November 23
Born Today:
Peter Gennaro
Broadway dancer/choreographer Peter Gennaro (1919-2000) performed in the original stage productions of Kiss Me Kate (1948), Guys and Dolls (1950), and The Pajama Game (1954) before co-choreographing West Side Story (1957) with Jerome Robbins (1918-1998), only later getting credit for his contributions to the show. He choreographed both the stage and the film versions of The Unsinkable Molly Brown in the 1960s and the stage version of Annie (1977), for which he won a Tony Award.
Also Born Today: French contemporary dancer/choreographer, Daniel Larrieu (1957-).