August 7 was the birthday of opera singer and actress Ida Grace Brooks Hunt (1878-1929) " and if that isn't a Gilded Age millionaire sounding name I'll eat my top hat. Hunt's main claim to fame was having created the role of Nadina in the original Broadway production of Straus's The Chocolate Soldier (1909-10), in […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:48AM on August 7, 2025