Ben Vereen

On stage 7 productions, 32 years

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Worked with more than once4 names

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In the literature8 passages

• At this point, she was the closest thing that Pippin had to a star. Ben Vereen, the “Leading Player,” would become one as a result of this show. John Rubinstein, playing the young title character who was trying to find his “corner of the sky,” would have to wait seven years before he won a Tony for Children of a Lesser God. Jill Clayburgh…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• JULES FISHER: I remember a bare stage, all black velour, and out front Ben Vereen with a follow spot. Bob Fosse turned to the designer and me. “Now, that’s a set,” he said.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• In Pippin , there’s that famous photograph of Ben Vereen’s face and all the dancers’ hands in a very thin curtain of light that comes out of the floor. It was Bob’s idea, which I implemented. If an actor stood upstage of this light, the audience saw nothing, because there was no light there. If he stood downstage of the light, the audienc…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• Pippin. Ben Vereen, flanked by Ann Reinking and Candy Brown, in the “Magic to Do” number. (Martha Swope)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Eric Berry, Jill Clayburgh, Leland Palmer, Irene Ryan, Ben Vereen, John Rubinstein, Ann Reinkingebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• For his cast, Prince turned to such seasoned professionals as Ben Vereen and Stubby Kaye and, with his usual enthusiasm for young and largely untried talent, chose Leilani Jones and Timothy Nolen for other leading roles.ebooks/Ilson, Carol/Harold Prince_ A Director's Journey - Carol Ilson.txt

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