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Vanessa Williams glams up for the after party following the official opening night of the new musical The Devil Wears Prada held at The British Museum on Sunday night (December 1) in London.

The 61-year-old entertainer and her co-stars have been in previews, but the new musical production just had it’s opening. She stars as Miranda Priestly in the show, which features music by Elton John.

Also in attendance were the cast of the show, including Matt Henry, pictured here with Vanessa, and the rest of the main cast – Georgie Buckland, Amy Di Bartolomeo, Rhys Whitfield and James Darch.

Other stars attending the opening night were Luke Evans and beau Fran Tomas, Dylan Mulvaney, Donatella Versace, Anna Wintour, Michelle Visage, Lily Collins and husband Charlie McDowell, and Elizabeth Hurley, with son Damian.

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The Devil Wears Prada, based on the hit movie and the Lauren Weisberger novel,...

Pamela Blair, who originated the role of Valerie Clarke in the Broadway musical A Chorus Line and appeared in several soap operas, has died. She was 73.

The actress died Sunday at her home in Mesa, Arizona, The Washington Post reported. Blair had a lengthy battle with complications related to Clippers disease, a nervous system disorder, her friend Scott Withers told the newspaper.

Born on Dec. 5, 1949, in Bennington, Vermont, Blair, who had a passion for the arts from a young age, moved to New York as a teenager to pursue a career in acting and dancing. She studied drama at the Hb Studio and attended the National Ballet Academy, where she met choreographer Michael Bennett, who would becoming a frequent collaborator.

She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in Promises, Promises, where she worked alongside Bennett. A few years later, Blair was in the original company for 1972’s musical Sugar, adapted from...

Pamela Blair, an actress and dancer best known for her roles in the original Broadway cast of “A Chorus Line” and in soap opera “All My Children,” has died. She was 73 years old.

Blair died Sunday in her home in Phoenix, per media reports. Her passing came after a “long battle” with an unnamed illness, her representative Dani Green said.

Blair, who made her major stage debut in 1968’s “Promises, Promises” and later starred in productions as varied as “Sugar and Seesaw,” “Of Mice and Men,” “King of Hearts,” “The Nerd” and “A Few Good Men” in addition to “A Chorus Line,” was celebrated online Monday and Tuesday by past costars and collaborators.

“A Chorus Line” costar Baayork Lee posted on Facebook Monday, calling Blair her “Sagittarian sister” nicknaming her “Walt Disney Pammie.”

“We always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day. What a colorful character she was,...

Veteran actress Pamela Blair, best known for originating the role of Valerie Clark in Broadway’s hit musical A Chorus Line, has died. She was 73. Blair’s passing, which happened on Sunday (July 23) at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, after a long illness, was confirmed by her A Chorus Line co-star Baayork Lee. “I am very sad to say my Sagittarian sister Pam Blair has gone to play with her [A Chorus Line] colleagues among the clouds,” Lee wrote on Facebook. “Walt Disney Pammie and I shared the same birthday. We always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day.” “What a colorful character she was as depicted in the Val monologue in the show,” Lee added. “She brought the house down every night as well as a woman standing at the edge of the orchestra shouting, ‘Wash your mouth out.’ You are free now Pammie so dance,...

Pamela Blair, who originated the role of the surgically enhanced Valerie Clark in the Broadway smash A Chorus Line, died Sunday at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, following a lengthy illness. She was 73.

Her death was reported by friends on social media, including her A Chorus Line co-star Baayork Lee. “I am very sad to say my Sagittarian sister Pam Blair has gone to play with her [A Chorus Line] colleagues among the clouds,” wrote Lee in a Facebook post. Sharing a Dec. 5 birthday, the two actors “always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day,” Lee said, recalling how Blair ” brought the house down every night” with the showstopping performance of “Dance: Ten, Looks: Three.”

“You are free now Pammie so dance, dance, dance among the stars,” Lee wrote.

Blair’s signature song, a paean to the show-biz benefits of plastic surgery, is perhaps more commonly known as “T&a,...

1966: Dark Shadows' Matthew took Victoria hostage.

1985: Oltl's Tina tried to sell Viki's story to a tabloid.

1988: Brenda Epperson debuted as Ashley on Y&R.

1996: Hayden Panettiere debuted as Lizzie on Guiding Light."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

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"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1957: On The Edge of Night, Ellie Fitzgibbons reluctantly agreed to see Willy Bryan (Edward Holmes).

1966: On Dark Shadows, Matthew Morgan (Thayer David) took Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) hostage at the Old House, and hid her in a secret room behind the drawing room bookcase.

1972:...

Peter Hansen (ex-Lee, Port Charles/General Hospital) - 89

Harris Yulin (ex-Michael, As The World Turn) - 73

Leon Russom (ex-Willis, Another World; ex-Jack, All My Children; ex-Peter, Guiding Light) - 69

Lewis Arlt (ex-David, Search For Tomorrow; ex-David/Ken, Another World; ex-Richard, Ryan's Hope) - 60

Pamela Blair (ex-Elizabeth, Ryan's Hope; ex-Rita Mae, Loving; ex-Ronda, All My Children) - 61

Morgan Brittany (ex-Katherine, Dallas) - 59

Joseph Barbara (ex-Joe, Another World; ex-Paolo, All My Children) - 43...