This Juneteenth, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and the NAACP Are Combining Art With Activism
To these entities, every curtain rise fuels cultural change that reaches far beyond the stage.
Today is Friday, June 19, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Paul F. Dano Hugh Dancy Lauren Ward Kathleen Turner Phylicia Rashad Richard Monette Jeffrey Moss Maria Tucci Gena Rowlands Nancy Marchand Louis Jourdan Charles Boaz Albert Linville Henry LeTang Martin Gabel Mildred Natwick Eddie Bartell Truman Gaige Raoul De Leon George Voskovec Moe Howard Blanche Yurka Will Morrissey Averell Harris Charles Coburn William Courtenay Dame May Whitty William A. Brady Jake Dengel Trude Adams Erin Mackey Jim Ortlieb Des McAnuff Steve Ryan Peter Link