Bob Balaban

On stage 6 productions, 47 years

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Worked with more than once1 names

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Also credited on2 works

The Producers
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

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In the literature8 passages

• Cast: Bill Hinnant, Reva Rose, Karen Johnson, Bob Balaban, Skip Hinnant, Gary Burghoffebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Others in the cast included Alice Drummond as Dorothy, the hero's wife, and Bob Balaban as Lawrence, his son. Trish Hawkins and Gavin Reed were cast in secondary roles and a tree named Irving Buxbaum was played by Lee Wallace.ebooks/Ilson, Carol/Harold Prince_ A Director's Journey - Carol Ilson.txt
• COMPANY Bob Balaban. Miles Chapin, Donald Davis, Herb Davis, Carmen de Lavallade. Alvin Epstein. Al Freeman, Jr., Leonard Frey, Linda Gates. Tom Haas. Stephen Joyce. Marcia Jean Kurtz. Johntheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
• Monday, February 7, 1977 GANDHIJI by Rose L. Goldemberg; Director, Elinor Renfield. CAST: Bob Balaban (Gandhi), Richard Fancy (1st Actor), Dana Gladstone (2nd Actor), Katina Commings (1st Actress), Patricia Cray (2nd Actress), Glenn Cabrera (3rd Actor), Dan DaSilva (Little Boy), Lisa Hope Schiller (Little Girl), Ingrid Sonnichsen (Narrato…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
• Right: Helen Burns, Theodore Bikel, Christine Estabrook Top: Bob Balaban, Theodore Bikeltheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
• Daniel Lomax; Stage Managers, Peter Dowling, Jacqueline Yancey; Production Supervisor, Jason Steven Cohen CAST Bob Balaban (Bruce), Tom Costello (Antoine/Waiter), Griffin Dunne (Henry/Tim), John Ferraro (Fred/Bert), Sakina Jaffrey (Bettina), Louise Lasser (Marie), Parker McCormick (Jean), Frank Modell (Herb/Max), Angela Pietropinto (Enid/…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt

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