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Mrs. Doubtfire (musical)
''Mrs. Doubtfire'' is a musical based on the 1993 film '' Mrs. Doubtfire'', which in turn is based on the 1987 novel ''Madame Doubtfire'' by Anne Fine, with music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell. As with the film, the musical is set in the city of San Francisco, California. However, the timeframe has been updated to the 21st century. The stage musical has references to both technology and pop culture that did not exist in 1993 when the film was released. Background A musical adaptation of ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' was in the works in 2015, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by David Zippel, and a book by Harvey Fierstein (who played Frank Hillard in the movie). Producer Kevin McCollum had previously spoken to ''The New York Times'' in 2013 about the 1993 movie's musical prospects, noting that the plot was "tailored for Broadway audiences". However, three years later, Menken told that the project was put on 'creative hiatus', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karey Kirkpatrick
Karey Kirkpatrick (born December 14, 1964) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. His films include ''Chicken Run'', '' The Rescuers Down Under'', '' James and the Giant Peach,'' '' Over the Hedge'', ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'', ''Charlotte's Web'', and ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.'' He has also directed the films, '' Over the Hedge'', '' Imagine That'' starring Eddie Murphy and '' Smallfoot''. Kirkpatrick wrote the English-language screenplays for the U.S. releases of the Studio Ghibli films '' The Secret World of Arrietty'' in 2012 and '' From Up on Poppy Hill'' in 2013. His older brother is American songwriter and musician Wayne Kirkpatrick, with whom he wrote the 2015 musical '' Something Rotten!'' as well as the 2020 musical '' Mrs. Doubtfire.'' Life and career Kirkpatrick attended the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, graduating in 1988. He began his career as a staff writer at Walt Disney Feature Anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Zippel
David Joel Zippel (born May 17, 1954) is an American musical theatre and film lyricist, composer, songwriter, director, and producer. Early life and education Zippel was born on May 17, 1954, in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Falling in love with theater as a child, Zippel first articulated his life's ambition to become a lyricist and director in junior high school. He attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he contributed lyrics to an equity production of "a bizarre political musical" called ''Rotunda'', which had a brief run in Washington, D.C. before he graduated with a B.A. in 1976. In 1979, Zippel obtained a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. At Harvard Law School, Zippel continued to pursue his ambition of writing several pop songs with singer Pamala Stanley, which appeared on her 1979 debut album, ''This Is Hot'', and collaborating on three songs with Wally Harper, Barbara Cook's musical director, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Evans (actor)
Mark Henry Evans (born 2 January 1985) is a British musical theatre actor, singer, and dancer from Wales, known for numerous Welsh-language and English-language productions. His various theatre credits include '' Wicked'', '' Ghost the Musical'', and ''Waitress''. He starred as Elder Price in an 18-month (Dec 2012 – June 2014) engagement in the North American tour of ''The Book of Mormon''. He is currently based in New York City. Personal life Evans was born in St Asaph, North Wales and raised on a farm in Llanrhaeadr in the county of Denbighshire. He is married to fellow actor Justin Mortelliti. Career Beginning performances on 16 July 2007, he joined the ensemble of the acclaimed London West End production of '' Wicked'' and served as the second understudy for Fiyero Tigelaar. He departed the cast on 7 June 2008, only to return over three and a half years later, this time, in the lead role of Fiyero. He starred alongside Rachel Tucker and Louise Dearman from 7 Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Oscar
Brad Oscar (born September 22, 1964) is an American musical theatre actor, known for his Broadway theatre, Broadway performances in musicals such as ''The Producers (musical), The Producers'', ''Something Rotten!'', ''Big Fish (musical), Big Fish'', ''Spamalot'', ''The Addams Family (musical), The Addams Family'', ''Mrs. Doubtfire (musical), Mrs. Doubtfire'' and ''Wicked (musical), Wicked''. He has earned two Tony Award nominations: one for ''The Producers'' as Franz Liebkind, and one for ''Something Rotten!'' as Thomas Nostradamus. He starred in the Off-Broadway revival of ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' in 2017 as Beadle Bamford and as Mr. Mushnik in the Off-Broadway revival of ''Little Shop of Horrors (musical), Little Shop of Horrors'' from 2022 to 2024. Career Oscar graduated with a BFA from the Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1986 and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006. Oscar's Broadway debut was in the 1990 musical ''Aspects of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Gambatese
Jenn Gambatese (born September 10, 1975) is an American actress and singer. Gambatese has performed in the musical production of Disney's ''Tarzan'' as Jane. Gambatese also played Glinda on the first National Tour of ''Wicked''. Early life and education Gambatese was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and grew up in Richmond Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. Her passion for acting began during the summer of fourth grade at the Willoughby Fine Arts Center where she attended theater classes. Her first performance was "playing a 'whitewasher'" in the story of Tom Sawyer. She continued taking acting classes, and in her senior year of high school attended Beck Center as well as Cleveland State University. In 1993 she moved to Manhattan, where she enrolled in the drama department at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She graduated in 1997 with a double major in sociology and drama and received an "Artist & Scholar" award. After graduation her first professional job was per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Popp
