Below is a list of profiles of important people in the history of theater and film musicals. Each profile offers a selection of video and audio samples to present an overview of the professional milestones in the life of a notable musical stage and screen veteran. It is a work-in-progress, and I will be regularly adding entries.
Jan. 2: Renée Elise Goldsberry (1971)
Jan. 3: Justin Paul (1985)
Jan. 4: Lee Goldsmith (1923)
Jan. 7: Harvey Evans (1941)
Jan. 9: Imelda Staunton (1956)
Jan. 10: James Lapine (1949)
Jan. 12: André De Shields (1946)
Jan. 13: Matthew Bourne (1960)
Jan. 19: Michael Crawford (1942)
Jan. 25: Ariana DeBose (1991)
Jan. 29: Leslie Bricusse (1931)
Feb. 2: Elaine Stritch (1925)
Feb. 3: Nathan Lane (1956)
Feb. 6: Lee Breuer (1937)
Feb. 8: Sherie Rene Scott (1967)
Feb. 9: Henry Krieger (1945)
Feb. 10: Jimmy Durante (1893)
Feb. 12: J. Robert Spencer (1969)
Feb. 16: Vera-Ellen (1921)
Feb. 17: Tom Jones (1928)
Feb. 18: John Travolta (1954)
Feb. 20: Jessie Mueller (1983)
Feb. 21: Christine Ebersole (1953)
Feb. 22: Sheila Hancock (1933)
Feb. 23: Robert Lopez (1975)
Feb. 24: Rupert Holmes (1947)
Feb. 26: Priscilla Lopez (1948)
Mar. 4: Keith Herrmann (1952)
Mar. 5: Elaine Paige (1948)
Mar. 9: Raul Julia (1940)
Mar. 11: Paul Keating (1976)
Mar. 12: Liza Minnelli (1946)
Mar. 18: John Kander (1927)
Mar. 19: Maria Friedman (1960)
Mar. 22: Stephen Sondheim (1930)
Mar. 23: Melissa Errico (1970)
Mar. 24: Bob Mackie (1939)
Mar. 25: Elton John (1947)
Mar. 26: Jonathan Groff (1985)
Mar. 29: Elizabeth McCann (1931)
Apr. 1: Jane Powell (1929)
Apr. 17: Rebecca Luker (1961)
Apr. 18: Gavin Creel (1976)
Apr. 30: Sheldon Harnick (1924)
May 3: Betty Comden (1917)
May 6: Adrienne Warren (1987)
May 7: Nicholas Hytner (1956)
May 9: Leonard Soloway (1928)
May 10: Arthur Kopit (1937)
May 11: Boyd Gaines (1953)
May 13: Bea Arthur (1922)
May 14: Siân Phillips (1933)
May 17: Howard Ashman (1950)
May 18: Robert Morse (1931)
May 20: Judy Kuhn (1958)
May 25: Bill Bojangles Robinson (1878)
May 26: Alvin Ing (1932)
June 1: Joan Copeland (1922)
June 1: Jonathan Pryce (1947)
June 4: Mary Testa (1955)
June 7: Charles Strouse (1928)
June 8: Robert Preston (1918)
June 14: Eddie Mekka (1952)
June 27: Roger Berlind (1930)
June 30: Micki Grant (1941)
June 30: Robert Allan Ackerman (1944)
July 16: Camille Saviola (1950)
July 20: Sally Ann Howes (1930)
Aug. 11: Arlene Dahl (1925)
Aug, 21: Melvin Van Peebles (1932)
Aug. 31: Everett Lee (1916)
Sep. 5: Stephen J. Lawrence (1939)
Oct. 19: Ira Hawkins (1944)
Oct. 21: Aaron Tveit (1983)
Oct. 22: Marc Shaiman (1959)
Oct. 23: Maury Yeston (1945)
Oct. 24: Tony Walton (1934)
Oct. 31: Brian Stokes Mitchell (1957)
Nov. 1: Jim Steinman (1947)
Nov. 1: Beth Leavel (1955)
Nov. 6: Michael Cerveris (1960)
Nov. 10: Marilyn Bergman (1929)
Nov. 10: Ann Reinking (1949)
Nov. 10: Jeanine Tesori (1961)
Nov. 12: Karen Ziemba (1957)
Nov. 18: Walter Bobbie (1945)
Nov. 19: Savion Glover (1973)
Nov. 20: Samuel E. Wright (1946)
Nov. 30: Mandy Patinkin (1952)
Dec. 8: Graciela Daniele (1939)
Dec. 9: Judi Dench (1934)
Dec. 13: Dick Van Dyke (1925)
Dec. 13: Christopher Plummer (1929)
Dec. 16: LaChanze (1961)
Dec. 26: Bob Avian (1937)