Everybody Rise? Standing Ovation or 'Oh, No You Didn't!'
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler wonders why everybody stands at Broadway curtain calls.
Today is Friday, June 12, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Cece Cortes Bruce Perry Camilla Scott John Linnell Timothy Busfield Slava Polunin Anne Frank Richard M. Sherman Lew Gallo Donald White Uta Hagen Claudia Morgan Isabel Bonner Elissa Landi Evelyn Varden Djuna Barnes Junius Matthews E. Ray Goetz Stanley Logan William Austin Brandon Evans George Loane Tucker William Bechtel Mrs. William Bechtel Frank Losee Tom Rosqui Wil Horneff Christopher Liam Moore Jodi Thelen Eamonn Walker Wally Dunn Chips Moman Terence Emery Marilyn Child Betty Linton George Haimsohn Bill Naughton Elizabeth Watts