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I Do! I Do! (musical)
''I Do! I Do!'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt which is based on the Jan de Hartog play ''The Fourposter''. The two-character story spans 50 years, from 1895 to 1945, as it focuses on the ups and downs experienced by Agnes and Michael throughout their marriage. The set consists solely of their bedroom, dominated by the large fourposter bed in the center of the room. History For producer David Merrick, who initially presented the play on Broadway, ''I Do! I Do!'' was an ideal investment in that it had neither expensive sets and costumes nor a large cast. After four previews, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, opened on December 5, 1966, at the 46th Street Theatre and closed on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances. Mary Martin and Robert Preston were in the original cast. Carol Lawrence and Gordon MacRae played matinees starting in October 1967 and then replaced Martin and Preston in December 1967.Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Schmidt
Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, ''The Fantasticks'', which ran off-Broadway for 42 years, from 1960 to 2002. Biography Schmidt was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Texas to study art, but when he met Tom Jones (writer), Tom Jones at the university, he started to accompany the drama student on the piano. They soon started writing musicals together, the first being a revue. However, after serving in the Army, Schmidt moved to New York and worked as a graphic artist for NBC Television and later as an illustrator for ''Life (magazine), Life'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Sports Illustrated'', and ''Fortune (magazine), Fortune''. All of Schmidt's major musicals were written with lyricist Tom Jones (writer), Tom Jones. The duo is best known for the musical ''The Fantasticks'', which ran for 42 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon MacRae
Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer, and television and radio host. He appeared in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, ''Oklahoma!'' (1955) and ''Carousel'' (1956), and played the leading man opposite Doris Day in '' On Moonlight Bay'' (1951) and its sequel, '' By The Light of the Silvery Moon'' (1953). Early life Gordon MacRae was born in East Orange, New Jersey, to parents William LaMont MacRae, a toolmaker and radio singer, and Helen Violet Sonn, a concert pianist. His father was descended from Clan MacRae. MacRae attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York, where he was active in the Drama Club. He later attended and graduated in 1940 from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and thereafter served as a navigator in IX Troop Carrier Command in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Career Singer MacRae was a baritone. Winning a contest enabled him to sing at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archer King
Archer King (February 27, 1917, New York City, New York – July 19, 2012, New York City) was an American theatrical agent, producer and actor. King acted in the Broadway productions ''Summer Night'' and ''Stop Press'' in 1939. These were followed by service in World War II. After the war, he returned to the theatre and produced a number of Broadway plays, including '' Two Blind Mice'' by Sam Spewack and ''Miracle in the Mountains'' by Ferenc Molnár. In 1951, he was hired as head of talent at CBS. In 1952, he became an agent with the Louis Shurr Agency. King started his own agency in 1957. He is credited with discovering James Dean, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Martin Sheen, Paul Mazursky, Elizabeth Montgomery, Tommy Tune and Ron Howard. He has represented clients such as John Cassavetes, Broderick Crawford, Bette Midler, Dorothy Malone, Alexis Smith and Tommy Tune. In 1963, Archer King Ltd, under Kanawha Films Ltd., acquired and distributed a number of foreign films, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Artists
United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own financial and artistic interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios. After numerous ownership and structural changes and revamps, United Artists was acquired by media conglomerate Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1981 for a reported $350 million ($ billion today). On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a controlling interest in One Three Media and Lightworkers Media and merged them to revive the television production unit of United Artists as United Artists Media Group (UAMG). MGM itself acquired UAMG on December 14, 2015, and folded it into MGM Television, their own television division. MGM briefly revived the United Artists brand as United Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Van Dyke
Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer and comedian. Dick Van Dyke on screen and stage, His work spans screen and stage, and List of awards and nominations received by Dick Van Dyke, his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, and has been honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2020, and was recognized as a Disney Legend in 1998. Van Dyke began his career as an entertainer on radio, television and in nightclubs. He made his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in the musical revue ''The Girls Against the Boys'' (1959). The following year he starred as Albert F. Peterson in the original production of ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (1960), a role which earned him the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He returned to Broadway playing Harold Hill in a revival of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Andrews
Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ..., three Grammy Awards, and seven Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. A child actress and singer, Andrews appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne
