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Al Jolson

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1888- 1950

    • Blackface guy (Vaudville era)
    • The Jazz Singer (1927)
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George M. Cohan

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1872-1942

    • Patriotism guy (Vaudville family)
    • “Give my Regards to Broadway”
    • “The Yankee Doodle Boy”
    • Major control freak; wrote his own songs
  • There is a statue of him on 42nd street
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Vernon and Irene Castle

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  • -Husband-and-wife ballroom team (Vaudville)

- - Originated the Castle Walk

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Fred Astaire

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1899-1987

    • Always formal and elegant
    • Tap + Ballroom
  • The Band Wagon (1931)
  • Shall We Dance (1937)
  • usually danced with his sister as a child
  • Broadway and Hollywood
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Adele Astaire

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1896 - 1981

  • Danced with her brother, very succesful
  • got married, quit her carer and moved to Ireland
  • The Band Wagon (1931)
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Marge Champion

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1891 - 1951

– Zeigfeld Follies (1910)

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Ethel Merman

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1908-1984:

    • First major Belt Queen
    • Brash and Vulgar, very little vulnerability
  • Anything Goes (1934)
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
  • Call Me Madam (1950) TONY
  • Gypsy (1959)
  • Hello, Dolly! (1970) [replaced Carroll Channing]
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John Raitt

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1917-2005:

    • Billy in Carousel (1945)
    • The Pajama Game (1955)
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Mary Martin

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1913-1990:

    • South Pacific (1939) TONY
    • Annie Get Your Gun (Tour) (1947)
    • Sound of Music (1959) TONY
    • I Do! I Do! (1966)
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Lotte Lenya

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1898 - 1981:
– Threepenny Opera (1928) TONY (in 1956)

Married Kurt Weill

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Rex Harrison

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1908 - 1990:
– My Fair Lady (1957) TONY.
Originally didn’t want the role because he couldn’t sing

  • Kind of a dick
  • Was married 6 times
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Julie Andrews

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1935 -

    • The Boy Friend (1954)
    • My Fair Lady (1957)
    • Camelot (1960)

Movies:

    • Mary Poppins (1965)
    • The Sound of Music (1966)
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Richard Burton

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1925 - 1984

    • Lady in the Dark (1941)
    • Camelot (1960) TONY
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Gertrude Lawrence

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1898 - 1952

    • Lady in the Dark (1941)
    • The King and I (1951) TONY
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Yul Brynner

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1920-1985
– King and I (1951) TONY
died of lung cancer :(

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Robert (Bobby) Morse

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1931 -
– H2$ (1961) TONY

Had a comeback in Mad Men

[kinda reminds you of Rick Moranis a bit right?]

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Gwen Verdon

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1925 - 2000
HS: First big triple threat

– Can Can (1953) TONY
– Damn Yankees (1955) TONY [Lola]

Married Bob Fosse, helped him on many projects

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Carol Channing

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1921 -
Quirkiest personality on Broadway
Super tall
always wore a blonde wig

    • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949)
    • Hello, Dolly! (1964) TONY (and her signature role)
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Angela Lansbury

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1925 - 
Mame (1966) TONY
Dear World (1969) TONY
Gypsy revival (1973) TONY
Sweeney Todd (1979) TONY [Ms. Lovett]
Blithe Spirit revival (2009) TONY

Was big in Hollywood, THEN went to broadway

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Robert Preston

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1918 - 1987

    • The Music Man (1957) TONY
    • I Do! I Do! (1967) TONY
    • Mack and Mabel (1974) TONY
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Barbara Cook

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1927 -
HS: Leading people had to ACT
– The Music Man (1957) TONY [Marian the Librarian]
– Candide (1956)

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Audra McDonald

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1970 -

Very much legit
6 Tonys (most ever for actor/actress), including one in each possible category
    • Ragtime (1997) TONY
    • A Raisin in the Sun (2004) TONY
    • Porgy and Bess (2011) TONY [the one you saw!]
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Fanny Brice

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1891 - 1951

Very Jewish character

    • “Quainty, Dainty Me”
    • “A Sweepstakes Ticket”
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Alfred Drake

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1914 - 1992

    • Oklahoma (1943)
    • Kiss Me Kate (1948)
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Johnathan Groff

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Melchior in Spring Awakening

King George in Hamilton

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Lea Michelle

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Wendla in Spring Awakening

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Zero Mostel

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    • Tevya in Fiddler
    • Pseudolous in Forum

Loud and Boistrous

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Patti Lupone

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Known for Crazy High Belt Voice.

– Eva in Evita

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Kelli O’Hara

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    • Young Hattie in Follies
    • The Light in the Piazza (Tony)
    • Francesca in Bridges of Madison County
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Joel Grey

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    • MC in Cabaret

- - Wizard in Wicked

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Kristen Chenowith

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Traditional Belt but with operatic training

– Glinda in Wicked

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Idina Menzel

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Contemporary Belt

    • Maureen in Rent
    • Elphaba in Wicked
    • If/Then
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Donna McKechnie

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Very close w/ Michael Bennet

– Cassie (the one who gets the part) in “A Chorus Line” (TONY)

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Ann Reinking

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Very close w/ Fossee

    • replaced Donna McKechnie as Cassie in A Chorus Line
    • replaced Gwen Verdon as Roxie in Chicago
    • choreographed Chicago revival (TONY)
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Ben Vereen

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    • Claude in Hair
    • Leading Player in original Pippin
    • Judas in JCS
    • Billy Flynn in Chicago
    • Replaced Joel Grey as Wizard in Wicked
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Alan Cumming

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    • MC in (newer) cabaret

- - Mack the Knife in 3-penny (revival)

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Bernadette Peters

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known for her vulnerability

  • Sunday in the Park
  • Follies
  • A Little Night Music
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Mandy Patinkin

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    • Che in Evita
    • George in Sunday
    • Inigo Montoya in Princess Bride
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Colm Wilkinson

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Jean Valjean in Les Miz

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Michael Crawford

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Phantom in Phantom of the Opera

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Sarah Brightman

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Christine in Phantom of the Opera

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Nathan Lane

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Max Bialystock in Producers

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