Today in History: ‘A Chorus Line’ closes on Broadway

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On April 28, 1990, the musical “A Chorus Line” closed after 6,137 performances on Broadway.

This aerial view shows a Wednesday matinee crowd outside the Shubert Theatre in New York City for one of the final performances of “A Chorus Line,” April 26, 1990. The show will close Saturday, April 28, ending its 15-year run with 6,137 performances, making it the longest running musical in history. In 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.

In 1952, war with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San Francisco the year before took effect. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter accepted the resignation of Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, who had opposed the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing American hostages in Iran. In 2001, a Russian rocket lifted off from Central Asia bearing the first space tourist, California businessman Dennis Tito, and two cosmonauts on a journey to the international space station.

In 2015, urging Americans to “do some soul-searching,” President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration over recurring Black deaths at the hands of police, rioters who responded with senseless violence and a society that would only “feign concern” without addressing the root causes.

 

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