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Matthew Bourne

| August 21, 2014

Matthew Bourne   Matthew Bourne OBE (born 13 January 1960) is an English choreographer. His work includes contemporary dance and dance theatre. He has received multiple awards and award nominations, including the Laurence Olivier Award, Tony Award and Drama Desk Award, and he has also received several Honorary Doctorates of Arts from UK universities.   […]

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Helpman Awards 2014

| August 20, 2014

Helpman Awards 2014   Helpman Awards 2014   The annual Helpmann Awards recognise distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in the many disciplines of Australia’s vibrant live performance sectors, including musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, cabaret, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre. The Helpmann Awards also incorporates the JC Williamson Award™ for outstanding contribution […]

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Joe Dipietro

| August 13, 2014

Memorabilia Available Joe Dipietro   Joe DiPietro (born 1961[1]) is an American playwright and author.[2] Born in Teaneck, New Jersey,[3] DiPietro grew up in nearby Oradell,[4][5] the son of Lou and Jean DiPietro. He attended Oradell Public School and River Dell Regional High School,[6] before graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University in 1984 with […]

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Lauren Bacall

| August 13, 2014

Lauren Bacall   Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks. She first emerged as a leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have and Have Not (1944) and continued on in […]

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Hugh Panaro

| August 12, 2014

Memorabilia Available Hugh Panaro Hugh Panaro (born February 19, 1964) is one of Broadway’s leading tenors. His pre-Broadway and regional roles include Mary Sunshine in Chicago, and the lead in Jesus Christ Superstar. He made his Broadway debut as Marius in Les Misérables, a role he originated in the first U.S. national touring company . […]

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Alice Ripley

| August 12, 2014

Memorabilia Available Alice Ripley   Alice Ripley is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and mixed media artist known for her various roles on Broadway in musicals, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal (2009 Tony Award, Best Actress in a Musical) and Side Show (1998 Tony nomination). Ripley was most recently seen in the Seattle, […]

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Chad Kimball

| August 12, 2014

Memorabilia Available Chad Kimball   Chad Kimball (born September 2, 1976) is a Tony nominated American theater actor. Kimball was raised in Seattle, Washington [1] and graduated from Boston Conservatory with a BFA in acting in 1999. After moving to New York, he was hired for the Broadway musical, The Civil War, joining the show […]

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Norm Lewis

| August 12, 2014

Norm Lewis Norm Lewis (born June 2, 1963) is a Tony Award nominated American actor and heldentenor singer. He has appeared in Europe, on Broadway, in film, television, recordings and regional theatre.[2]   Personal Life   Lewis was born in Tallahassee, Florida and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. He graduated in 1981 from Edgewater High […]

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Neil Simon

| August 12, 2014

Neil Simon   Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written over thirty plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, most adapted from his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.[2] He grew up in New York during the […]

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Michael Bennett

| August 11, 2014

Michael Bennett   Michael Bennett (April 8, 1943 – July 2, 1987) was an American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven. Bennett choreographed Promises, Promises, Follies and Company. In 1976, he won the Tony […]

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