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it is very interesting to note that in New York most of the theatres
originated in the late 1800s, whereas in England, 1500, 1600 and 1700 are
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Two deaths of note to the Broadway stage are Vanessa Brown at 71 who
starred in the original "Seven Year Itch" as the sexy girl upstairs, the
part which gained fame for Marilyn Monroe in the film version, and the
playwright William Alfred at 76, who wrote "Hogan's Goat" that starred Faye
Dunaway on Broadway, and brought her great notices and was the start of her
film career; the very talented female impersonator Charles Pierce, at 72,
whose recreated the talents of Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Katherine
Hepburn, and Carol Channing. Among his admirers and friends were Carol
Channing, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Sir John Gielgud; the Velvet Fog, Mel
Torme at 73, who also appeared in a number of forgettable films like Junior
Miss, Good News, Duchess of Idaho, Walk Like a Dragon, The Patsy and A Man
Called Adam; film actor De Forrest Kelley at 79 - famous for his role in
the Star Trek films.
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THE TONY AWARDS
The highlight of my life has been having the privilege of attending the
Tony Awards for six years running. At the time from the mid Seventies until
the early 1980s, I got on my tuxedo (the only reason in the world to wear
one) and along with friends, got to rub elbows with the world's greatest
actors. There is such a difference between Broadway actors and film
"stars." The New York actors are real people, willing to chat with you,
willing to give you their autograph, appreciative of your wanting to see
them. On the New York streets and in restaurants, you often see the actors,
and get to say hello or pass the time of day. Noone follows them, noone
bothers them when they are dining with friends. They can go about their
lives in peace. But they are, nonetheless, icons. And to me they are the
"stars." Not the precious Madonnas, the Streisands, the Diana Ross's, but
the REAL stars. They are only people, most of them shy and reclusive, but
when they walk out on that stage - they create magic. There is such an
immediacy to a stage performance. It is a fleeting, one-time, creation,
unlike the unrealistic world of the film, where each shot is done over and
over. A great many of the talented actors have never been in a film. Their
paychecks are in the hundreds, not in the millions, but they have the
devotion of their audiences, and when they enter offstage left, they have
the adoration no film star will ever receive.
This year's Tony Awards Presentation was very lacklustre, probably the
worst of the Tony telecasts. The first hour which was on PBS was pre-empted
for some Buffalo auction, which was very disappointing, although for most
people not interesting as the awards presented are more technical, like
set, costume and lighting design as well as choreography.
The second part which is two hours, and fortunately on another channel, had
no host, as Rosie O'Donnell declined to do the show, although thanks to her
there is more interest in Broadway, as she has many shows and their stars
appear on her show and talks about them a great deal.
There was some big name presenters, like Carol Burnett, Julie Andrews, Bea
Arthur, etc., but the show did not "light up." It was dull, and for other
than a devoted theatre fan like myself, I'm sure there was a lot of channel
switching.
Musical numbers were also dull as there were no major musicals this season.
The big draw was for straight plays, with major revivals of Death of a
Salesman, The Iceman Cometh, and the newly discovered Tennessee Williams
Not About Nightingales. Death of a Saleman won out, I guess because it is
the greatest play of the century in my estimation. Arthur Miller also
received an honorary Tony for his lifetime of work in the theatre, and
Brian Dennehy won the Tony for his interpretation of Willy Loman, one of
the greatest parts for the stage and Elizabeth Franz won as best featured
actress, as Mrs. Loman. The incomparable Judi Dench won for best actress in
a play. Maybe next year?
Winners of the most Tony Awards since its inception in 1947 are:
8 - Harold Prince
6 - Stephen Sondheim
5 - Julie Harris, Mike Nichols
4 - Angela Lansbury
3 - Mary Martin, Gwen Verdon, Hinton Battle, Tommy Tune, James Lapine, Hugh
Wheeler, George Abbott, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cy Coleman, Jessica Tandy,
Gower Champion, Arthur Miller
2 - Michael Stewart, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Margaret Leighton, Irene Worth,
John Cullum, Richard Kiley, Robert Preston, George Rose, Phil Silvers,
Chita Rivera, Frances Sternhagen, Swoozie Kurtz, Christine Baranski, Judith
Ivey, Russell Nype, Peter Hall, Michael Bennett, Trevor Nunn, Neil Simon,
Peter Shaffer,
Bernadette Peters
Of note to theatre fans, the Blyth Festival which runs in the small town of
Blyth from June 23rd to August 27th has nabbed David French's new play
"That Summer" - a lyrical tale of two vacationing school girls who lose
their hearts to two local boys in the 1950s - the play will be directed by
Toronto's renown Bill Glassco, who made the Tarragon Theatre, and has also
directed at Stratford. The play is in repertory. The Blyth Festival is
Ontario's third most famous festival, concentrating on original Canadian
plays, and runs on the heels of Stratford and the Shaw Festival.
