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John Emmet Raitt (/ r eɪ t /; [1] January 29, 1917 [2] – February 20, 2005) [3] was an American actor and singer best known for his performances in musical theatre. His most notable roles were Billy Bigelow in the original Broadway cast of Carousel and Curly in the original Chicago production of Oklahoma! .
Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár 's 1909 play Liliom , transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline.
Billy Bigelow, a rough-talking, macho, handsome carousel barker, and Julie Jordan, a young, innocent mill worker, live in the small town of Boothbay Harbor, Maine.They fall in love, but are fired from their jobs; Billy because he paid too much attention to Julie and incurred the wrath of the jealous carousel owner Mrs. Mullin, and Julie because she had violated the curfew imposed by wealthy ...
John Cullum (born March 2, 1930) [2] is an American actor and singer. [3] He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including Shenandoah (1975) and On the Twentieth Century (1978), winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for each.
News of Buena Vista Social Club's upcoming Broadway run was announced the same day the album was released 27 years ago on Sept. 16, 1997.. Since then, it won the 1998 Grammy for best traditional ...
John Mulaney's son is already ready to be a Broadway star.. The comedian, 42, spoke with PEOPLE at the opening of his new Broadway show ALL IN: Comedy About Love in New York City on Monday, Dec ...
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right) watching auditions at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in 1948. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals.
Elton John’s multimillion-dollar musical Tammy Faye is to close. The announcement comes just days after its opening night. The Broadway show, based on the life of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker ...