60 years ago today, #JerryHerman's musical "Mame", starring #AngelaLansbury and #BeaArthur, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 1508 performances, wins 3 Tony Awards.
#OnThisDay in 2019, #JerryHerman, American musical theater #composer (Hello, Dolly!; Mame; La Cage aux Folles), died at 88.
#RIP 💐🥺😭
"We Need a Little Christmas" is a very popular #ChristmasSong originating from #JerryHerman's Broadway musical #Mame, and first performed by #AngelaLansbury in that 1966 production. In the musical, the song is performed after Mame has lost her fortune in the #WallStreetCrashOf1929, and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two household servants "need a little Christmas now" to cheer them up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FB3h8IFCro
We Need A Little Christmas By Johnny Mathis

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"We Need a Little Christmas" is a popular #ChristmasSong originating from #JerryHerman's Broadway musical #Mame, and first performed by #AngelaLansbury in that 1966 production. In the musical, the song is performed after Mame has lost her fortune in the #WallStreetCrashOf1929, and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two household servants "need a little Christmas now" to cheer them up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V6ESh4B2qc
Johnny Mathis - We Need A Little Christmas

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#OnThisDay in 1933, #JerryHerman, American musical theater #composer (Hello, Dolly!; Mame; La Cage aux Folles), born in New York City (d. 2019).
#RIP 🥀

Finding Your Pride | “La Cage Aux Folles” @ Pasadena Playhouse https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17056

Last night, we saw La Cage Aux Folles at the Pasadena Playhouse. A non-traditional take on the show: seedy low rent nightclub; the son was differently-abled. But it worked. The show was hilarious; the music (as always) was wonderful, and the message of the show is just as relevant today as it was in 1984 when we first saw it. Go see it if you can.

#LAThtr #Reviews #Musicals #JerryHerman #LaCage #Theatre #PasadenaPlayhouse

Finding Your Pride | “La Cage Aux Folles” @ Pasadena Playhouse – Observations Along the Road

Breaking Baz: Well Hello, Imelda! ‘The Crown’s Imelda Staunton Finds Humor And Poignancy In Rollicking ‘Hello, Dolly!’ At The London Palladium
#News #BreakingBaz #DominicCooke #HelloDolly #ImeldaStaunton #JerryHerman #LondonPalladium #MichaelHarrison #ThorntonWilder

https://deadline.com/2024/07/the-crown-imelda-staunton-hello-dolly-preview-1236006183/

Breaking Baz: Well Hello, Imelda! ‘The Crown’s Imelda Staunton Finds Humor And Poignancy In Rollicking ‘Hello, Dolly!’ At The London Palladium

Imelda Staunton stars in a brand-spanking-new revival of Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium.

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Bühnen Bern: Standing Ovations für das Musical „La Cage aux Folles“
Marco Stücklin

Als 1978 die französische Filmkomödie „La Cage aux Folles“ in die Kinos kam, war dies der erste Welterfolg eines Films über die queere Szene. Der Ohrwurm Song „I am what I am“ drückt das Aufbegehren der Schwulenszene gegen die Unterdrückung und Diffamierung der Homosexuellen aus. Damals spielte sich die Schwulenszene hauptsächlich in der Verborgenheit […]

https://opernmagazin.de/buehnen-bern-standing-ovations-fuer-das-musical-la-cage-aux-folles/

Bühnen Bern: Standing Ovations für das Musical „La Cage aux Folles“ – DAS OPERNMAGAZIN

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Breaking Baz: ‘The Crown’s Imelda Staunton To Lead ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Revival Into London Palladium For Limited 2024 Summer Season
#BreakingBaz #BreakingNews #Theater #DominicCooke #HelloDolly #ImeldaStaunton #JerryHerman #LondonPalladium #MichaelHarrison #TheCrown

https://deadline.com/2023/11/imelda-staunton-hello-dolly-london-palladium-1235589063/

’The Crown’s Imelda Staunton Leads 'Hello, Dolly!' Revival At London Palladium

EXCLUSIVE: The Crown’s Imelda Staunton will lead a revival of the classic Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! into the Andrew Lloyd Webber-owned Lon…

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