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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 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.
The controversial hippy musical,
Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The King Sisters, Alvino Rey and Kent Larsen are playing during a three-week engagement at The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The musical variety revue
New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lana Cantrell is playing during a three-week engagement at The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA.

The
Modern Jazz Quartet is playing during an engagement at Byrd's Nest, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Jackie Cain and Roy Kral are playing during an engagement at Paul's Mall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Joe Tex is playing during ten nights at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The
5th Dimension are playing during a three-week engagement at The Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.

Joanie Sommers is playing during a ten-day stint at The Adriatic Sea, San Jose, California, USA.
Jimmy Smith is playing during ten nights at The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Edwin Starr plays at The Clockwork Orange, Chester, England, UK, Europe.

Checkmates Ltd play at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.

It is announced that songwriter, keyboardist and arranger
Al Kooper has joined the pop A+R department of
Columbia Records in New York City, USA, as a producer.
Jr. Walker And The All Stars play at The Mosque, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

The
Velvet Underground play at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Bo Grumpus.
Chris Smither plays at The Sword In The Stone, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Chris Farlowe And The Thunderbirds play at Keswick College, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.

The Hour Glass play the second of three nights at The Kaleidoscope, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jefferson Airplane,
Big Brother and The Holding Company, The
Grateful Dead, The
Steve Miller Band,
The Youngbloods, People, The Sons of Champlin, Crome Syrcus, Transatlantic Railroad, the Indian Head Band and Mourning Reign play in the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Santa Clara, California, USA.

The
Steve Miller Band plays the second of two nights at the Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The
Miami Pop Festival (also known as the Underground Pop Festival), begins at the Gulf Stream Race Track, Hallandale, Miami, Florida, USA, with The
Jimi Hendrix Experience,
John Lee Hooker,
Frank Zappa,
Blue Cheer,
Arthur Brown and Eire Apparent.
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Moby Grape play the second of two nights at The Kaleidoscope Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Junior Wells, The Sons Of Champlin and The
Santana Blues Band play at The
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Calfornia, USA.

Kaleidoscope and The Family Tree play the second of two nights at the Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA.
B.B. King, Richie Havens,
Judy Collins, The Rascals and The
Grateful Dead play in the First Annual Quaker City Pop Festival in the John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Country Joe and The Fish play the last of three nights at the Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
Billboard magazine reports that record sales in the USA slumped by 19% during the first quarter of 1968 compared to the same period in 1967.

On a tour to promote their new single, Born To Be Wild,
Steppenwolf play at The Chase Park Hotel Ballroom, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

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.