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Alexis Kosloff

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ChoreographerActor 1887–1983 On stage 19151923

Alexis Kosloff (1887–1983) was a Russian-American choreographer and dancer who worked on 1910s–1920s Broadway, with credits including Sinbad (1918) and Sunny (1925).

On stage 4 productions, 8 years

1915 The Passing Show of 1915 Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 145 perf.
1918 Sinbad Winter Garden · Revival · directed by J. C. Huffman 388 perf.
1920 Broadway Brevities of 1920 Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 105 perf.
1923 Topics of 1923 Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 154 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Viola Watson 2 productions
Rheba Stewart 2 productions
Rae Hartley 2 productions
Ona Hamilton 2 productions
Marion Mooney 2 productions
Jacques Stone 2 productions
Jack Laughlin 2 productions
Irene Mitchell 2 productions
Ella Alexander 2 productions
Edith Pierce 2 productions
Dorothy Bruce 2 productions
Alice van Ryker 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 12 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

Sunny

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In the literature3 passages

  • Cast: Al Jolson, Kitty Doner, Mabel Withee, Forrest Huff, Grace Washburn, Alexis Kosloffebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Choreographers: Julian Mitchell, David Bennett, Alexis Kosloff, John Tiller, Fred Astaireebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Lydia Lepkowska Desiré Lubowska Mlle. Spinelli Ivan Bankoff Daisy Kennedy Princess Vah-Letka Alice Brady Alexander Oumansky Theo. and Alexis Kosloff Olga Valeri Sacha Piatov Maria Ascarra Among the through which the following:theatre-pdfs/sim_theatre-arts_1921-07_5_3.txt

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