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Boobs! The Musical
''Boobs! The Musical: The World According to Ruth Wallis'' is a musical revue with lyrics and music by 1950s and 1960s star Ruth Wallis. Using 20 of Wallis' songs, ''Boobs!'' tells the story of Ruth Wallis' international career and struggles in performing her naughty songs. ''Boobs! The Musical'' opened at the Triad Theater in New York City on May 19, 2003 to critical praise. ''The New York Times'' review noted that ''Boobs! The Musical'' "exudes a joyous innocence" and featured "a lot of talent onstage. The six-person cast, which also includes the talented and good-looking Kristy Cates and Robert Hunt, is expertly directed by Donna Drake and choreographed by Lawrence Leritz." ''Boobs!'' eventually transferred to Dillon's Reprise Room; by closing date it had played nearly 300 performances. It had subsequent long runs in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2004, and in Wichita, Kansas, in 2005, with international productions beginning in New Zealand 2017. Broadway vets Lawrence Leritz w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Wallis
Ruth Wallis (January 5, 1920 – December 22, 2007) was a novelty popular cabaret singer. Career Born Ruth Shirley Wohl in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, Wallis began her career singing jazz and cabaret standards – with such bands as Isham Jones and Benny Goodman on road tours for a couple of months; but gained fame in the 1940s and 1950s for her risqué, satirical songs, rife with double entendres that she wrote herself. She did have a mainstream hit with "Dear Mr. Godfrey," a song about Arthur Godfrey's public firing of Julius La Rosa, that reached #25 in late 1953. She sang with a studio orchestra and often took on an accent for songs about characters from other countries. Her music was occasionally featured on the Doctor Demento show in the 1970s. She started singing in lounges and cocktail bars, where she met her husband Hy Pastman. Eventually it became clear that her novelty songs, which relied mostly upon double entendres, were the most popular. These song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Harriz
J. Eric Harriz is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (1991). He has worked as a Set Designer in Theater, a Set designer, Assistant Art Director and Art Director in Television and as a Set Designer and Production Designer in Film. Harriz is a two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner for his work as a set designer for '' The City'' in 1996 and ''All My Children'' in 2000. Harriz also designed three productions of ''Boobs! The Musical ''Boobs! The Musical: The World According to Ruth Wallis'' is a musical revue with lyrics and music by 1950s and 1960s star Ruth Wallis. Using 20 of Wallis' songs, ''Boobs!'' tells the story of Ruth Wallis' international career and struggles in pe ...'': the workshop at The Pulse Theatre and the Off-Broadway hit productions at the Triad Theater and the transfer to Dillon's Reprise Room. From 1991- 2001 Harriz worked for various ABC programs including "Good Morning America", " The Huntley/Brinkley Report", "Loving", "All My Children", "One Life To L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Musicals
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Off-Broadway Musicals
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer than 100. An "off-Broadway production" is a production of a play, musical, or revue that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Some shows that premiere off-Broadway are subsequently produced on Broadway. History The term originally referred to any venue, and its productions, on a street intersecting Broadway in Midtown Manhattan's Theater District, the hub of the American theatre industry. It later became defined by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers as a professional venue in Manhattan with a seating capacity of at least 100, but not more than 499, or a production that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Previously, regardless of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Musicals
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Gennifer Flowers
Gennifer Flowers (born January 24, 1950) is an American author, singer, model, actress, former State of Arkansas employee, and former TV journalist. In January 1998, President Bill Clinton testified under oath that he had a sexual encounter with Flowers. Bill Clinton controversy During Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential election campaign, Flowers came forward to say that she had had a 12-year extramarital relationship with Clinton, and that he had assisted her in securing a job as an administrative assistant with the Arkansas Appeal Tribunal. The State of Arkansas fired Flowers in early 1992 for failing to show up to work. After Clinton denied having a relationship with Flowers on ''60 Minutes'', she held a press conference in which she played tape recordings she had secretly made of phone calls with Clinton. Clinton subsequently apologized publicly to Mario Cuomo for remarks he made about the then- Governor of New York on the tapes, in which he had said that Cuomo acted like a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Alves
