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Ben Wright

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ActorOn stage 19871998

Ben Wright is an American actor who originated the role of Rapunzel's Prince in the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods (1987).

On stage 4 productions, 11 years

1987 Into the Woods Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by James Lapine 765 perf.
1996 State Fair Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by James Hammerstein, Randy Skinner 110 perf.
1997 Into the Woods Broadway Theatre · Revival 2 perf.
1998 Swan Lake Neil Simon Theatre · Original · directed by Matthew Bourne 124 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Tom Aldredge 2 productions
Pamela Winslow 2 productions
Merle Louise 2 productions
Maureen Davis 2 productions
Lauren Mitchell 2 productions
Kim Crosby 2 productions
Kay McClelland 2 productions
Joy Franz 2 productions
Joanna Gleason 2 productions
Edmund Lyndeck 2 productions
Danielle Ferland 2 productions
Chuck Wagner 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. 3 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.

In the literature8 passages

  • Original Cast (1987) : Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Kim Crosby, Ben Wright, Danielle Ferland, Kay McClelland, and Lauren Mitchell, Paul Gemignani (conductor). RCA 6796–2-RC.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • FILM (Image Entertainment (1991) : Cast: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Kim Crosby, Ben Wright, Danielle Ferland, Kay McClelland, and Lauren Mitchell, Paul Gemignani (conductor). Produced by Iris Merlis and Michael Brandman. Directed by James Lapine. [153 minutes]ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Cast: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Barbara Bryne, Kim Crosby, Danielle Ferland, Merle Louise, Ben Wright, Joy Franz, Edmund Lyndeck, Kay McClelland, Lauren Mitchellebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • STATE FAIR rehearsal (Left to Right): Jackie Angelescu, Scott Wise, Donna McKechnie, John Davidson, Kathryn Crosby, Andrea McArdle, and Ben Wright, with Assistant Musical Director Rob Berman at piano.ebooks/Schulman, Susan L_/Backstage Pass to Broadway_ True Tales from a Theatre Press Agent - Susan L. Schulman.txt
  • Danielle Ferland, Ben Wright, Kim Crosby, Chip Zien, Bernadette Peters in “Into-the-Woods,” winner of 1988 “Tonys” for Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason), and 1988 New York Drama Critics Circle citation, as well as Drama Desk Award for Best Musical (Martha Swope Photo)theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1987-88 Season, v. 44 (Willis).txt
  • tSucceeded by: 1. Dick Cavett, Tom Aldredge, 2. Jeff Blumenkrantz, Ben Wright,3. Phiiip Hoffman, Chip Zien, 4. Mary Gordon Murray, Cynthia Sikes, Kay McClelland, 5. Susan Gordon Clark, 6. Teresa Burrell, 7. LuAnne Ponce, 8. Phylicia Rashad, Betsy Joslyn, Nancy Dussault, Joy Franz, 9. Edmund Lyndeck, Tom Aldredge, 10. Marin Mazzie, 11. Dea…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt

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