The Williamstown Festival in Mass., gets the cream of the crop for their
summer lineup, film actress Gweneth Paltrow (daughter of actress Blythe
Danner), film actor Ethen Hawke, and David Schwimmer (star of Friends).
COMPOSERS - CY COLEMAN
(1929- ) contributed his first Broadway song to John Murray
Anderson's Almanac (1953). His scores are very jazz influenced like Wildcat
(1960) with Lucille Ball, Little Me (1962) with Sid Caesar, and a revival
in 1982, and the current revival with Martin Short, Sweet Charity (1966)
with Gwen Verdon which include the songs "If They Could See Me Now," "Hey
Big Spender," "Where and I Going,", Seesaw (1973), I Love My Wife (1977),
On The Twentieth Century (1978) which brought Imogene Coca out of
retirement, and Barnum (1980) with the great "Colours of My Life."
PLAYWRIGHTS - LINDSAY ANDERSON
(1923-1994) distinguished playwright and film director from England, among
his best plays are The Contractor, In Celebration, plus numerous great
films like This Sporting Life, If, and O Lucky Man
DIRECTORS -
ABE BURROWS - (1910-1985) served as writer and director and sometimes play
doctor on a number of his vehicles. His first venture was the highly
praised Guys and Dolls (1950), Can Can (1953), Silk Stockings (1955), How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961) with Robert Morse, .
Michelle Lee, Charles Nelson Reilly and Rudy Vallee; Cactus Flower (1965)
with Lauren Bacall, also Make a Wish, Three Wishes for Jamie, Forty Carats
with Julie Harris; Good News; Breakfast at Tiffanys with Mary Tyler Moore
and Richard Chamberlain, and First Impressions (1959), with Hermoine
Gingold , Polly Bergen and Farley Granger.
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DESIGNERS - ROUBEN TER-ARUTUNIAN (1920-1992)
Set designer working in the U.S., whose shows included Hot
Spot, Judy Holliday's last show, an all-star production of Ivanov, from
England, with Vivian Leigh and John Gielgud; Edward Albee's All Over,
Goodtime Charley with Joel Gray, and Lady From the Sea which brought
Vanessa Redgrave to Circle in the Square, where her brother Corin is now
appearing in the found Tennessee Williams play, many years later.
DANCERS - PATRICIA BIRCH (1934- ) started her career in 1957, she was
originally with the Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham Dance Companies -
and now she dominates Broadway, choreographing such hits as the wonderful
revival of. Candide, Diamond Studs, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown,
Grease, Happy End, Little Night Music, The Me Nobody Knows, Music Is,
Pacific Overtures, Roza, They're Playing Our Song and Elvis, a Musical
Celebration.
ACTORS/ACTRESSES - ZOE CALDWELL (1933- ) Australian actress,
married to producer Robert Whitehead and was with the Royal Shakespeare
Company before working in the U.S. in her first Broadway part in The Devils
(1965), her greatest role The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968), for which
she won a much deserved Tony Award; Medea, for which she also won a Tony
Award, Slapstick Tragedy and a one-woman show Lillian (1986) based on the
author/playwright Lillian Hellman
OPERA- LAKME - An opera in 3 acts by Delibes, Edmond Gondinet and Philippe
Gille, derived from Le Mariage de Loti, first presented at the Paris Opera
House in 1883, the setting is
India of the nineteenth century under British rule. The "Bell Song," is
probably the best known in the opera. It is seldom performed.
PRODUCERS - The Dramatists' Guild was formed in 1919 after many previous
trials with other groups. In 1946 the group became an independent
corporation and serves as guardian of the dramatists' welfare.
THEATRES - The Casino Theatre (New York) was the first theatre built
specifically for musical theatre at the Southeast corner of Broadway and
39th Street (the old Metropolitan Opera House was later built at the
Northwest corner). It opened in 1882 with Strauss' The Queen's Lace
Handkerchief, and did mostly imports, until 1894 when it presented The
Passing Show, followed by The Origin of the Cake Walk, the first black
musical to be presented on Broadway. In 1900 it was taken over by the
Shuberts and played hits like Florodora, Chinese Honeymoon, Wildflower, The
Vagabond King (1925) and the Desert Song (1926). It was demolished in 1930
as the moving picture became popular, and vaudeville was fast dying on its
feet.
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