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The musical comedy A Runaway Girl is playing at Daly's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 40 performances.
A programme of "refined vaudeville", featuring The Jennie Eddie Trio (Novelty singing and comedy), Boyce And Wilson (Black-face fun-furnishers who dance) and Zoe Matthews (The popular Casino girl) is presented at The Ocean View Theatre, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Musical comedy The Rounders is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 36 performances.
The Geisha, billed as "The most delightful of all musical comedies", is playing at The Manhattan Beach, New York City, USA.
The Suburban Minstrels are playing at The Suburban Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The musical comedy The Cadet Girl is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 48 performances.
The musical comedy Miss Prinnt plays at The Victoria Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 28 performances.
Musical comedy The Little Duchess, starring Anna Held, with music and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and Reginald De Koven, is playing at The Casino Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 136 performances.
The musical comedy Florodora is presented at The New York Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. The show will play on Broadway for a total of 505 performances.
The musical comedy Miss Simplicity, featuring Helen Lord, is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 56 performances.
Comedy vocalists The Melani Trio, singing and dancing duo Hedrix And Prescott and French singing quartet Les Troubadours Toulousians, are among the entertainments on offer at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Bostonians troupe performs the musical comedy The Serenade at The Tivoli Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Al G. Field's Greater Minstrels play at The Metropolitan Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
The Bon Ton Burlesquers play at The Star Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
The continuous Vaudeville show at The Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, features The Russell Brothers, The Harmony Four, Carrie Scott, Carson And Willard, The Reese brothers, The Brothers Bright, The Knight Brothers and others.
De Wolf Hopper and "The greatest company of singing comedians in America" are presenting the "magnificent musical production", Mr. Pickwick, during four nights at The Metropolitan Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Bowery Burlesquers are playing during one week at The Empire Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
A Hot Old Time, billed as offering "A laugh in every line" and the "Prettiest girls on the stage", is presented at The Park Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu opens at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, where it will run for 192 performances.
Helter Skelter, with music by John Stromberg and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, billed as "The Weber and Field's Circus Burlesque" is playing at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Singing Girl, starring Edna Bronson, opens at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Actress and singer Elfie Fay is headlining at The Orpheum theatre, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Lew Hawkins, Sidney Wilmer And Company, Miss Wynn Winslow, The Great Kaufmann Troupe, Dooley And Tenbrooke and others.
Eddie Foy stars in the 'entertaining musical comedy and beauty feast' The Earl And The Girl at The Belasco Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The musical revue Maid In America, with songs by Sigmund Romberg and Harry Carroll is playing during its ninth week at The Palace Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Ziegfeld Follies of 1915, aka The Blue Follies, is playing at The New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 104 performances.
African-American comedian, songwriter and singer Sherman H. Dudley is playing at The Empress Theatre, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
The Gotham Comedy Four offer 'snappy songs', and Marion Saunders, The California Nightingale, sings during a three-night engagement at The Lyric Theatre, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA.
The musical revue The Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 closes at The New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 233 performances.
The musical comedy Music Hath Charms is presented at The Majestic Theatre, 44th Street, New York City, USA, during a run of 25 performances. The show features music by Rudolf Friml.
Tommy Rogers And His Novelty Band are playing during their 20th week at The Showboat, San Diego, California, USA.
The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.
The musical comedy movie Rich, Young And Pretty, starring Jane Powell, Vic Damone and Wendell Corey, opens at cinemas in Finland, Europe.
The musical comedy movie Skirts Ahoy!, starring Esther Williams, Joan Evans and Vivian Blaine, opens at cinemas in the Netherlands, Europe.
The comedy musical film Road To Bali, starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, is released to cinemas in Hong Kong, Asia.
The Hoffnung Astronautical Music Festival 1961 - billed as 'An evening of extravagent symphonic caricature' - is performed by musical humourist Gerard Hoffnung at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
The musical comedy film Bye Bye Birdie opens at cinemas in Italy, Europe. The film, based on Elvis Presley being drafted into the US Army, stars Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke, with Jesse Pearson as fictitious pop idol Conrad Birdie (a pun on Conway Twitty), along with Ann-Margret and Bobby Rydell. TV show host Ed Sullivan appears as himself.
Comedian and recording artist Allan Sherman appears on the Perry Como Show on NBC-tv in the USA.
The comedy/drama movie Captain Newman M.D. opens at cinemas in the USA, with Bobby Darin in a featured role as Cpl. Jim Tompkins, USAAF.
Freddie Garrity, leader of Freddie And The Dreamers, crashes his two-week old E-Type Jaguar on the way home to Harpurphey, Lancashire, UK.
Bajour, a musical comedy featuring Chita Rivera, Nancy Dussault and Herschel Bernardi, opens at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Do The Freddie by Freddie And The Dreamers, entering at No59.
Walkin' In The Sunshine by Roger Miller enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, at No37, but it will rise no higher, lasting only one week on the chart. The song is taken from Miller's album of the same name.
Frank Zappa releases his first version of the album Lumpy Gravy on Capitol Records in the USA.
Dionne Warwick, Norm Crosby, The Young Americans and Morecambe And Wise appear on tonight's edition of tv's The Ed Sullivan Show, in New York City, USA.
The Scaffold, The Incredible String Band and Ron Geesin play at Leicester University, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Gus Van of the Vaudeville duo Van And Schenk dies in Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, as a result of having been hit by a car a week earlier. In a long and successful career, the pair recorded for the Emerson, Victor and Columbia labels.
John Cooper Clarke plays at The Cricketers, The Oval, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Rhubarb Tarts.
The first night of the annual Reading Festival in the UK is headlined by Killing Joke. Also on the bill are Doctor And The Medics, The Mission, Balaam And The Angel, March Violets, The Bolshoi, Twenty Flight Rockers and Gene Loves Jezebel.
We Will Rock You by Queen tops a poll of 1000 music fans to find the greatest rock anthem of all time. The poll was carried out to mark the release of the new Jack Black comedy movie School of Rock.
The Village Pump Folk Club in Trowbridge, reopens and begins presenting live music events again. Tonight's line-up includes Merv Grist and Leander Morales. In the 70s the venue, which inspired the annual Trowbridge Village Pump Festival, hosted some of the greatest names in folk, blues, comedy and jazz, including The Tannahill Weavers, Long John Baldry, Fred Wedlock and even Stephane Grappelli.
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