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Iris Rainer Dart
Iris Rainer Dart ( Rainer; born March 3, 1944) is an American author and playwright for television and the stage. Her most notable novel is ''Beaches'', which was made into a 1988 film of the same name. She has also written several stage musicals as well as for television shows, such as ''The Sonny and Cher Show''. She also voiced Donna, Peter Cottontail's love interest, in the 1971 stop-motion Easter classic, ''Here Comes Peter Cottontail''. Early life Dart was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was an actress as a youth with the Curtaineers, an inter-racial theater group at the Settlement house, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and The White Barn Theatre. She also went to classes at the Pittsburgh Playhouse as a child.BWW News Des"Donna Murphy to Return to Broadway in 'The People In The Picture'"broadwayworld.com, October 31, 2010 She graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1962 and was inducted into their alumni hall of fame in 2009. She is also a graduate of Carnegie ...
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Pittsburgh
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Pasadena Playhouse
The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic performing arts venue located 39 S. El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California, United States. The 686-seat auditorium produces a variety of cultural and artistic events, professional shows, and community engagements each year. History Beginning around 1912, the period known as the Little Theatre Movement developed in cities and towns across the United States. The artistic community that founded the Pasadena Playhouse was started in 1916 when actor-director Gilmor Brown began producing a series of plays at a renovated burlesque theatre with his troupe "The Gilmor Brown Players". Brown established the Community Playhouse Association of Pasadena in 1917 that would later become the Pasadena Playhouse Association, which necessitated a new venue for productions. The community theatre organization quickly grew and in May 1924, the citizens of Pasadena raised funds to build a new theatre in the city center at 39 South El Molino Avenue. Completed in 1 ...
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Women Romantic Fiction Writers
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I'll Be There (novel)
''Beaches'' is a 1985 novel written by Iris Rainer Dart about two friends, struggling actress Cee Cee Bloom and the conventional Bertie White. The story follows them through their life as young girls until their mid-to-late 30s. Film adaptations *''Beaches'', a 1988 film starring Bette Midler. The character Bertie White was renamed to Hilary Whitney. * Lifetime did a contemporary remake starring Idina Menzel Idina Kim Menzel ( ; ; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress and singer. Particularly known for her work in musicals on the Broadway stage and having achieved mainstream success across stage, film and music, Menzel has garnered the honori ... as CC Bloom and Nia Long as Hillary Whitney that premiered January 21, 2017. External linksAuthor Interview with Iris R. Dart on ''Beaches'' 1985 American novels American novels adapted into films {{1980s-novel-stub ...
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Donna Murphy
Donna Murphy (born March 7, 1959) is an American actress, best known for her work in musical theater. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she has twice won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical: for her role as Fosca in '' Passion'' (1994–1995) and as Anna Leonowens'' in The King and I'' (1996–1997). She was also nominated for her roles as Ruth Sherwood in '' Wonderful Town'' (2003), Lotte Lenya in ''LoveMusik'' (2007) and Bubbie/Raisel in ''The People in the Picture'' (2011). Murphy made her Broadway debut as a replacement in the 1979 musical '' They're Playing Our Song''. Her other stage credits include the original off-Broadway productions of ''Song of Singapore'' (1991) and '' Hello Again'' (1993), as well as the alternate to Bette Midler as the title character in a Broadway revival of '' Hello, Dolly!'' (2017–2018). In 1997, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special for her role in ''Someone Had to be Benny'', an episode of the HB ...
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The People In The Picture
''The People in the Picture'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler. The musical is about a grandmother recalling her life in the Yiddish theater and the Holocaust. Production ''The People in the Picture'' premiered on Broadway theatre, Broadway at Studio 54 in a Roundabout Theatre Company production on April 28, 2011 after previews starting on April 1, 2011. This limited engagement closed as scheduled on June 19, 2011. The musical was directed by Leonard Foglia, with staging by Andy Blankenbuehler, musical direction by Paul Gemignani, sets by Riccardo Hernandez, costumes by Ann Hould-Ward, orchestrations by Michael Starobin and Doug Besterman, lighting by James F. Ingalls and projection by Elaine J. McCarthy. The cast featured Donna Murphy (Bubbie/Raisel), Alexander Gemignani (Moishe Rosenwald), Christopher Innvar (Chaim Bradovsky), Nicole Parker (Red), Rachel Resheff (Jenny), Hal Robinson (Doovie Feldman/Rabbi Velvel), Le ...
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