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Mrs. Doubtfire (musical)
''Mrs. Doubtfire'' is a Musical theatre, musical based on the Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993 film of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1987 novel ''Madame Doubtfire, Alias Madame Doubtfire'' by Anne Fine, with music and lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick, Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell (author), John O'Farrell. 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', citing changes in the creative team as the problem. Nevertheless, in 2018, McCollum revealed that the adaptation was still aiming for a Broadway bow, but with an enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playbill
''Playbill'' is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of ''Playbill'' are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's program. ''Playbill'' was first printed in 1884 for a single theater on 21st Street in New York City. The magazine is now used at nearly every Broadway theatre, as well as many Off-Broadway productions. Outside New York City, ''Playbill'' is used at theaters throughout the United States. As of September 2012, its circulation was 4,073,680. History What is known today as ''Playbill'' started in 1884, when Frank Vance Strauss founded the New York Theatre Program Corporation specializing in printing theater programs. Strauss reimagined the concept of a theater program, making advertisements a standard feature and thus transforming what was then a leaflet into a fully designed magazine. The new format proved popular with theatergoers, who s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin McCollum
Kevin McCollum (born March 1, 1962) is an American theatrical booking executive and producer of musical theater and plays, many on Broadway. During a producing career spanning over twenty-five years, McCollum has received three Tony Awards for Best Musical for ''In the Heights'', ''Avenue Q'', and ''Rent''. Early life and education McCollum was born in Hawaii and left to live with his aunt in Illinois after his mother died in 1976. He is a graduate of Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois. McCollum graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1984. He earned his master's degree in film producing from thPeter Stark Program at the University of Southern California In 1995, he received the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Commercial Theatre Producing. Career McCollum formerly served as the president and CEO of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, where he was appointed in 1995 McCollum co-founded The Booking Group, which has re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Sondheim Theatre
The Stephen Sondheim Theatre, formerly Henry Miller's Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 124 West 43rd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Owned by the Durst Organization and managed by the Roundabout Theatre Company, the modern 1,055-seat theater opened in 2009 at the base of the Bank of America Tower. The current theater is mostly underground and was designed by Cookfox, architects of the Bank of America Tower. It retains the landmarked facade of the original Henry Miller's Theatre, which was built in 1918 by Henry Miller, the actor and producer. The original theater was designed in the neoclassical style by architects Paul R. Allen and Ingalls & Hoffman with 950 seats. Its facade is protected as a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. It was managed by Henry Miller along with Elizabeth Milbank Anderson and Klaw & Erlanger. After Miller's death in 1926, his son Gilbert Miller took over operation. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bartlett (actor)
Peter Bartlett (born August 28, 1942) is an American actor. With appearances on shows such as ''Law & Order'' and films such as ''Meet the Parents'', Bartlett portrayed Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe on the ABC soap opera, ''One Life to Live''. He had portrayed this role from 1991 until the soap's cancellation in 2012. In 2009, he began portraying Nigel's English cousin Neville. In 2004 he appeared on Broadway playing the role of Pluto in '' The Frogs'', the Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...- Burt Shevelove- Nathan Lane adaptation which played at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. His lively performance was well received by critics and audiences, and Stephen Sondheim has stated that Mr. Bartlett's delivery of the line, "Get out of town!" ( ... [...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, dancer and choreographer from Wales, known for numerous Welsh-language and English-language productions. His various theatre credits include ''Wicked'' and ''Ghost the Musical''. Following an 18-month (Dec 2012 – June 2014) engagement in the North American national 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 February through 10 De ... [...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 performances in musicals such as '' The Producers'' and ''Jekyll and Hyde''. He has earned two Tony Award nominations: one for ''The Producers'' as Franz Liebkind, and one for ''Something Rotten!'' as Nostradamus. 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 Love'' as a swing. His next roles were in ''Jekyll and Hyde'', as Sir Peter, Archibald Proops, Barrow Boy, and Second Gentleman in both the 1995 tour and the 1997 Broadway show. His performance, however, in ''The Producers'' garnered him the most acclaim. Oscar started out as Franz Liebkind, and was also understudy for Max Bialystock (one of the lead roles) and Roger De Bris. The role of Franz earned Oscar a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, but lo ... [...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 perf ... [...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. Life and career She graduated from the Juilliard School where she trained under Benjamin Harkarvy. She also trained with 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. She performed in 14 Broadway shows including ''Fosse'', ''Movin' Out'', ''A Chorus Line'', ''Spamalot'', and ''Swing!''. Latarro is now a Director/Choreographer in New York City whose credits include Broadway's “Into The Woods”, "Waitress", “Mrs. Doubtfire”, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", ''Waiting for Godot'', The Metropolitan Opera's La Traviata,''This American Life: 21 Chump Street'' for Ira Glas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Cantone
Mario Cantone (born December 9, 1959) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and singer with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including ''Chappelle's Show''. He also played Anthony Marentino in ''Sex and the City'' and Terri in '' Men In Trees'' (2006-2008). His style is fast-paced and energetic, with much of his humor coming from his impersonations of characters ranging from family members to celebrities to stereotypes. 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 Reu ... [...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 the saucy millineress Irene Molloy. Baldwin continued with the production until it closed in August 2018. Biography 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. During her four years at Northwestern, she performed in seventeen university stage productions and studied voice wit ... [...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 McClure g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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