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Lorin Latarro
Lorin Latarro is a Broadway director/choreographer whose work can be seen on Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera, and in dance companies internationally. She began her career as a dancer who performed in fourteen Broadway shows and toured with world renowned dance companies before shifting to choreography and directing. Life and career Latarro graduated from the Juilliard School where she trained under Benjamin Harkarvy, Pina Bausch, Hector Zaraspe and Jirí Kylián. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Juilliard, Latarro danced for the Martha Graham Dance Company and later with MOMIX and Twyla Tharp. Latarro made her Broadway debut as a replacement in the ensemble of the Kiss Me, Kate Revival and has gone on to perform in 14 Broadway shows including Movin' Out, A Chorus Line, and Swing!. Latarro is currently developing Begin Again with music written by Train and recently directed Candace Bushnell’s one woman show, New York Times Critic's Pick, Is There Still Sex in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Cantone
Mario Cantone (born December 9, 1959) is an American comedian, writer, actor, singer, and television host. He is best known for his numerous stage shows. He played Anthony Marentino in '' Sex and the City'' and Terri in '' Men in Trees'' (2006–2008). He hosted children's television program '' Steampipe Alley'', which aired on WWOR-TV from 1988 to 1993. Early life Cantone was born in Massachusetts, and raised in Stoneham, where his Italian-American family moved when he was two. He was the fourth of five children of Mario Sr., a Boston restaurant owner, and his wife, Elizabeth (née Pescione). His father moved the family to Stoneham, according to Cantone in a 2004 ''New York Times'' interview to get her away from her bookie relatives. Cantone stated that the problem "was that she was not only a bookie but she was also a compulsive gambler."Messenger, Eric (October 10, 2004) Mario Cantone's Loud Family Reunion" ''The New York Times. ''Retrieved August 3, 2013. His mother, who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Baldwin
Katherine Baldwin (born May 2, 1975) is an American singer and actress known for her work in musical theater. She received a Tony Award nomination for her work in the 2009 Broadway revival of ''Finian's Rainbow''. She also co-starred opposite Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce, and Gavin Creel in the Broadway revival of '' Hello, Dolly!'', for which she received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for her work as Irene Molloy. Baldwin continued with the production until it closed in August 2018. Early life Born in Evanston, Illinois, Baldwin graduated from Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1993, and from the theatre program at Northwestern University in 1997.Brown, Dennis"Catch Kate Baldwin in St. Louis while you can" riverfronttimes.com, August 3, 2005 As a youth she attended Interlochen Arts Camp for their eight-week production program. During her four years at Northwestern, she performed in seventeen university stage productions and st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob McClure
Rob McClure (born June 15, 1982) is an American actor and singer, best known for his work on the Broadway stage. McClure made his Broadway debut in 2002 as an understudy in '' I'm Not Rappaport''. From 2006 to 2009, he went on to play several roles in '' Avenue Q'', both on Broadway and on the show's national tour. In 2013, he won a Theatre World Award and earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his lead performance in the title role of the musical ''Chaplin''. His subsequent Broadway credits include originating principal roles in ''Honeymoon in Vegas'' (2015) and ''Beetlejuice'' (2019). He has also starred in ''Noises Off'' (2016) and '' Something Rotten!'' (2016–18). In 2021, McClure originated the lead role of Daniel Hillard in '' Mrs. Doubtfire'', a performance for which he earned his second Tony nomination. He recently performed the lead role of Seymour Krelborn in an off-Broadway revival of ''Little Shop of Horrors''. Education McCl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is an American stage and television director, and actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing '' The House of Blue Leaves'' (1986), '' Lend Me a Tenor'' (1989), and ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (1991) and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for ''Guys and Dolls'' (1992). Early life Zaks was born in Stuttgart, Germany, the son of Holocaust survivors Lily (Gliksman) and Sy Zaks, a butcher. His family immigrated to the United States in 1948, finally settling in Paterson, New Jersey, where he graduated from Eastside High School in 1963. He graduated from Dartmouth College and received a Master of Fine Arts from Smith College. Career Stage He made his Broadway acting debut in the original production of '' Grease'' as "Kenickie" and appeared in ''Tintypes'' in 1980. He made his directing debut in 1981 with the off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's '' Beyond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Awards
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a 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 Manhattan. The ceremony is usually held in June. 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. They 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 To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
