Playbill Celebrates Broadway's March Birthdays

There is so much to celebrate in the month of March! The worst of winter is behind us, and the lights continue to rise on new productions of plays and musicals on the Broadway stage. In addition to being Women's History Month, March is a special month for a host of amazing artists who have graced the Main Stem. Warm up your singing voices and light some candles for the gifted performers, directors, and playwrights who celebrate their birthdays this month.

For a more complete list of March birthdays, visit the Playbill Vault.

Starting off the month is Lindsay Mendez (soon-to-be-seen as one of Broadway's Leading Ladies, Merrily We Roll Along), Jeanna de Waal (Diana), Bryan Batt (La Cage aux Folles), and Lupita Nyong'o (upcoming in Shakespeare in the Park's Twelfth Night, Eclipsed) whose birthdays fall on March 1.

March 4 is a remarkable day for Lilli Cooper (The Cottage, POTUS,) and Wade McCollum (soon-to-be-seen in Floyd Collins, Water for Elephants) as they celebrate their birthdays.

We'll all wear our hearts upon our sleeves for Andrew Burnap (Othello, which opens on Broadway this month and the Snow White film) on his March 5 birthday.

Wear pink and green on March 6 for composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Queen of Versailles, Wicked) in celebration of his birthday.

Director-choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), Donna Murphy (Hello, Dolly!), and George Salazar (Be More Chill) will turn another year older March 7.

This March 8, Kit Connor (Romeo + Juliet) is the sun as he celebrates his birthday.

Eureka! It's Thomas Middleditch's (Eureka Day) birthday March 10.

Tony and Olivier Award winner Jodie Comer (Prima Facie) celebrates her birthday March 11.

Life is a cabaret for the one and only Liza Minnelli (Chicago, The Act, Victor / Victoria, Cabaret) on her March 12 birthday.

It's playwright Dominique Morisseau's (Ain't Too Proud, Skeleton Crew) lucky birthday March 13.

Long live Adrianna Hicks (Some Like it Hot, SIX: The Musical) as she celebrates her March 15 birthday.

On March 16, our heart beats for Victor Garber (Hello, Dolly!, Damn Yankees, Noises Off) and Amber Iman (Lempicka and the upcoming Off-Broadway musical Goddess).

Save one of the best pies in New York for Sutton Foster (Once Upon a Mattress, The Music Man), Vanessa Williams (A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, West End's extended The Devil Wears Prada Musical), John Kander (Chicago, Cabaret), and Eva Noblezada (upcoming in Cabaret, currently in West End's Hadestown) on March 18.

Director Maria Friedman (Merrily We Roll Along) will be "Growing Up" alongside Glenn Close (Sunset Boulevard) on their March 19 birthday.

On March 20, bake a cake for Chip Zien (Harmony, Into the Woods).

March 21 produced some incredible Broadway artists in Santino Fontana (Tootsie, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella), Matthew Broderick (Plaza Suite, The Producers), and Rosie O'Donnell (Fiddler on the Roof, Taboo).

Lift your razors high and illuminate your chandeliers for two musical theatre titans: the late great Stephen Sondheim (Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd) and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera) on March 22.

Upduryh! March 23 is Helen Park (KPOP) and Melissa Errico's (Dracula, The Musical) birthday.

Hello, gorgeous! March 24 is a special birthday for Julie Benko (Harmony, Funny Girl) and Jim Parsons (Our Town, Mother Play).

We hope to succeed in wishing Sarah Jessica Parker (Plaza Suite, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying), Elton John (Tammy Faye, The Lion King), and Katharine McPhee (Waitress) a very happy birthday on March 25.

Not a March 26 goes by that we're not wishing Jonathan Groff (the upcoming Just in Time, Merrily We Roll Along), Anaïs Mitchell (Hadestown), and Martin Short (It's Only a Play), happy birthdays on March 26.

"Make a Wish" for Bonnie Milligan (Kimberly Akimbo, Heads Over Heels), Bartlett Sher (who will be directing the new Adam Guettel musical Millions), and Austin Pendleton (Between Riverside and Crazy, The Minutes) as they celebrate their birthdays on March 27.

On March 29, our gaze will fall upon Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her, Noises Off) as she celebrates her birthday.

We hope Corey Cott (The Heart of Rock and Roll, Newsies The Musical) feels "The Power of Love" on his March 30 birthday.