(Saturday, October 12, 1991, 11:30 p.m. EDT) — The cold open on tonight’s late-night television sketch comedy and variety show “Saturday Night Live” was a parody of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Clarence Thomas (click here to watch the video).
Daily Archives: October 12, 2011
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ rock opera opens on Broadway 40 years ago tonight (1971)
(Tuesday, October 12, 1971) — Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and directed by Tom O’Horgan, opened tonight on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.