Benay Venuta

On stage 9 productions, 45 years

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Worked with more than once6 names

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Panama Hattie

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In the literature8 passages

• Act One: “A Little More Heart” (Benay Venuta, John Howard, Magazine Staff); “The World Is Beautiful Today” (Helen Gallagher); “I’m Glad I’m Leaving” (Helen Gallagher); “The Rutland Bounce” (dance) (Joan Morton, George Reeder, Don Crichton, Villagers); “Hello, Hazel!” (Benay Venuta, New Yorkers); Ballet/“Paris Gown” (Helen Gallagher, Ronal…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• A 1954 summer stock production starred Pat Crowley (Hazel), Don Ameche (Wallace), Gene Lockhart (Doctor Downer), with Benay Venuta reprising her original role. The revival included “My Wild Imagination,” “Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket,” and “Make the People Cry.”ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “Call the Police” (Nancy Walker, Dorothy Aull, Joy Lane, Bette Graham); “Unmistakable Sign” (Nancy Walker, Benay Venuta); “Why Her?” (Dick Williams); “Me and Love” (Nancy Walker); “Remember the Dancing” (Benay Venuta, Alice Pearce, Alan Bunce, Doreen McLean, Michael Roberts, Alice Nunn, Peter Conlow, Norma Douglas, Company); “Hon…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• During the tryout, Joan Blondell was replaced by Benay Venuta; the song “La vie Bohème” was dropped; and Bob Fosse created the choreography for “Baby’s Baby.”ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Cast: Ray Bolger, Constance Moore, Benay Venuta, Ronald Graham, Bertha Belmore, Ralph Dumke, Vera Ellen, Margaret Bannermanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• She was replaced in Anything Goes by Benay Venuta, an unknown singer/actress four years her junior. A native of San Francisco, Benay had started her career as a dancer and toured in vaudeville for a time, but Anything Goes marked her Broadway debut. She sang in a brassy, all-out style that showed more than a little Merman influence. She v…ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt

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