Her Majesty's Theatre is a 1,700-seat theatre in Melbourne's East End Theatre District, Australia. Built in 1886, it is located at 219 Exhibition Street, Melbourne. It is classified by the National Trust of Australia and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Purchased in 2000 by Mike Walsh, the theatre was restored and refitted to accommodate larger productions. History The first recorded use of the area near the corner of Stephen (now known as Exhibition) Street and Little Bourke Street as a venue for entertainment was in 1880 when tiered seating was constructed and an open-air venue for circuses and equestrian shows established. The Hippodrome lasted four years before the French-born entrepreneur, Jules François de Sales Joubert, secured a 30-year lease on the site and commissioned architect Nahum Barnet to design a theatre, business, and accommodation complex. In 1886, work on Joubert's project was completed. On 1 October, the Alexandra Theatre opened. Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide
Her Majesty's Theatre is a theatre in Adelaide, South Australia, located on Grote Street, Adelaide, Grote Street, originally built in 1913 as the New Tivoli Theatre. Other names through its history have been the Princess Theatre (before it was first opened), the Prince of Wales Theatre, Tivoli Theatre and the Opera Theatre. It re-opened in June 2020 after a major refurbishment. History 20th century Designed by Adelaide-born architects David Williams and Charles Thomas Good, the foundation stone for the Princess Theatre was laid on 14 October 1912. However, after it was built in 1913, it opened as the New Tivoli Theatre, part of national Tivoli circuit, Tivoli vaudeville circuit, and is the only original Tivoli still standing. The opening ceremony was presided over by Mayor John Lavington Bonython on 5 September 1913. Its first music director was Will Quintrell, before he moved to the Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, Tivoli, Melbourne. The theatre was renamed the Prince of Wales Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Royal, Sydney
Theatre Royal Sydney (TRS) is a theatre in Sydney, Australia. Earlier theatres also called the Theatre Royal, on the same site, date back to 1833. The current building, designed by modernist architect Harry Seidler, was built in 1976 and has offered a broad range of entertainment since the 1990s. After being closed in 2016, the theatre reopened in December 2021 under parent company Trafalgar Entertainment. Earlier theatres First Theatre Royal Construction by Barnett Levey of the first Theatre Royal commenced in 1827 and was opened on 5 October 1833. It closed in March 1838 and a few days later Joseph Wyatt's Royal Victoria Theatre, a much larger building, was opened, with an entrance on Pitt Street. Levey's Theatre Royal burned to the ground in 1840 with the "Vic" (Royal Victoria), which abutted the rear, having a narrow escape. However, the "Vic" was itself totally destroyed by fire on 22 July 1880. Second Theatre Royal The Prince of Wales Theatre was built in 1855 and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Douglass
Stephen Douglass (September 27, 1921 – December 20, 2011) was an American actor-singer. Born Stephen Fitch in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Douglass had a distinguished theatrical career and appeared occasionally on television. He was the last performer to play Billy Bigelow in the original Broadway production of ''Carousel'' and he created the role in the West End production in London. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor for his performance as Joe Hardy in ''Damn Yankees'', and he originated the role of Ulysses in Jerome Moross and John Latouche's '' The Golden Apple''. Other Broadway appearances included '' Make A Wish'', '' Destry Rides Again'', '' 110 in the Shade'', '' Rumple'', and '' I Do! I Do!''. He also portrayed Gaylord Ravenal in the 1966 Lincoln Center revival of ''Show Boat''. He retired to England in 1972, but continued working in musicals, most notably as Tevye in ''Fiddler on the Roof''. His final musical appearance was in a U.K. production of ''Okl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Perryman
Jill Perryman (born 30 May 1933) is an Australian retired actress, singer and dancer with a career that spanned 70 years. Perryman is from a family of show business performers; her sister was actress Diana Perryman and her son is media personality, radio and TV presenter and musician Tod Johnston. Perryman, although a staple of theatre, appeared briefly in film; for her debut film role in '' Maybe this Time'' in 1980, she was awarded the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (known then as the AFI Awards) and has also appeared as a guest in numerous TV series and as herself. She has been honoured with both the MBE (1979) and Member of the Order of Australia (1992), both with the citation "For service to the Performing Arts". Career Perryman became a staple of Australian showbusiness, having performed on stage from the age of three in a production of the famed Austrian operetta '' The White Horse Inn''. Perryman in 1952, then aged 19, joined the company of J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Perryman In I Do! I Do!
Jill is an English feminine given name, a short form of the name Gillian, which in turn originated as a Middle English variant of Juliana. Jill was such a common name that it had an everygirl quality, as in the 15th century English nursery rhyme Jack and Jill. By the 17th century, the name had become a term for a "common street jade," implying promiscuous sexual behavior, and declined in usage in the Anglosphere. Usage of the name increased again in the 20th century. The name was most used in English-speaking countries from the 1930s to the 1970s. It is currently well-used in the Netherlands. People with the given name *Jill Abramson (born 1954), American author, journalist, and academic * Jill Andrew, Canadian politician *Jill Andrews (born 1980), American singer-songwriter * Jill Astbury, Australian researcher into violence against women *Jill Balcon (1925–2009), British actress * Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, American biostatistician and data scientist * Jill Becker, American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
