Today's Birthdays 11/17
Today's Birthdays 11/17
#0Today's Birthdays 11/17
Posted: 11/16/05 at 11:22pm
Frank Fay 11/17/1897 - Sep 25, 1961 Barbara Stanwyck's ex, performer - Artists and Models [1923] (Lee Morse); Harvey (Jesse White)
Lee Strasberg 11/17/1901 - Feb 17, 1982 Producer, Director, Performer, Theatre Owner/Operator - Green Grow the Lilacs (Franchot Tone); Johnny Johnson (Sandy Meisner, Lee J. Cobb, Jules (John) Garfield, Luther Adler, Morris Carnovsky, Elia Kazan, Robert Lewis, Albert (Van)Dekker [all greats!]); Golden Boy (Frances Farmer); South Pacific
Frank Maxwell 11/17/1916 - Aug 4, 2004 performer - Dance Night (David Wayne); Everywhere I Roam (Arlene Francis, Choral Arrangements by A. Lehman Engel); Stop Press (Philippa Bevens); Stalag 17 (Frank Campanella, Eric Fleming, Curt Lowens); Maggie [music & lyrics by William Roy] (Betty Paul, Odette Myrtil, James E. McCracken, u/s Anita Ellis)
Curt Lowens 11/17/1925 performer - Stalag 17 (Frank Campanella, Eric Fleming, Frank Maxwell); The First Gentleman (Clarence Derwent, Walter Slezak, Inga Swenson)
Rock Hudson 11/17/1925 - 10/2/1985 performer - tv's & film's McMillan and Wife, Giant, A Gathering of Eagles, Ice Station Zebra, Magnificent Obsession, Pillow Talk, Written on the Wind
Peter Cook 11/17/1937 - Jan 9, 1995 writer, performer - Beyond the Fringe; Good Evening
Martin Scorsese 11/17/1942 director - The Act (Liza); films Mean Streets, The Color of Money, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, New York, New York, The Last Temptation of Christ, Cape Fear, Michael Jackson’s BAD video
Lorne Michaels 11/17/1944 Producer, Writer, Director - Gilda Radner - Live From New York; Colin Quinn -- An Irish Wake
Danny DeVito 11/17/1944 performer, director; Husband of Rhea Perlman (January 28, 1982 - present) - tv's & film's Emmy Award-winning actor: Taxi [1980-81]; Twins, Batman Returns, Hoffa, The Jewel of the Nile, Romancing the Stone, Terms of Endearment, director: Throw Mama from the Train, The War of the Roses, Jack the Bear; married to actress Rhea Perlman
Brent Carver 11/17/1951 performer - King Lear (Chris Plummer); Parade; Kiss of the Spider Woman (Chita, Anthony Crivello, Merle Louise, Jerry Christakos)
Mary Mastrantonio 11/17/1958 performer - Copperfield (Keith Perry, Barrie Ingham, Mary Stout, Christian Slater); Oh Brother!; The Human Comedy; The Marriage of Figaro; 2002 The Man of La Mancha; film's The Color of Money, The Abyss, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Class Action, Consenting Adults, Scarface
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1877 - The first production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera, The Sorcerer, was presented -- in London.
1891 - Poland’s premier and premier ivory tickler, Ignace Jan Paderewski, made his American debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In later years, Paderewski, who suffered from arthritis, settled in Paso Robles, CA. The hot mineral baths located there eased his pain. He played only Steinway grand pianos custom-built to his specifications. In fact, five were made just for his use. [Just goes to show that if Calif. can have actors as governors, Poland can have a pianist as Premier!]
1903 William Gillette stars in James M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton at the Lyceum Theatre for 144 performances.
1921 In addition to his popular Follies, Florenz Ziegfeld opens the somewhat naughtier Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic at the New Amsterdam Roof Theatre, which he rechristens the Danse de Follies. It stars Leon Erroll, Will Rogers and the dance team of Carlos and Inez.
1930 Things are Sweet and Low for Fanny Brice in this show, produced and composed by her husband Billy Rose. Arthur Treacher and George Jessel are also in the cast.
1960 Advise and Consent, Allen Drury's political best seller, is adapted for the stage by Loring Mandel. Franklin Schaffner directs a cast that includes Ed Begley, Richard Kiley, Kevin McCarthy and Barnard Hughes.
1962 Sid Caesar stars in Little Me, a parody of an ambitious poor girl's memoirs by Patrick Dennis, adapted for the stage by Neil Simon. Songs are by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh. Virginia Martin, Margery Beddow and Nancy Andrews are part of the cast dancing to Bob Fosse's choreography. The show runs 257 performances.
1966 - Woody Allen’s first play, Don’t Drink the Water, opened on Broadway
1994 Glenn Close gets rave reviews in Sunset Boulevard, the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opening tonight at the Minskoff Theatre. She plays the forgotten movie star Norma Desmond as she lives her later life. Alan Campbell plays the writer who takes a very unlucky turn into her life, with George Hearn playing her manservant. The show will close in 1997 after 977 performances, owing to the expense of running the show and a lack of performers who can handle the demands of the role of Norma Desmond.
2002 Mark Linn-Baker and Jay Goede pla the title roles in the children's musical, A Year With Frog and Toad, opening today at the New Victory Theare in Times Square. The unlikely hit will go over so well that it will move to Broadway and be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Musical in 2003.
2003 Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn stars in a solo adaptaton of Allan Gurganus's best-seller The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. Unfortunately, she gets to tell it only once, as it closes on opening night.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1558 Elizabeth I ascended the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary. ‘Good Queen Bess’ ruled Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1558 to 1603 and during her reign, England became a world power.
1917 Sculptor August Rodin died in Meudon, France.
1950 - Roberta Peters filled in for the lead in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She would become one of the Met’s most famous stars.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
Milla
#4re: Today's Birthdays 11/17
Posted: 11/17/05 at 6:39pm
Wow Scorcese was born today. Yeah he was a crappy stage director, but Goodfellas and The Aviator are awesome.
Just my opinion.
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