Alfred Drake

On stage 28 productions, 40 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on2 works

The Liar
Courtin’ Time

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In the literature8 passages

• Kiss Me, Kate , act I, finale. Patricia Morison and Alfred Drake in the center (1948). Photograph: Eileen Darby. Museum of the City of New York. Theater Collection.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Original cast (1949) : Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Lorenzo Fuller, Harry Clark, and Jack Diamond, Pembroke Davenport (conductor). Columbia S 32609; reissued on Time-Life P 15602 (S), set STL AM02 with Anything Goes and Can-Can (set title, Cole Porter ). Missing: “I Sing of Love,” “Act I Finale,” and some dance…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Original cast (1959) : Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Lorenzo Fuller, Pembroke Davenport (conductor). Capitol STAO 126. Contents same as Original cast 1949.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• 3 . The only known commodity in the Kiss Me, Kate cast was Alfred Drake (Fred Graham/ Petruchio), who had earlier achieved stardom as the original Curley in Oklahoma!ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Direction : Alfred Drake; Producers : Dorothy Willard and Thomas Hammond; Choreography : Hanya Holm; Scenery and Lighting : Donald Oenslager; Costumes : Motley; Musical Direction : Lehman Engelebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• During preproduction, Alfred Drake was approached to play the King, but turned down the offer (allegedly because he didn’t want to commit to another long run, a la Kiss Me, Kate ; but perhaps he was concerned that his character had so little to sing). During the Broadway run, he briefly replaced Brynner during the latter’s vacation, and C…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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