbling Brown Sugar" brings back the music of Harlem in the '20s and '30s.
March 27, 1978 - Bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens with Ann Reinking and Wayne Cilento.
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