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Barnum (musical)
''Barnum'' is an American musical with a book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman. It is based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum, covering the period from 1835 through 1880 in America and major cities of the world where Barnum took his performing companies. The production combines elements of traditional musical theater with the spectacle of the circus. The characters include jugglers, trapeze artists and clowns, as well as such real-life personalities as Jenny Lind and General Tom Thumb. The original Broadway production ran for 854 performances and was followed by a London production, among others. Synopsis In the middle of the 19th century, Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum introduces his circus acts as he stands in front of a tent, proclaiming ("There Is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute"). He loves spectacle and excitement, using hype and "humbug" to promote his exhibits. His wife Charity disagrees with his use of "humbug" but loves him and aims t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman (born Seymour Kaufman; June 14, 1929 – November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. Life and career Coleman was born Seymour Kaufman in New York City, United States, to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida (née Prizent) was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason.Berkvist, Rober"Cy Coleman, Composer Whose Jazz-Fired Musicals Blazed on Broadway, Dies at 75" ''The New York Times'', November 20, 2004. He was a child prodigy who gave piano recitals at venues such as Steinway Hall, Town Hall, and Carnegie Hall between the ages of six and nine.Jones, Kennet"Cy Coleman, a Master of the Show Tune, Is Dead at 75", Playbill.com, November 19, 2004. Before beginning his fabled Broadway career, he led the Cy Coleman Trio, which made many recordings and was a much-in-demand club attraction. Despite the early classical and jazz success, Coleman decided to build a career in popular music. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumbo
Jumbo (about December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England. Despite public protest, Jumbo was sold to P. T. Barnum, who took him to the United States for exhibition in March 1882. The giant elephant's name spawned the common word " jumbo," meaning large in size. Examples of his lexical impact are phrases like " jumbo jet", "jumbo shrimp," "jumbo marshmallows," and " jumbotron." Jumbo's shoulder height has been estimated to have been at the time of his death, and was claimed to be about by Barnum. History Jumbo was born around December 25, 1860 in Sudan, and after his mother was killed by hunters, the infant Jumbo was captured by Sudanese elephant hunter Taher Sheriff and German big-game hunter Johann Schmidt. The calf was sold to Lorenzo Casanov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terri White
Terri White is an American actress and singer. Career The daughter of traveling musicians Bill White and Gertrude Hughes, White has appeared in '' Nunsense 2: The Sequel'' (1994), '' Ain't Misbehavin''' (1978), ''Barnum'' (1980), '' Welcome to the Club'' (1989), and ''Bubbling Brown Sugar''. During a period of homelessness in 2008, White was recognized by NYPD Officer David Taylor in Manhattan's Greenwich Village 6th Precinct, who helped her find a place to live. Shortly thereafter, White was cast in the 2009 City Center Encores! and Broadway revival of ''Finian's Rainbow''. She received the nomination for 2010 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for ''Finian's Rainbow''. She later assumed the role of Mama Morton in the long-running Broadway revival of ''Chicago'' in April 2010. White appeared in the Kennedy Center production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical ''Follies'' as Stella Deems, from May 2011 until the musical closed in June 2011. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Pitt-Pulford
Laura Pitt-Pulford is a British actress, best known for her work in musical theatre and for playing Carol Butler in ''Emmerdale''. Early life Pitt-Pulford grew up in Rugby, joined a local youth operatic group at age 12, and trained in drama at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Career In 2015, she played Milly in Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''. She received great acclaim for her performance, with a review from Claire Allfree in ''The Daily Telegraph'' commenting "In a marvellous performance, Laura Pitt-Pulford's sparky, indomitable Milly holds all the power here". Mark Shenton of ''The Stage'' stated that "Pitt-Pulford, too, is a radiant, ravishing Milly, combining brassy toughness with vulnerability". She was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance. In 2016, she appeared in the musical ''Flowers for Mrs. Harris'' at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield She also starred as Violet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linzi Hateley
Linzi Hateley (born 23 October 1970) is an English stage actress. At the age of 21, in 1992, she became one of the youngest nominees for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as the Narrator in the West End revival of '' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''. Early life and acting background Hateley was born in Birmingham. As a child Hateley attended Italia Conti Academy. She appeared as one of the orphans in the stage musical ''Annie'' and on television in several episodes of the BBC children's series ''Grange Hill''. Acting career Hateley's first starring role was as the title character in the ill-fated ''Carrie - The Musical'' in both its Stratford-Upon-Avon and Broadway runs. In London, Hateley has starred in the original London revival production of '' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' as The Narrator (for which 21-year-old Linzi was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamsin Carroll
