The First

 

November 9, 1981 

Paul attends a preview of the musical called "The First" on Broadway.  This was a musical about Jackie Robinson and it had a very short run of 33 previews and 37 performances.  (BTW, David Alan Grier, who I remember from "In Living Color" in the 1990s, played Jackie Robinson in this musical).  I discovered that this was directed by Martin Charnin, who was involved with Annie, one of MPL's musicals, so that tells us why Paul went to see this musical that sounds interesting but apparently was a flop.