Clyde Alves is a Canadian dancer, actor and singer. Alves appeared on Broadway in ''The Music Man'' in the Susan Stroman revival (2000) as Tommy Djilas, and was nominated for the Fred Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer. He repeated his role in the ABC television special of ''The Music Man'' which aired in 2003. He has also appeared on Broadway in ''Wicked'', ''Hairspray'', ''Oklahoma!'' as Jess (2002) and as Mike in the 2008-09 tour of ''A Chorus Line''. Alves also appeared in the Off-Broadway musical ''Boobs! The Musical'' Jones, Kenneth"Boobs! The Musical Busts Its Way Into NYC Theatre District Dec. 19; Clyde Alves Joins Cast"playill.com, December 19, 2003 and ''Altar Boyz'' as Juan. Alves was in the Tony winning revival of ''Anything Goes'' with Sutton Foster and Joel Grey. He most recently starred in the 2014 Broadway revival of '' On The Town''. He is married to Robyn Hurder Robyn Hurder (born January 1, 1982) is an American musical theater actress. She is best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristy Cates
Kristen "Kristy" Cates (born March 14, 1977 in California) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Elphaba in the Chicago production of '' Wicked'' and as the original understudy in the 2003 Broadway production. She was previously in the casts of '' Princess Ida'' and the off-Broadway production ''Boobs! The Musical''. In 2016, she portrayed Ms. Bassett in ''Finding Neverland'' on Broadway and understudied the role of Madame du Maurier. She last appeared on Broadway as Grandma Josephine in '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. Early life Cates started her performing career at only 3 years old, singing songs and presenting self-written musicals at home. In the second grade, her talents were recognized by the director of her grammar school musical who heard Cates "crowing" at the roosters who took up residence next to the playground. She was immediately cast as the singing rooster in the Christmas pageant. Cates attended Justin-Siena High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hunt (actor)
Robert Hunt is a U.S. stage actor who appeared in the 2008 production of '' Jerry Springer the Opera'' at Carnegie Hall and in the first Broadway revival of '' Les Misérables'' as Courfeyrac/Champmathieu/Factory Foreman and later Javert. Off-Broadway, Hunt led the original cast of the hit ''Boobs! The Musical''. Hunt played opposite Kelli O’Hara, in the 2007 Oklahoma state centennial production of '' Oklahoma!''. He was also in the original Broadway production of '' Les Misérables'' as Combeferre/Factory Foreman and other ensemble roles, he also understudied Javert. Hunt's regional credits include Jekyll and Hyde in '' Jekyll & Hyde'', Whizzer in '' Falsettos'', Joe Hardy in '' Damn Yankees'', Perchik in ''Fiddler on the Roof ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the ...'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Street (Manhattan)
42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, spanning the entire breadth of Midtown Manhattan, from Turtle Bay at the East River, to Hell's Kitchen at the Hudson River on the West Side. The street hosts some of New York's best known landmarks, including (from east to west) the headquarters of the United Nations, the Chrysler Building, Grand Central Terminal, the New York Public Library Main Branch, Times Square, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The street is known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square, and as such is also the name of the region of the theater district (and, at times, the red-light district) near that intersection. History Early history During the American Revolutionary War, a cornfield near 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue was where General George Washington angrily attempted to rally his troops after the British landing at Kip's Bay, which scattered man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer than 100. An "off-Broadway production" is a production of a play, musical, or revue that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Some shows that premiere off-Broadway are subsequently produced on Broadway. History The term originally referred to any venue, and its productions, on a street intersecting Broadway in Midtown Manhattan's Theater District, the hub of the American theatre industry. It later became defined by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers as a professional venue in Manhattan with a seating capacity of at least 100, but not more than 499, or a production that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Previously, regardless of the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Leritz
Lawrence Leritz (born September 26, 1962) is an American actor, dancer, singer, producer, director, fitness expert and choreographer. Life and career Born in Alton, Illinois, Leritz made his stage debut in the children's chorus of the world stage premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical ''State Fair'' at The Muny, starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, directed by James Hammerstein, supervised by Richard Rodgers, conducted by Anton Coppola and choreographed by Tommy Tune. Leritz moved to New York City on scholarships to the Harkness Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and School of American Ballet, studying with Alexandra Danilova, Stanley Williams and the Bolshoi's Māris Liepa. Leritz was invited to work with the dance choreographers George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Alvin Ailey, Robert Joffrey, Ruth Page, Frederic Franklin, John Neumeier, Lee Theodore, Joe Layton and Sir Frederick Ashton. Leritz, while dancing in a company class at The New York City Ballet, was discovered by Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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