Playbill Celebrates Broadway's December Birthdays!

'Tis the season for mirth, merriment, and all things "Sparklejollytwinklejingley!" As the snow starts to fall and we begin to build snowmen, we'll be saving plenty of cheer for all the Sagittarius and Capricorn stars of Broadway whose birthdays fall throughout the month of December. Below, see what they're currently working on, and check out the Playbill Vault for other theatre notables with December birthdays.

Hello, Bette Midler (Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof)! The Divine Miss M is where she belongs, first of the December birthdays, celebrating on December 1.

If you missed it last year, you'll have Another Shot to wish Dan Butler (Travesties, Twentieth Century) a happy birthday on December 2.

On December 5, "Sing!" for Baayork Lee (A Chorus Line; Promises, Promises) and Disney Theatricals' Thomas Schumacher (Frozen, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid).

On December 6, two spirits of Christmas come calling for playwright Jack Thorne, whose work you can catch in Stranger Things: The First Shadow next spring.

"Everything Changes" December 7 when we celebrate Sara Bareilles (Waitress, Into the Woods) and Julie Halston, currently on Broadway in a Kenny Leon-helmed revival of Our Town.

We're going to "Dance While We Can" on December 8 for Graciela Daniele (Once on This Island, A Most Happy Fella) and Wendell Pierce (Death of a Salesman, Clybourne Park).

We'll play the "Song of the King" for Donny Osmond (Donny & Marie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) on his December 9 birthday.

Blow winds and crack your cheeks! December 10 is Kenneth Branagh's special day. The acting legend is currently starring in King Lear Off-Broadway through December 15.

"I Have a Love" to express on December 11 and it's for our newest Barbie, Rita Moreno (The Odd Couple, The Ritz, Last of the Red Hot Lovers).

Let's play "76 Trombones" in celebration of Dick Van Dyke (The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie) on December 13.

December 15's "Morning Report" will be all about Julie Taymor (The Lion King, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark).

The joy we feel on December 16 is all about Adam Guettel, whose Floyd Collins will finally get a Broadway debut in the spring, and LaChanze, whose gone from powerhouse actor to powerhouse Broadway producer with Purpose and Buena Vista Social Club in the spring.

It's Appropriate to celebrate Sarah Paulson (The Glass Menagerie) and Eddie Perfect (Beetlejuice, King Kong) on December 17.

Also performing in this season's Our Town is December 18 birthday lady Katie Holmes.

Let heaven and men and devils celebrate Jake Gyllenhaal on his December 19 birthday, before he makes his Broadway return in Othello in the spring.

Let's give many "Sparkling Diamonds" to Joanna "JoJo" Levesque (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) on her December 20 birthday.

On December 21, tune-in to Netflix's The Piano Lesson in honor of Samuel L. Jackson's birthday.

All we care about on December 25 is Jeremy Strong (An Enemy of the People, A Man for All Seasons).

December 27 is a "Wonderful" day to celebrate director Joe Mantello (Wicked, Grey House, The Boys in the Band).

December 28 is for Broadway's very own Othello, Denzel Washington as he celebrates his birthday.

Love you, we do, Sheryl Lee Ralph (Dreamgirls, Wicked, Thoroughly Modern Millie), especially on December 30.

You don't have to wonder "If You Could See Her," as December 31 birthday Bebe Neuwirth is still currently Dancin' on Broadway in Cabaret. Other New Year's Eve Broadway babies include Drag: The Musical's Joey McIntyre, Denée Benton (Into the Woods, Hamilton), and Adam Chanler-Berat (Saint Joan, Peter and the Starcatcher).