May 9, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Forty-five years ago tonight, the musical revue Ain't Misbehavin' opened at the Longacre Theatre. Based on music made famous by Thomas (Fats) Waller, a songwriter and performer of the 1920s and 30s, it had begun its journey just a few months earlier in a small cabaret space Off-Broadway at the old Manhattan Theatre Club on East 73rd Street. And almost from t…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:16AM on May 9, 2023