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The Ballad Of The Sad Café (play)
''The Ballad of the Sad Café'' is a dramatic stage play with music written by American playwright Edward Albee, based on the 1951 novel of the same name written by Carson McCullers. The play premiered on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre in 1963. The play follows a woman named Amelia and her tumultuous relationship with her husband. The play was nominated for six Tony Awards including the Tony Award for Best Play. Production history The play opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on October 30, 1963, and closed on February 14, 1964 running a total of 123 performances. This was Edward Albee's second Broadway play and his follow up to ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962). The play was directed by Alan Schneider. For her performance, Colleen Dewhurst was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The play also received nominations for Best Play, Best Producer, Best Featured Actor in a Play (Michael Dunn), and Best Scenic Design. The play includes origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), ''The Sandbox (play), The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), ''A Delicate Balance (play), A Delicate Balance'' (1966), and ''Three Tall Women'' (1994). Some critics have argued that some of his work constitutes an American variant of what Martin Esslin identified as and named the Theater of the Absurd. Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play. His works are often considered frank examinations of the modern condition. His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Theatre of the Absurd that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Jean Genet. His middle period comprised plays that explored the psychology of maturing, marriage and sexual relationships. Younger American playwr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Flanagan (composer)
William Flanagan (August 14, 1923 – September 1, 1969) was an American composer of the mid-twentieth century. Biography Flanagan was a great admirer of Maurice Ravel, David Diamond,Rorem, N. "Flanagan, William." New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2d ed. Macmillan, 2001 and Aaron Copland, who became something of a mentor to Flanagan. His best work was in the realm of vocal music. Although little known today, as well as unsuccessful and undervalued in his time,Gussow, Mel. ''Edward Albee: A Singular Journey''. Applause Books, 2000. a number of his brief vocal compositions, including ''Horror Movie'' and ''The Upside-Down Man'', have been recorded. He is best known today as having been the long-time lover of playwright Edward Albee, with whom he wrote an opera after ''Bartleby, the Scrivener''. He composed music for the 1960 premiere of Albee's play '' The Sandbox'' as well as Albee's adaptations ''The Ballad of the Sad Cafe'' (1963 from the ''Carson McCullers'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Plays
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American Plays
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberts Blossom
Roberts Scott Blossom (March 25, 1924July 8, 2011) was an American poet and character actor of theatre, film, and television. He is best known for his roles as Old Man Marley in ''Home Alone'' (1990) and as Ezra Cobb in the horror film '' Deranged'' (1974). He is also remembered for his supporting roles in films such as ''The Great Gatsby'' (1974), ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977), '' Escape from Alcatraz'' (1979), '' Christine'' (1983), and '' The Last Temptation of Christ'' (1988). Early life Roberts Scott Blossom was born on March 25, 1924, in New Haven, Connecticut, to John Blossom, an athletic director at Yale University. He was raised in Cleveland, but later moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio. He attended Hawken School and graduated from Asheville School in 1941 and attended Harvard University for a year until he joined the United States Army and served in World War II in Europe. He trained as a therapist and later decided to be an actor. He began directing and acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John C
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enid Markey
Enid Markey (February 22, 1894 – November 15, 1981) was an American theatre, film, radio, and television actress, whose career spanned over 50 years, extending from the early 1900s to the late 1960s. In movies, she was the first performer to portray the fictional character Jane, Tarzan's "jungle" companion and later his wife. Markey performed as Jane twice in 1918, costarring with Elmo Lincoln in the films ''Tarzan of The Apes'' and '' The Romance of Tarzan''."Enid Markey dies; played Jane in original 'Tarzan'", obituary, ''Chicago Tribune'', November 16, 1981, p. D15. Retrieved (Ann Arbor, Michigan), June 29, 2022. Early years Markey was born in Dillon, Colorado. Her education came in boarding school in Denver. Career Markey acted on stage and in vaudeville before turning to movies. Her first film role was in ''The Fortunes of War'' (1911). During the production of '' The Wrath of the Gods'' (1914), Markey, a "leading lady with the New York Motion Picture Company", was " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and theatre director, director. He resisted playing Stereotypes of African Americans, stereotypically black roles, instead performing in several productions with New York City's Shakespeare Festival Theater, Leland Hayward, Leland Hayward's satirical NBC series ''That Was the Week That Was'', and a poetry performance tour of the United States in addition to his work in television and film. He is perhaps best known for his many guest appearances on TV series from the 1970s and 1980s as well as movies like ''The Cowboys'' (1972) with John Wayne. In 1976, Browne was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series for his work on American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Barney Miller''. In 1986, he won the Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Gues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Antonio
Louis Antonio (born January 23, 1934) is an American actor and TV director best known for performing in the films ''Cool Hand Luke'' and '' America America''. He also starred in two short-lived TV series, '' Dog and Cat'', and '' Makin' It''. Early life and education Antonio was born Louis Demetrios Antoniou in Oklahoma City of English, French, and German descent on his mother's side and Greek on his father's side (the family name was originally Antoniou). During his teens, he worked as a sports reporter on the ''Daily Oklahoman''.Antonio attended the University of Oklahoma on a journalism scholarship and earned a degree in French."A Dog's Life for Lou" ''The Robesonian'', May 1, 1977, p. 13. He also took college courses in acting and appeared on stage. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dunn (actor)
Michael Dunn (born Gary Neil Miller; October 20, 1934 – August 30, 1973) was an American actor and singer with dwarfism. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for ''The Ballad of the Sad Café (play), The Ballad of the Sad Café'', and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Stanley Kramer's ''Ship of Fools (film), Ship of Fools'', but is best remembered for a recurring role as mad scientist Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless in the 1960s television adventure series ''The Wild Wild West''. He inspired a number of later actors with dwarfism, including Zelda Rubinstein and Mark Povinelli. Medical condition Dunn had medical dwarfism, a result of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED, subtype unknown), a genetic defect of cartilage production caused by a mutation in the COL2A1 (type II collagen) gene. This disorder, classified as a skeletal dysplasia, causes distorted development of the limbs, spine, and ribcage and leads to early, widespread oste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Prince (actor)
William Leroy PrinceAaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters : All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 447. . (January 26, 1913 – October 8, 1996) was an American actor who appeared in numerous soap operas and made dozens of guest appearances on primetime series as well as playing villains in movies like '' The Gauntlet'', '' The Cat from Outer Space'' and ''Spontaneous Combustion''. Early life Prince was born in Nichols, New York. When Prince was a senior at Cornell University, he left to act ''in The Taming of the Shrew'' as part of a Federal Theatre tour. He gained additional experience with the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia, including a trip to New York for a 1937 production. He also performed in Shakespeare's plays in a company headed by Maurice Evans. Career Early in Prince's career, he supplemented his limited income from acting in summer stock prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concord Theatricals
Alchemy Copyrights, LLC, doing business as Concord, is an independent American music company. It develops, manages and acquires sound recordings, music publishing rights, theatrical performance rights and narrative content. Concord is majority owned by the State of Michigan Retirement System. Concord holds rights to more than 1.3 million songs, composed works, plays, musicals and active recordings. In 2020, 45% of its revenue came from music, 38% from music publishing and 17% from theatricals. As of 2023, according to its CEO, it derived 85% of its revenue "from catalog, rather than newly-developed, music". Headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Berlin, Melbourne and Miami and staff in Auckland, Sydney, Toronto and Tokyo, Concord's repertoire is licensed in virtually every country and territory worldwide. History Concord Jazz (1973–1994) Auto dealer and jazz enthusiast Carl Jefferson started the Concord Jazz record label ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
