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Bajour (musical)
''Bajour'' is a musical with a book by Ernest Kinoy and music and lyrics by Walter Marks. The musical is based on the Joseph Mitchell short stories ''The Gypsy Women'' and ''The King of the Gypsies'' published in ''The New Yorker''. "'Bajour' cast, production, and plot listing" masterworksbroadway.com, retrieved December 26, 2010Gross, Mik "'Bajour' Misses, But Marks Makes Mark" 'Billboard'' (books.google.com), December 5, 1964, p. 20 The title is allegedly a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Marks (composer)
Walter Marks (born January 15, 1934, in New York) is an American songwriter, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is probably best known for his song "I've Gotta Be Me", recorded by Sammy Davis Jr, Tony Bennett, Michael Jackson and many others. He has also written songs recorded by Barbra Streisand, The Temptations, Della Reese, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, and other artists. Career He wrote the songs for the Broadway musicals ''Bajour'' and ''Golden Rainbow'', the book, music and lyrics for the off-Broadway musical ''Body Shop'', the screenplay and songs for the motion picture ''The Wild Party'' (Merchant-Ivory Films – directed by James Ivory). He also wrote the off-Broadway comedy-mystery ''The Butler Did It''. On television, he won an Emmy award for his music on the PBS Series ''Getting On'', and wrote songs for the ABC series ''That’s Life'', and the NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame production of ''Pinocchio''. His musical ''Langston in Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choreographed
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who creates choreographies by practising the art of choreography, a process known as choreographing. It most commonly refers to dance choreography. In dance, ''choreography'' may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. Dance choreography is sometimes called ''dance composition''. Aspects of dance choreography include the compositional use of organic unity, rhythmic or non-rhythmic articulation, theme and variation, and repetition. The choreographic process may employ improvisation for the purpose of developing innovative movement ideas. In general, choreography is used to design dances that are intended to be performed as concert dance. The art of choreography involves the specification of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in Midtown Manhattan. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances. One is also given for regional theatre. Several discretionary non-competitive awards are given as well, including a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The awards were founded by theatre producer and director Brock Pemberton and are named after Antoinette "Tony" Perry, an actress, producer and theatre director who was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing. The trophy consists of a spinnable medallion, with faces portraying an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks, mounted on a black base with a pewter swivel. The rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by '' The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Palmer (actress)
Leland Palmer (born June 16, 1941 in Port Washington, New York) is an American actress, dancer, and singer who has appeared on stage, in motion pictures, and on television. She appeared on Broadway in ''Bajour'' (1964), ''A Joyful Noise'' (1966) '' Hello, Dolly!'' (1967 replacement Minnie Fay), '' Applause'' (1970 replacement), and ''Pippin'' (1972). Palmer received two Tony Award nominations: in 1967 for featured actress in a musical (Miss Jimmie in ''A Joyful Noise''),"Leland Palmer" Playbill (vault), retrieved April 18, 2019 and in 1973 for actress in a musical (Fastrada in ''''). Career Palmer appeared as Viola in the rock musical '' |
Michael Bennett (theater)
Michael Bennett (April 8, 1943 – July 2, 1987) was an American musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven. Bennett choreographed '' Promises, Promises'', ''Follies'' and '' Company''. In 1976, he won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Choreography for the musical ''A Chorus Line''. Bennett, under the aegis of producer Joseph Papp, created ''A Chorus Line'' based on a workshop process which he pioneered. He also directed and co-choreographed ''Dreamgirls'' with Michael Peters. Early life and career Bennett was born Michael Bennett DiFiglia in Buffalo, New York, the son of Helen (née Ternoff), a secretary, and Salvatore Joseph DiFiglia, a factory worker. His father was Italian American and his mother was Jewish. He studied dance and choreography in his teens and staged a number of shows in his local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Goz
Harry Goz (February 16, 1932 – September 6, 2003) was an American musical theater actor and voice actor. Career Goz debuted in the 1956 Broadway production of ''Bajour'', co-starring Chita Rivera and Nancy Dussault. Goz played Tevye in the Broadway musical '' Fiddler on the Roof'' from 1966 to 1968, both as understudy and lead actor. He appeared in musicals such as '' Two by Two'' and ''Chess'', for which he was nominated in 1988 for a Drama Desk Award in the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical category, and comedies such as ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue''. Goz had a number of TV and movie guest appearances throughout his career. He starred as The Big Apple in Fruit of the Loom underwear TV commercials during the 1970s and 80s. He portrayed Dr. Tom Walz in '' Bill'', a 1981 television film. The same year, Goz portrayed Pepsi-Cola chairman and Joan Crawford's last husband, Alfred Steele, in the film adaption of Christina Crawford's book ''Mommie Dearest''. In h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Sorvino
