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The stage musical
Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.

The musical
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.

The rock musical
Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.

The musical comedy
The Happy Time is presented at The
Broadway Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical
Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.

The stage musical
Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Jack Cassidy is playing during two weeks at The Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA.
Neil Diamond is playing during a twelve-day engagement at Tennessee Technical University, Cookeville, Tennessee, USA.
Renee Raff is playing during a two-week stand at The Apartment, New York City, USA, with Charles De Forest and The Ray Starling Trio.
Marilyn Michaels plays during a four-week engagement at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
Barbara McNair is playing during a week of shows at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Lou Rawls is playing during two weeks at The Cave, Vancouver, British Ciolumbia, Canada.

Love Sculpture record a live session for BBC radio show Top Gear at BBC Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly, London, England, UK, Europe.

During their Sounds Of Ireland tour,
The Irish Rovers' are playing a week of shows at
The Place Des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The Generation, a new psychedelic club owned by Barry Imhof, opens on Eighth Street,
Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Later in the year, the club will be bought by
Jimi Hendrix and turned into
Electric Lady studios. In its relatively short life span The Generation featured acts including
Big Brother And the Holding Company,
B.B. King,
Chuck Berry,
Dave Van Ronk,
Sly And the Family Stone and
John Fahey.
Tim Buckley records a live session in London, England, UK, Europe, for BBC Radio 1 show Top Gear, hosted by
John Peel.
Elton Britt and Rosalie Allen are playing at The Nashville Room, New York City, USA.
The Beatles inaugurate a new publishing company, Python Music Ltd.

The
Bee Gees appear on tv's Smothers Brothers Show in the USA, singing Words and And The Sun Will Shine.
Petula Clark stars in her first North American tv spectacular, Petula, broadcast by NBC in the USA. Her guest is
Harry Belafonte. The show marks
the first time a man and woman of different races exchanged physical contact on American television, and causes considerable controversy. Doyle Lott, a vice president from Chrysler, the show's sponsor, is present at the taping, and objects to the "interracial touching", fearing that it would offend white Southern viewers — this at a time when racial conflict was a major issue in the U.S. Lott insisted they substitute a different take, but the show's makers refused. Soon after, Doyle Lott was relieved of all his responsibilities at Chrysler.
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The controversial hippy musical,
Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.

The rock musical
Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.