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The first episode of "American Bandstand" was filmed in a studio on 46th and Market streets in West Philadelphia on Aug. 5, 1957. The show, hosted by Dick Clark, captured the attention of teenagers around the country during a time when media was much less fragmented. It helped many musicians gain popularity, including the likes of Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly and Sam Cooke during its 37-year run.

"American Bandstand," hosted by Dick Clark, made its national debut on 67 ABC affiliate stations on August 5, 1957, and became a powerful force in entertainment.

I don't know how old the Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (in the Berkshires) is, but it cannot possibly ever have jumped as wildly as it has been jumping, up and down, back and forth, in the current production of Ain't Misbehavin, the musical about composer Fats Waller and his Harlem Renaissance music. This is a whopping good musical, a jewel in the crown of musical theater in America, and at the Barrington Stage, in the Berkshires, where so many New Jersey residents vacation, it is just terrific.

It would be a logical guess that the toughest problem for Richard Maltby, Jr, when he was creating “Ain’t Misbehavin’”was deciding which of the over 400 songs Fats Waller wrote should be included in the musical revue.

Jazz singer/songwriter Madeleine Peyroux's Careless Love Forever Tour stops at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on May 27.