Want to deepen your musical theatre knowledge in a fun and relaxed way? Just check in to this musical theatre holiday page daily and “open up” the album or song of the day! Each day will feature either a birthday, important event, or actual holiday, along with something musical theatre-related for you to do in order to celebrate it. It’s like a digital musical advent calendar for the whole year!
* It’s important that you use the exact links that are provided below, as there are many cast albums and versions of songs, and I have chosen the exact ones to go with the people we are celebrating.
* If there are two holidays listed, choose the one you are less familiar with or more interested in!
January 1
New Year’s Day: “Let’s Start the New Year Right”➝
January 2
Renée Elise Goldsberry: “My Home Court”➝
Science Fiction Day: Listen to a Sci-Fi Musical
Taye Diggs’s Birthday: The Wild Party (Original Off-Broadway Cast)➝
January 3
Festival of Sleep Day: “Sleepy Man”➝ or “Sleeping”➝
January 4
Dave Malloy’s Birthday: Preludes➝
Grace Bumbry’s Birthday: Carmen Jones (Studio Cast)➝
January 5
Bird Day: “Be Like the Bluebird”➝
January 6
Rowan Atkinson’s Birthday: Oliver! (2009 London Cast)➝
January 7
Kenny Loggins’s Birthday: Footloose➝
January 8
David Bowie’s Birthday: Lazarus➝
January 9
Imelda Staunton’s Birthday: Follies (National Theatre Cast)➝
January 10
Houseplant Appreciation Day: Little Shop of Horrors➝
January 11
Alexander Hamilton’s Birthday: “Alexander Hamilton”➝
January 12
Hot Tea Day: “Chrysanthemum Tea”➝
January 13
Gwen Verdon’s Birthday: New Girl in Town (Original Broadway Cast)➝
Make Your Dreams Come True Day: “I Have a Dream”➝
January 14
Alan Rickman’s Birthday: “Ladies in Their Sensitivities”➝
January 15
Dove Cameron’s Birthday: “Cooties”➝
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday: The Selma Album➝
January 16
Ethel Merman’s Birthday: Annie Get Your Gun (Original Broadway Cast)➝
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Birthday: 21 Chump Street➝
January 17
Eartha Kitt’s Birthday: The Wild Party (LaChiusa)➝
January 18
Jesse L. Martin’s Birthday: Bright Lights, Big City➝
January 19
Michael Crawford’s Birthday: The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast)➝
Dolly Parton’s Birthday: 9 to 5➝
January 20
Harold Gray’s Birthday: “I Always Knew”➝
January 21
Paul Scofield’s Birthday: Expresso Bongo➝
January 22
National Hot Sauce Day: “Too Darn Hot”➝
January 23
Pie Day – Listen to Waitress➝
Chita Rivera’s Birthday: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Original Cast)➝
January 24
Global Belly Laugh Day: “Schadenfreude”➝
January 25
Opposite Day: Freaky Friday➝
January 26
Spouse’s Day: I Do! I Do!➝
January 27
Punch the Clock Day: “Coffee Break”➝
Alan Cumming’s Birthday: Cabaret (New Broadway Cast)➝
January 28
Joey Fatone’s Birthday: “The Chipmunk Song”➝
January 29
Puzzle Day: “Crossword Puzzle”➝
January 30
Christian Bale’s Birthday: The Newsies (Film Soundtrack)➝
January 31
Carol Channing’s Birthday: Hello, Dolly! (Original Broadway Cast)➝
Inspire Your Heart With Art Day: “Children and Art”➝