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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 musical
Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 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.
The controversial hippy musical,
Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.

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.

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

Jazz pianist
Erroll Garner is playing during a three-week season at The Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Etta James, The Coasters,
The Vibrations, Freddie Scott, The Jive Five and Jimmy Pelham are playing at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Leon Bibb is playing during a thirteen-night engagement at The Maisonette in the St. Regis Hotel, New York City, USA.
Henry Mancini is playing during two weeks at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The
Arthur Lyman Quartet is playing during a run of dates at Hop Louie's Latitude 20 Club, Torrance, California, USA. Vibraphonist Lyman is considered a pioneer of the exotica style of music, which blended Hawaiian styles with jazz and pop.

The Sweet Inspirations are playing at Leo's Casino, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

The Family Tree (featuring
Bob Segarini) are playing during three nights at The Avalon, San Francisco, California, USA.
Canned Heat are playing during four nights at Tempo City, New York City, USA.

Erma Franklin is playing during four nights at The Nixon Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe, is the site of the second day of a two-day rock festival starring
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Traffic, Eric Burdon and
The Animals,
The Move and more.
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The Loading Zone play at The Governor's Hall, Sacramento, California, USA.

Peaches And Herb play at The Sand Beach Club, Long Beach, New York State, USA.
John Fred and the Playboy Band play at The Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.

The New Flamingos play at The Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, North London, UK.

The Coasters play at the
Mardi Gras, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.

The
James Cotton Blues Band plays the first of two nights at
The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Holy Om.

The Dells play at Penn State University, Old Main, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tommy Hunt is playing during three nights at Loretta's Hi Hat, Lawnside, New Jersey, USA.

On a tour to promote their new single, Born To Be Wild,
Steppenwolf play the second of two nights at The Marine Stadium, Miami, Florida, USA.

Inez And Charlie Foxx play during a week of shows at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Mike Nesmith of
The Monkees is in RCA Studios,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA, working on the songs Hollywood and How Insensitive. Although intended for the next Monkees album, Instant Replay, neither track will appear on it.
The
Grateful Dead, Charlie Musselwhite and Petris play the second of two nights at
The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
B.B. King is playing in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Little Milton is playing a live gig in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

On their second North American tour,
The Cream play at the Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Canada.

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.