Today is the birthday of David Belasco (1853-1931), a towering figure in the American theatre. He was playwright, director or producer (sometimes all three) of nearly a hundred plays in his 50 year career, most famously Madame Butterfly (1900) and The Girl of the Golden West (1905), both of which were turned into operas by Puccini. Other notable Belasco […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:07AM on July 25, 2013