The Tony-winning Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, which made a star out of a young Leslie Uggams, officially opened on Broadway April 26, 1967, at the Martin Beck Theatre. The musical, which traced one ageless woman’s journey through the African-American struggle for equality, won the Tony Award for Best Musical.
Hallelujah, Baby! features a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Burt Shevelove directed the Broadway original that ran for 293 performances.