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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 Checkmates Ltd, are playing during four weeks at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a month of shows at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.
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.
The King Sisters, Alvino Rey and Kent Larsen are playing during a three-week engagement at The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Maxine Brown is playing during nine days at The Pecan Grove, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Long John Baldry is playing during a week of cabaret at The Garrick, Leigh, UK, Europe.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Glen Campbell is in London, England, UK, Europe, for a week of promotional radio and tv appearances.
Lana Cantrell is playing during a three-week engagement at The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jimmy McGriff is playing during four nights at The Alpine Villa, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Joe Tex is playing during ten nights at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The Critters play at Manhattan College, New York City, USA.

The
Beach Boys and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi play at LeMoyne College Syracuse, New York State, USA.

The Hour Glass play the first of two nights at The Cheetah, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring
Janis Joplin, play at Cal-Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA.

Rolling Stone magazine runs a feature which is heavily critical of UK power-trio Cream, describing
Eric Clapton as "the master of the blues cliché" and, unwittingly, contributing to the demise of the band.
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The first Monterey Dixieland Festival opens in Los Angeles, California, USA. Over its two days, the festival features
Louis Armstrong, Turk Murphy, The Dukes Of Dixieland, The Firehouse Five Plus Two and The New Orleans Jazz Club All Stars.

The
Buddy Guy Blues Band plays the second of four nights at
Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.

The
Modern Jazz Quartet is playing during an engagement at Byrd's Nest, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Moby Grape play the fourth of six nights at The Generation Club, New York City, USA.
At a Monkees' recording session in
Wally Heider's studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA,
Neil Young plays lead guitar on the track
You And I, which will appear on the album Instant Replay. At the same session,
The Monkees also work on the songs Smile and That's What It's Like Lovin' You.

When
Aretha Franklin releases her new single, Think, in the UK, her record company, Atlantic, hosts a press reception at The
Revolution Club in London.
Pat Boone officiates during the ribbon-cutting ceremonies to open the new branch of Tele-Quick, a national TV repair firm, at 3705 Nolensville Road,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Boone is a part-owner of the firm.
Edwin Starr begins a British tour at The Tabernacle, Stockport, England, UK, Europe.

The
5th Dimension play at The University Of Virginia, Virginia, USA.
Jackie Cain and Roy Kral are playing during an engagement at Paul's Mall, Boston, Massachusetts, 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.