Paul Anthony Sorvino (, ; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor. He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law. Sorvino was particularly known for his roles as Lucchese crime family ''caporegime'' Paulie Cicero (based on real life gangster Paul Vario) in Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster film ''Goodfellas'' and as NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the second season of the TV series ''Law & Order''. He also played a variety of father figures, including Juliet's father in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film ''Romeo + Juliet'', as well as guest appearances as the father of Bruce Willis' character on the TV series ''Moonlighting'' and the father of Jeff Garlin's character on '' The Goldbergs''. He was in additional supporting roles in '' A Touch of Class'' (1973), '' Reds'' (1981), ''The Rocketeer'' (1991), ''Nixon'' (1995, as Henry Kissinger), and '' The Cooler'' (2003). Usually cast in dramatic supporting roles, he occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mae Questel
Mae Questel (born Mae Kwestel, September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop (from 1931) and Olive Oyl (from 1933). She began in vaudeville, primarily working as an impressionist. She later performed on Broadway and in films and television, including her role as Aunt Bethany in ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' (1989). Early career and Betty Boop Born Mae Kwestel in the Bronx, New York City, to Simon and Freida (née Glauberman) Kwestel, she attended Morris High School and studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and with the Theatre Guild. Although she wanted to be an entertainer, her parents, who were Orthodox Jews, actively discouraged her from doing so, at one point forcing her to leave the Theatre Guild school. Nevertheless, at the age of 17, Questel won a talent contest held at the RKO Fordham Theatre in the Bronx by imitating actress and singer Helen Kane. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Edelman
Herbert Edelman (November 5, 1933 – July 21, 1996) was an American actor of stage, film and television. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his television work. One of his best-known roles was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of Dorothy Zbornak (played by Beatrice Arthur) on '' The Golden Girls''. He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama '' St. Elsewhere''. Early life and career Edelman was born in New York City in the borough of Brooklyn. Before becoming an actor, Edelman studied to become a veterinarian at Cornell University, but left during his first year. After serving in the United States Army as an announcer for Armed Forces Radio, he enrolled in Brooklyn College as a theater student, but eventually dropped out. He later worked as a hotel manager and as a taxicab driver. One of his fares was director Mike Nichols, who in 1963 cast Edelman in his breakthrough Broadway role, as the bewildered telephone repairman in Neil Simon's ''Barefoot in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Trikonis
Gus Trikonis (born Kostas Tritchonis; November 21, 1937) is an American actor, dancer, and director. Career Trikonis began his career as an actor and dancer, notably appearing in the hugely successful 1961 film ''West Side Story'' as Indio, one of the "Sharks", as well as dancing with Debbie Reynolds and Grover Dale to the frantic "He's My Friend" in 1964's '' The Unsinkable Molly Brown''. Although originally unbilled, on December 3, 1968, Trikonis got his second biggest exposure in front of any audience (the first being in the aforementioned ''West Side Story'', seen at US theatres by about 61 million moviegoers) as one of two main (out of five) male dancers who do Elvis Presley's choreography as he sings a Gospel medley as part of a widely watched NBC-TV Special entitled "Elvis". As a director, Trikonis handled several projects from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, mostly low-budget "exploitation films". He made several films for Roger Corman at New World Pictures; Corman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson; January 23, 1933), is an American actress, singer and dancer best known for originating roles in Broadway musicals including Anita in ''West Side Story'', Velma Kelly in ''Chicago,'' and the title role in '' Kiss of the Spider Woman''. She is a ten-time Tony Award nominee and a three-time Tony Award recipient, including one for Lifetime Achievement. She is the first Latina and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honor and is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom."President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients" White House Office of the Press Secretary, July 30, 2009 Early life and education Rivera was born in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
