26th May

The musical revue Hip-Hip-Hooray is playing at The Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 425 performances.

Louis 'Moondog' Hardin is born in Marysville, Kansas, USA. Hardin will begin his musical career as a percussionist in his high school band, losing his sight in 1929 when a dynamite cap explodes in his hands. Following the accident, Hardin attends the Iowa School For The Blind and the Missouri School For The Blind, where he studies stringed instruments, organ and harmony. He also learns to compose in braille. In later years, using the name Moondog, he will become an innovative jazz/avant-garde composer, instrument maker and recording artist, familiar and much-loved on the streets of New York City, where he performed dressed in bizarre Viking garb.

Louis Thomas Hardin is born in Marysville, Kansas, USA. He will grow up to become Moondog, an enigmatic New York City street performer with a flowing beard, and dressed in elaborate Viking garb. He will garner great acclaim as a jazz-influenced composer and conductor.

Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.