BroadwayWorld.com's On This Day - June 20, 2010

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events!

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:

Almost Crazy Broadway - 1955

Ambassador Satch Regional (US) - 2005

Belinda Fair West End - 1949

Design For Living Broadway - 1984

Dietrich & Chevalier: The Musical Off-Broadway - 2010

Genius of Ray Charles London Fringe - 2005

Hedwig and the Angry Inch London Fringe - 2005

Hot Chocolates Broadway - 1929

It's Karate, Kid! New York - 2005

See-See West End - 1906

The Bohemian Girl Broadway - 1853

The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin Off-Broadway - 2000

The Devil's Brother Broadway - 1833

Thunder Knocking on the Door Off-Broadway - 2002

Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 Broadway - 1910

OPENING SOON:

Dietrich & Chevalier: The Musical
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
opening 6/20/10

On the Levee
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
opening 6/28/10

La Bete
(West End - 2010)
opening 7/7/10

Shrek the Musical
(US Tour - 2010)
opening 7/13/10

Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 7/15/10

Trust
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
opening 8/12/10

Mrs. Warren's Profession
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 9/3/10

9 To 5: The Musical
(US Tour - 2010)
opening 9/21/10

Rock of Ages
(US Tour - 2010)
opening 9/21/10

Brief Encounter
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 9/28/10

The Pitmen Painters
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 9/30/10

West Side Story
(US Tour - 2010)
opening 9/30/10

Time Stands Still
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 10/7/10

La Bete
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 10/14/10

Lombardi
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 10/21/10

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
(Toronto - 2010)
opening 10/26/10

The Scottsboro Boys
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 10/31/10

Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 11/4/10

Unchain My Heart
(Broadway - 2010)
opening 11/7/10

CLOSING SOON:

Lips Together, Teeth Apart
(Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/20/10

A Little Night Music
(Broadway - 2009)
closing 6/20/10

Gabriel
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/20/10

Lips Together, Teeth Apart
(Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/20/10

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/20/10

Stuffed And Unstrung
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/26/10

Paradise Found
(West End - 2010)
closing 6/26/10

Red
(Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/27/10

Sondheim on Sondheim
(Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/27/10

White Woman Street
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/27/10

This Wide Night
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/27/10

Cirque du Soleil: Banana Shpeel
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/27/10

Hair
(Broadway - 2009)
closing 6/27/10

That Face
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 6/27/10

Another Part of the Forest
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 7/3/10

Modotti
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 7/3/10

My Trip Down the Pink Carpet
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 7/3/10

On the Levee
(Off-Broadway - 2010)
closing 7/10/10

Bedroom Farce
(West End - 2010)
closing 7/10/10

COMING UP:

Monday June 21, 2010:
Block, Sieber et al Headline NYMF's 'Best of the Fest'

Monday June 21, 2010:
David Mamet's acclaimed hit play RACE have announced that the Golden Globe and SAG award nominated star of '24' and 'The Unit' Dennis Haysbert for an exclusive nine week limited engagement, beginning performances on Monday, June 21st through Saturday, August 21st.">Dennis Haysbert to Join RACE

Monday June 21, 2010:
Eddie Izzard will take over for James Spader in RACE beginning on June 21st. This now completes the new cast along with Afton C. Williamson and Dennis Haysbert along with Richard Thomas who will remain with the show. ">Eddie Izzard to Join RACE on Broadway

Monday June 21, 2010:
Mills and Wyner Award Ed Kleban Prize

Monday June 21, 2010:
Matthew Hamel (Utah's Crying, Abington Theatre, I Love You, Madam President, NYMF). Music director Jonathan Tessero (Aida, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway) will lead an orchestra of 20 and a cast of 24. Produced by Sarah Melissa Rotker in association with Josh Wellman, the event will take place in NYSEC's 800-seat Concert Hall, located at 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West. ">NYSEC Presents TITANIC IN Concert

Monday June 21, 2010:
George Bernard Shaw's VILLAGE WOOING and INTERLUDE AT The Playhouse on Monday, June 21st at 7 PM. The performance will be at The Players (16 Gramercy Park South). Tickets are $25 and are available online at www.projectshaw.com or by phone at 212-355-7823.">Project Shaw Presents VILLAGE WOOING & INTERLUDE AT The Playhouse

Monday June 21, 2010:
T & T Productions Presents MAMI, WHERE'D MY O GO?

Monday June 21, 2010:
Sarah Melissa Rotker in association with Josh Wellman, the event will take place in NYSEC's 800-seat Concert Hall, which last year played host to the first SAW Theatricals/Ethical Culture collaboration with a sold-out concert production of Jekyll & Hyde. ">TITANIC to Return to NY for Benefit Concert

Tuesday June 22, 2010:
Live At The Lincoln Hosts Cast of Million Dollar Quartet

Tuesday June 22, 2010:
Miranda Returns to THE HEIGHTS for LA Tour Stop

Tuesday June 22, 2010:
David Caddick and David Lai. For the first time in over forty years PROMISES, PROMISES returns to the stage starring Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes and Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth. Directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford, this new production of PROMISES, PROMISES, with Neil Simon's funny and touching book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's hit-packed score, opened at the Broadway Theatre on Sunday, April 25, 2010.">PROMISES, PROMISES Cast Album Due

Wednesday June 23, 2010:
Melissa Etheridge will join the cast of the Tony nominated Best Musical for a special performance during the finale of the Wednesday evening, June 23 performance.">Melissa Etheridge Joins MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET for Finale

Wednesday June 23, 2010:
The Farm, a 'Corpsetologist' will make you look like your favorite celebrity. These and other death-dealing characters await you in Esther Crow's one-woman variety show, DEATH IS A SCREAM.">The Brick Theater Presents DEATH IS A SCREAM

Thursday June 24, 2010:
GLAAD Hosts an Evening at LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

Thursday June 24, 2010:
Live At The Lincoln Hosts Cast of Promises, Promises

Thursday June 24, 2010:
Parks & Recreation Screens 'Blueprint: New York City Parks,'

Thursday June 24, 2010:
PROMISES, PROMISES To Appear At Barnes And Noble

Thursday June 24, 2010:
Brian Freeman.">The National Queer Arts Festival Presents BLACKBIRD

Thursday June 24, 2010:
TheatreWorks Presents A Page To Stage Reading Of THE MAN FROM EARTH

Thursday June 24, 2010:
Donna McKechnie enjoyed one of her greatest triumphs as Sally, in the acclaimed revival of the Stephen Sondheim � James Goldman musical, Follies, in the spring of 1998. "She defined the art of torch singing with �Losing My Mind,' raved Variety, joining the New York Times and other critics in unstintingly praising her performance. She is now coming to Australia for the first time in a new show directed by Richard Jay-Alexander. ">Tony-Winner McKechnie Performs in Sydney