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Boris Runanin

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ChoreographerOn stage 19431949

Boris Runanin was a choreographer who staged the dances for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Pipe Dream (1955).

On stage 3 productions, 6 years

1943 Oklahoma! St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 2,212 perf.
1948 Inside U.S.A. New Century Theatre · Original · directed by Robert H. Gordon 399 perf.
1949 Regina 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Lewis 56 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Kate Friedlich 2 productions
Jane Lawrence 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.

Also credited on1 work

Pipe Dream

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In the literature2 passages

  • Direction : Harold Clurman; Producers : Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; Choreography : Boris Runanin; Scenery and Lighting : Jo Mielziner; Costumes : Alvin Colt; Musical Direction : Salvatore Dell’Isolaebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Direction : Sketches directed by Aaron Ruben; Producer : Albert Selden; Choreography : Boris Runanin; Scenery and Lighting : Ralph Alswang; Costumes : Sal Anthony; Musical Direction : Irving Actmanebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Birth or death year. Neither is on the record.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — choreographer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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