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42nd Street (musical) - Wikipedia  42nd Street is an American musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by ... However, the opening night triumph was overshadowed by tragedy. ... He went on to explain that Champion died hours before the performance, ... but, as described by Anthony Bianco, 42nd Street "was his last big hit, his swan...
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David Merrick, 88, Showman Who Ruled Broadway, Dies - The New ...  Apr 27, 2000 ... His headlines were nearly as numerous as his hits. ... major songwriter of the Broadway musical's last heyday: Jule Styne, .... Somewhat less benign was Mr. Merrick's manipulation at the opening of ''42nd Street'' in 1980. Gower Champion, the musical's director and choreographer, had died early the day of...
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Ambitious Lake Worth Playhouse Tackles Musical Hit `42nd Street ...  Apr 13, 1990 ... A smash hit on Broadway, 42nd Street marked the final musical of its director/choreographer, Gower Champion, who died of. ... Gower Champion, who died of leukemia just hours before the show`s August 1980, opening at...
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42nd Street (musical) - Productions - LiquiSearch  However, the opening night triumph was overshadowed by tragedy. ... He went on to explain that Champion had died of cancer just hours before the ... Richert, the director's girlfriend), crew, and the public prior to his announcement. ... but, as described by Anthony Bianco, 42nd Street "was his last big hit, his swan song.".
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Music: Musical of the Day: 42nd Street  The A.V. Club After Dark ...  42nd Street was based on the 1933 movie musical of the same name, a 'backstage ... 1958 film Gigi, had run for only 103 performances.42nd Street turned out to be a hit, winning the ... the ailing director of 42nd Street who died several hours before opening night; the unexpected announcement of his death after the end of...
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Jerome Robbins, 79, Is Dead; Giant of Ballet and Broadway - The ...  Jul 30, 1998 ... Jerome Robbins, one of 20th-century ballet's greatest ... After Balanchine's death in 1983, he and Peter Martins served jointly until .... in the 1930's, and no American ballet troupes independent of opera .... Mr. Robbins's integrated vision of musicals became more pronounced in shows when he took over the...
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Sandy Dennis, Film and Stage Veteran, Dies at 54 - NYTimes.com  Mar 4, 1992 ... She was 54 years old Although the exact cause of her death was not known, ... Robards in "A Thousand Clowns," and a year later, she won another Tony as the ... Her performance won the New York Film Critics' award and the ... praised Ms. Dennis's performance in "Any Wednesday" with the line, "Let me...
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Theater|David Merrick, 88, Showman Who Ruled Broadway, Dies  Apr 27, 2000 ... David Merrick, producer whose gift for creating Broadway hits was ... all to promote his shows; among his successes were Gypsy, Hello, Dolly!, ... he preferred to glory in his image as ''the abominable showman. ... of him as a Grinch-like Santa Claus, Mr. Merrick reproduced it on his annual Christmas card.
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Composer Irving Berlin Dies At 101 - tribunedigital-sunsentinel  Sep 23, 1989 ... Songwriter Sammy Cahn once said of Berlin: ``If a man, in a lifetime of 50 years, can ... Even in his 90`s, living as a recluse in New York City, he continued to ... Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music.``...
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Bye Bye Birdie! - Original Broadway Cast 1960 | The Official ...  Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast: Put on a Happy Face ... Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Louise Quick, Jessica Albright, Vicki Belmonte, Bye .... Their director, notably, was the choreographer Gower Champion, making his first try at ... to write more songs for the 1963 George Sidney film, including, finally, the title song...
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Jeopary Questions page 1483 - BALLET - TriviaBistro.com  FAMOUS UKRAINIANS: Ukraine-born composer Prokofiev lost some headlines by dying March 4, 1953, the day before this leader  TV TITLE ROLES: Vampire...
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Robin Williams dead at 63 - CBS News  Aug 11, 2014 ... We will remember Robin Williams as one of the unique talents of his ... of "Saturday Night Live" star John Belushi, Williams was one of the last ... He joined the drama club in high school and studied acting at Juilliard, where his teacher, the renowned actor John Houseman, encouraged his talent for comedy.
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Maria Tallchief, ballet star who was inspiration for Balanchine, dies ...  Apr 12, 2013 ... Maria Tallchief, prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet, ... choreographer George Balanchine, her first husband, died April 11 at a hospital in Chicago. ... 1940s to the 1960s at what became the New York City Ballet, she helped .... Chicago; her sister, Marjorie Tallchief, who had a noteworthy ballet career...
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Goodspeed Musicals - Wikipedia  Goodspeed Musicals is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and ... After William Goodspeed's death, the opera house fell into disrepair, facing a series ... plays debuted there or at the opera house before going on to Broadway and ... Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut...
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Peter Foy - Sightlines - USITT  Peter Foy, who founded Flying By Foy and revolutionized stage flying with ... the original Broadway production of the musical Peter Pan in 1954, has died of natural causes. ... at a single suspension point, which he called the Inter-related Pendulum. This innovation made possible the soaring aerial choreography that helped...
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Broadway and Off Broadway Theatres  A to L - World Theatres  May 4, 2010 ... Manhattan has 20 film theaters, Queens 13 and Brooklyn 11. .... off Broadway theatre for more than 40 years  170 seats  to close as ..... Victoria, Helen Hayes, Morosco and Bijou Theatres became a new hotel tower ..... Hayes) 1935 (517), Happy Birthday 1946 (564); Flahooley (Barbara Cook,Yma Sumac)
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All That Jazz (film) - Wikipedia  All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. .... Fosse himself died from a heart attack on September 23, 1987, at George...
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'Porgy and Bess' : NPR  Oct 8, 2000 ... Length: 17:30 ... Porgy and Bess  Houston Grand Opera, featuring Donnie Ray Albert and ... "Good evening, this is George Gershwin speaking," the composer began ... Gershwin thought it had the makings of an opera and wrote to Heyward. .... he died of a brain tumor on July 11th, 1937, at the age of 38.
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42nd Street (1933) - IMDb  Comedy ... 42nd Street Poster ... 42nd Street -- When the leading star of a Broadway musical is injured, the ... Footlight Parade ... Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) ..... This film, released on March 9, 1933, single-handedly rescued the movie musical, ... The Busby Berkeley choreography is fabulous--no one did it like he did it.
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Bobby Short Dies At The Age Of 80 Pictures | Getty Images  June 09, 1991 License ... at a piano during a 100th birthday celebration for the late composer and lyricist Cole Porter, ... Short performed the 1938 tune 'At Long Last Love. ... American vocalist Bobby Short (1924 - 2005) gestures expansively during a performance ... Bobby Short  Singing  Gesturing  Bow Tie  Well-dressed.