Today in Theater History
1958 Future Material Girl Madonna is born today. Besides becoming a top recording artist and cultural icon with such hit songs as Like A Virgin and Holiday, Madonna will also go on to star on both the stage and screen. She will make her Broadway debut in David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow in 1988 and will eventually star as the title role in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita.Source: www.playbill.com