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Gertrude Lawrence (4 July 1898 – 6 September 1952) was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
Lawrence and Coward in the Broadway production. Tonight at 8.30 [n 1] is a cycle of ten one-act plays by Noël Coward, presented in London in 1936 and in New York in 1936–1937, with the author and Gertrude Lawrence in the leading roles.
(1926), with the part originally sung on Broadway by English actress Gertrude Lawrence while holding a rag doll in a sentimental solo scene. [6] The musical ran for more than 200 performances in New York and then saw equivalent acclaim in London in 1927, all with the song as its centerpiece.
The cast featured Gertrude Lawrence as Evangeline Edwards, Elisabeth Welch as Haidee Robinson, Moya Nugent as Miss Pratt, and David Burns as Constantine. [4] [5] The decor and costumes were designed by Doris Zinkeisen. [6] [7] The US premiere was the Equity Library Theatre, New York City production in March–April 1982. [4] [8]
Oh, Kay! premiered on November 8, 1926, at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway, starring Gertrude Lawrence and Victor Moore, and ran for 256 performances. [5] In London, it played at His Majesty's Theatre, opening on September 21, 1927, and ran for 213 performances, starring Lawrence and John Kirby. [6] The musical was revived at the Century ...
The original cast recording of The King and I was issued in 1951 on Decca Records, with Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, Dorothy Sarnoff and Doretta Morrow. [1] The Broadway cast recording was directed by John Van Druten , with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and musical director Frederick Dvonch. [ 2 ]
When Brynner opened in the original production in 1951, he was the newcomer and Gertrude Lawrence the established star. Now, 33 years and 4,300 performances later, he is the king of the mountain as well as the show ... The genius of his performance – and it must be some sort of genius to maintain a character this long – is its simplicity.
Gertrude Lawrence and Noël Coward in the original production, 1936. We Were Dancing is a short comic play in two scenes by Noël Coward.It is one of ten short plays that make up Tonight at 8.30, a cycle written to be performed in groups of three plays across three evenings.