Tamsin Georgina Carroll (born 13 February 1979) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her performances in musical theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom. Personal life Carroll was born and raised in Sydney. Her parents are Australian actor Peter Carroll and Trisha, a former historian and archivist for the Sydney Theatre Company. Carroll met her British husband while performing in the West End revival of ''Oliver!''. Career At the age of five, Carroll was an extra in the television western series ''Five Mile Creek'' which featured her father. She made her professional stage debut in a Sydney Theatre Company production of ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' in 1987. Her early adult roles included Red Riding Hood in ''Into the Woods'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) and Vicki in ''Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls'' (Railway Street Theatre, Penrith). Carroll first received wide notice as Marianne Renate in the Australian tour of the Johnny O'Keefe jukebox musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Grant
Deborah Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress. Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series '' Bergerac''. Since 2007, she has appeared in the sitcom ''Not Going Out'' as Wendy Adams, the mother of Tim (Tim Vine) and Lucy (Sally Bretton). Personal life and training Grant was born in Perivale to Henry Percival and Henrietta (formerly Finn) Snelling. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and appeared on stage at the Bristol Old Vic and in the West End of London. She has since had a successful television acting career. She has been married twice. She became Lady Child in 1971 when she married the baronet and actor Jeremy Child by whom she has a daughter. After their divorce, she married actor Gregory Floy and had a daughter. Television appearances * ''Public Eye'' - Rosemary, in the episode "A Fixed Address" * ''Edward the Seventh'' - young Princess Alexandra of Denmark/Princess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Close
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, Close has garnered numerous accolades, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Tony Awards. Additionally, she has been nominated eight times for an Academy Award, holding the record for the most nominations in an acting category without a win (tied with Peter O'Toole). In 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2019, ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, Close majored in theater and anthropology at the College of William & Mary. She began her professional career on the stage in 1974 with ''Love for Love''. While in Broadway, she appeared in productions of ''Barnum'' in 1980 and ''The Real Thing'' in 1983, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the latter. Her film debut came in the come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Alexander Brigstocke (born 8 May 1973) is a British comedian, actor and satirist. He has worked in stand-up comedy, television, radio and musical theatre. He has appeared on many BBC television and radio shows. Early life Brigstocke is the son of Nick Brigstocke, a stockbroker from a Welsh landed gentry family, and Carol, daughter of senior Royal Air Force officer Air Marshal Sir Walter Pretty. He was raised in Surrey, and educated at St Edmunds School in the village of Hindhead in Surrey,Oglethorpe, Tim (21 April 2001). "Interview: Marcus Brigstocke - Savage past of Marcus; Marcus Brigstocke of The Savages on his misspent youth and how he got back on the straight and narrow". ''The Express'' (London, England). MGN Ltd.archive at Westbourne House School in Chichester, West Sussex, King's School, Bruton in Somerset, and Hammersmith & Fulham College in west London. He then attended the University of Bristol, where he studied Drama, but did not complete his degree. In his y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Conley
Brian Paul Conley (born 7 August 1961) is an English actor, comedian, singer and television presenter. Conley has been the host of ''The Brian Conley Show'', as well as presenting the Royal Variety Performance on eight occasions. In his 40-year television career, he has starred in multiple award-winning television sitcoms including ''Time After Time'' and ''The Grimleys''. In the West End, he has played the lead role in musicals such as '' Me and My Girl'', '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', ''Hairspray'', ''Oliver!'', ''The Music Man'', ''Barnum'' and ''Jolson'' for which he was nominated for a prestigious Laurence Olivier Award. As a musician, he has released five albums, including ''Brian Conley Sings'', ''Let the Good Times Roll'', and ''Stage to Stage''. He has won numerous awards in his career including The National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Performer, Best Live Performer in ''Manchester Evening News'' and a British Comedy Award. Since 2021, Conley has appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Fitzgerald (actor)
Christopher Cantwell Fitzgerald (born November 26, 1972) is an American actor and singer. He is known for his role as Boq in the musical ''Wicked'' and his role of Igor in ''Young Frankenstein'', for which he earned Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award nominations. He also starred as Ogie Anhorn in the Broadway production of ''Waitress'', with songs composed by Sara Bareilles. Early life Fitzgerald was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the son of Victoria D. Field, who worked for the American Kennel Club, and James W. Fitzgerald, Jr., a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker. He grew up in South Portland, Maine and attended Waynflete School in Portland in 1991. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He also gained a master's degree in Fine Arts from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He studied "techniques of clowning but also mime and storyte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Crawford
Michael Patrick Smith, (born 19 January 1942), known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English tenor, actor and comedian. Crawford is best known for playing both the hapless Frank Spencer in the sitcom ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' and the title role in the musical ''The Phantom of the Opera''. His acclaimed performance in the latter earned him both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. He has received international critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his acting career, which has included many film and television performances as well as stage work on both London's West End and on Broadway. Crawford has also published the autobiography ''Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String''. Since 1987, he has served as the leader and public face for the British social cause organization the Sick Children's Trust. Early life and education Crawford was brought up by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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