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The musical starred Jim Dale as P.T. Barnum, Glenn Close as Charity Barnum, Marianne Tatum as Jenny Lind, Terri White as Joice Heth, and Terrence Mann as Chester Lyman (he also understudied Dale as Barnum). During Jim Dale's vacation in May 1981, the part of Barnum was played by Tony Orlando, and when Dale left the production in October 1981 ...
Signature. Jim Dale MBE (born James Smith; 15 August 1935) is an English actor, composer, director, narrator, singer and songwriter. In the United Kingdom he is known as a pop singer of the 1950s who became a leading actor at the National Theatre. In British film, along with Angela Douglas and Jacki Piper he is now one of just a few surviving ...
TonyAwards.com. The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The awards are named after Antoinette ...
Barnum ("Come Follow the Band"/"There is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute" - Jim Dale and Company) Evita ("A New Argentina" - Patti LuPone and Company) Oklahoma! ("People Will Say We're In Love" - Joel Higgins and Christine Andreas) Peter Pan ("I'm Flying" - Sandy Duncan and children) Sugar Babies ("A McHugh Medley" - Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney)
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical was an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was one of eight new acting awards first presented in 1975, when Drama Desk retired an earlier award ...
P. T. Barnum. Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding with James Anthony Bailey the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. [1] He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a ...
Judy Gordon is an American theater producer of plays and musicals on Broadway and off-Broadway as well as internationally. Her productions include the musical Barnum [1] with music by Cy Coleman, starring Jim Dale and Glenn Close on Broadway [2] and Michael Crawford in London. [3][4] She also produced A History of the American Film by ...
The musical Barnum premiered in 1980, starring Jim Dale with music by Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman, and Mark Bramble; [178] [197] it had 854 performances over the next two years. [198] [199] [200] The next show was the 1982 revue Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years, which flopped after a week.