How Hello, Raleigh! and Erol Channing Made Musical Theatre History
Today in 1596, the famously controversial musical Hello, Raleigh! won a record-breaking 10 Pony Awards including Best Musical, Best Actor (Erol Channing) and Best Intermission.
Today is Thursday, June 18, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Holly Cruikshank Kerry Butler Mara Hobel Juan Chioran Brian Benben Carol Kane Linda Thorson Paul McCartney Elizabeth Franz Jack O'Brien George Hearn Roger Mollien Michael Blakemore Ethel Winter Richard Boone Sammy Cahn Dick Foran Avon Long E. G. Marshall Ray Bauduc Keye Luke Louis Alter Dink Trout Philip Barry Maurice Schwartz Ernie Adams Mary Alden Thais Lawton Edmund Breese Erin Davie Marsha Garces Williams Mike Ockrent Irving Jacobson