Bobby Clark

On stage 15 productions, 29 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Direction : “Staged” by Hassard Short (“scenes directed” by Mr. Robert Edwin Clark, Esq. [Bobby Clark]); Producer : Michael Todd; Choreography : James Starbuck; Scenery : Howard Bay; Costumes : Irene Sharaff; Lighting : Hassard Short; Musical Direction : Clay Warnickebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Comic Bobby Clark directed, and wrote, some of the revue’s sketches. Since he (along with Gypsy Rose Lee and Georgia Southern) had appeared in Todd’s “other” burlesque revue, the long-running (609 performances) Star and Garter in 1942, there had been a rumor or two that at the last minute he might step in and join the cast of Michael Todd…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Though an accomplished comic actor in the tradition of Frank Fay, Bobby Clark, and Bert Lahr, Burns did not have much of a singing voice and Champion wanted it reinforced. 193 Herman’s new melody, with the off-the-wall quality the director had requested, now had a vocal and visual counterpart—an instant glee club of men that suddenly spra…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
• Prompted by the successful 1945 revival of Herbert’s The Red Mill starring comic Eddie Foy Jr., Herbert’s Sweethearts was resuscitated for comic Bobby Clark (see page 134). Here the secondary role of political operator Mikel Mikeloviz was retailored to Clark’s specifications, and the resourceful clown turned the evening into a self-kiddin…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Bobby Clark & Paul McCullough, Blanche Ring, Jerry Goff, Doris Carson, Dudley Clements, Red Nichols Orchestraebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Bobby Clark, June Havoc, George Givot, Wilbur Evans, Luba Malina, Corinna Mura, Paul Haakon, Edith Meiser, Bill Callahan, Candy Jonesebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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