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Whoopi Goldberg - Talk Show Host, Comedian, Film Actress ...  May 12, 2016 ... Goldberg changed her name when she decided that her given name ... work in the Hollywood film industry as an African-American woman. ... Comic Relief, a live showcase of big-ticket comedians that raised ... In 2004, Goldberg returned to Broadway to star in a self-titled one-woman show, and in 2006 she...
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jeopardy/1325_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ONE-WOMAN SHOWS | Her 1984 one-woman show made her a Broadway star & she's given us "Comic Relief" ever since | Whoopi Goldberg. right: Seth.
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Whoopi Goldberg - Wikipedia  Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally by her stage name, ... She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television, and is ... This spawned lifelong fandom of Star Trek for Goldberg, who would ... Goldberg revived her one-woman show on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre...
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Whoopi Goldberg, actress, comedian, TV star | African American ...  She was born Caryn Elaine Johnson and raised with her brother Clyde by her mother in ... He helped Goldberg put together a one-woman show for Broadway which ... Billy Crystal, and Robin Williams began hosting Comic Relief to raise money for ... In 1990, she became the second African-American female performer after...
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Whoopi Goldberg facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Throughout her acting career she has not forgotten the lessons she learned in her ... York, Nichols offered to produce her show on Broadway in September of 1984. ... Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2001; Mark Twain Prize for American ... Hiltbrand noted that ever since her debut film, Goldberg "has barely kept her...
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Ethel Merman - Wikipedia  Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908  February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage". Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals ... The Irving Berlin song "There's No Business Like Show Business", written for...
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Funny Girl (musical) - Wikipedia  Funny Girl is a 1963 musical (opened on Broadway in 1964) with a book by Isobel Lennart, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of Broadway star, film actress and comedian Fanny Brice featuring her stormy ... Nick arrives, newly released from prison, and he and Fanny decide to...
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Jumpin' Jehoshaphat! It's Little Annie, Andrea Mcardle, Who's Now ...  Apr 27, 1987 ... Now Andrea McArdle is back on Broadway, and she's virtually unrecognizable. ... I think they still expect me to be a little girl in a curly wig. ... Then, after playing three months in London in 1978, she said ... in an NBC-TV movie, Rainbow, McArdle returned home to Philadelphia, ... It's hard being a child star.
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The Wiz "Dorothy" | Stephanie Mills | Pinterest  She originated the role of Dorothy on Broadway in the The Wiz. I bought my very 1st piece of vinyl @ age 13 & it was Stephanie's album "Sweet Sensation". .... Amazing Stephanie Mills Will "Ease On Down The Road' Again In NBC's ..... circle here, as Dorothy's aunt and introduces Shanice Williams as a credible teen, in the...
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Performers - Broadway: The American Musical - PBS  One of the most influential of popular singers, Waters' early career found her working ..... This multi-talented performer shot to fame when she conquered Broadway ..... into Donna McKechnie's red dress as Cassie, who longs to return to her first love, ...... Her big number was The Music and the Mirror, and she won the Tony...
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Barbra Streisand Archives | 1984 Playgirl Interview (Yentl)  Yentl, they said, was too Jewish or not commercial, or Streisand was too old and fat to ... of a scholar, who must disguise herself as a boy in order to study the Talmud. ..... She didn't hire a choreographer and ended up staging her musical numbers. .... This article also appeared in the October 16, 1983 edition of Los Angeles...
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Wallis Center for the Performing Arts Presents BETTY BUCKLEY ...  Nov 22, 2014 ... Buckley, who has been called "The Voice of Broadway," is one of the theater's most respected and legendary leading ladies. ... Ms. Buckley's complicated sensibility: the Texan country girl, the Broadway diva, the New ... seasons in the HBO series "Oz" and as Abby Bradford in the hit series "Eight Is Enough.
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Betty Buckley, Miss Collins, Carrie, prom, gym teacher, Twitter, tweet ...  Betty Buckley and Linzi Hateley in Carrie: Broadway, 1988 ... Betty Buckley (Sandra Sue "Abby" Bradford) (1947 - ) ..... Musical Divas ... Also one of my favorites...it has tap dancing, jazz, ballet, and the actors are so cat-like its entrancing. .... She acted in Eight Is Enough and Cats. ..... Turning 85 today is actor Dick Van Patten.
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Lily Tomlin - Wikipedia  Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer and producer. Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was performing as a cast member on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In .... It was her first appearance in that city, though she did tape an Emmy-winning...
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16 Famous Sally Bowles | Backstage  Apr 15, 2014 ... "Cabaret" is back on Broadway, and we're celebrating by ... So the beautiful Jill Haworth became the first singing Sally Bowles, making her Broadway debut in the 1966 production. ... Once the musical blew up the way it did (and should!) ... In 2000, Thompson was Sally from August to November, marking her...
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Broadway Musical Home - Funny Girl  A semi-biographical musical based on the life and career of Broadway, film star and comedienne Fanny Brice, played by Barbra Streisand in the show's original Broadway run. Story: Zigfield Follies star Fanny Brice reflects on her life while awaiting the release of her husband, entrepreneur and ... Don't Rain on My Parade.
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Barbra Streisand: Singing in the Movies - Biography.com  Apr 24, 2012 ... Barbra Streisand, the best-selling female recording artist in the ... Forever Funny Girl The role of Ziegfeld Follies comedienne and actress Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl was ... Barbra wrote, directed, and starred in the 1983 film as a Jewish girl disguising herself as a boy in order to study The Talmud.
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Funny Face, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, and More Join Musicals ...  May 9, 2016 ... Classic Broadway scores make up the 2016-17 season lineup. ... 'S Wonderful," "My One and Only," "He Loves and She Loves," and more. ... Closing out the season will be I Can Get It for You Wholesale, a 1962 musical featuring a score by ... Barbra Streisand in her Tony-nominated Broadway debut.
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Andrea McArdle, Broadway's Original 'Annie,' Hits NYC With '70s ...  Jan 18, 2013 ... In 1977, Andrea McArdle cemented her role in Broadway history ... Thirty-six years later, the original star of Annie isn't just back, she's on a full-scale creative blitz. ... But everyone who knows me personally knows that I'm a total Rizzo. ... legacy, specifically when it comes to singing the song Tomorrow.
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For Andrea McArdle, another Annie in another show - tribunedigital ...  Dec 14, 2006 ... In 1977 when she was 13, Andrea McArdle made her Broadway debut singing ... she was pulled from the chorus to replace the original star in "Annie." She became the youngest performer to be nominated for a Tony Award,...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Sep 1, 2010 ... In 1990 this ex-TV cop won a Tony for her Broadway role as Gypsy's mom. this is Tyne Daley. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! 3 Dog night.