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After Animal Crackers, Chenoweth continued to appear in regional theatre productions, such as Babes in Arms at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, [22] and Phantom (as Christine; she also toured in Germany in this role), [23] playing roles in Off-Broadway productions like Luisa in The Fantasticks [10] [24] and Kristy in Box Office of the Damned (both in 1994). [25]
Animal Crackers is a musical play with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.The musical starred the Marx Brothers and is set at the Long Island Home of Mrs. Rittenhouse; a character portrayed by Margaret Dumont in the 1928 production on Broadway.
After a successful career in Melbourne, he and his wife sailed for the United States, and he made his Broadway debut in 1928 [1] in an operetta, Countess Maritza. [2] His next production was the Marx Brothers' comedy Animal Crackers, [3] in which he portrayed "Hives" the butler.
Carole Demas (born May 26, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress, best known for originating the roles of Sandy in the 1971 Broadway musical Grease and the title role in the original 1976 production of The Baker's Wife, for many prime time television roles, hundreds of commercials, and for her role in the long-running children's television show The Magic Garden.
Jane Krakowski (/ k r ə ˈ k aʊ s k i /; née Krajkowski; born October 11, 1968) is an American actress and singer. [1] [2] She starred as Jenna Maroney in the NBC satirical comedy series 30 Rock (2006–2013, 2020), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Thomas McGowan (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor.He first became known for his stage career both on and off Broadway. In 1991, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut performance in La Bête.
Kelton was reportedly named by her aunt, who suggested the name "Pert" to her mother after her favorite theatrical role, the character "Pert Barlow" in a play called Checkers. [7] In 1910, while accompanying her parents and sister on an overseas tour of shows, she debuted on stage at the age of three in Cape Town, Union of South Africa. [8] [9 ...
At the time, this was the longest run in Broadway theater history, surpassing the record 1,291 performances set by the Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon 1918 play, Lightnin'. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The show's touring company had a similarly long run and held the record for longest-running touring company for nearly 40 years, until that record was broken by ...