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Boyd Gaines

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Actor b. 1953 On stage 19922012

Boyd Payne Gaines (born May 11, 1953) is an American actor. During his career, he has won four Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards. Gaines is best known for playing Mark Royer on One Day at a Time (1981–1984).

On stage 13 productions, 20 years

1992 The Show Off Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Brian Murray 45 perf.
1993 She Loves Me Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Scott Ellis 354 perf.
1995 Company Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Scott Ellis 68 perf.
1998 Cabaret Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54 · Revival · directed by Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall 2,377 perf.
2000 Contact Vivian Beaumont Theater · Original 1,010 perf.
2002 Anything Goes Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Robert Longbottom 1 perf.
2002 Short Talks on the Universe Eugene Oneill Theatre · Original · directed by Dan Sullivan 2 perf.
2004 Twelve Angry Men American Airlines Theatre · Original · directed by Scott Ellis 228 perf.
2007 Journey's End Belasco Theatre · Revival · directed by David Grindley 125 perf.
2007 Pygmalion American Airlines Theatre · Revival · directed by David Grindley 69 perf.
2008 Gypsy St. James Theatre · Revival · directed by Arthur Laurents 332 perf.
2010 Driving Miss Daisy John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by David Esbjornson 180 perf.
2012 An Enemy of the People Samuel J Friedman Theatre · Revival · directed by Doug Hughes 59 perf.

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Worked with more than once8 names

Tony Roberts 2 productions
Raul Esparza 2 productions
Patti LuPone 2 productions
Kieran Campion 2 productions
Kathleen Mcnenny 2 productions
Jefferson Mays 2 productions
Howard McGillin 2 productions
Charlotte D Amboise 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. 4 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

  • Cast: Boyd Gaines, Diane Fratantoni, Sally Mayes, Jonathan Freeman, Brad Kane, Lee Wilkof, Louis Zorich, Howard McGillinebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Jason Antoon, Holly Cruikshank, Boyd Gaines, Sean Martin Hingston, David MacGillivray, Stephanie Michels, Scott Taylor, Deborah Yates, Karen Ziembaebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, Leigh Ann Larkin, Tony Yazbeck, Marilyn Caskey, Alison Fraser, Lenora Nemetz, Bill Bateman, Jim Bracchitta, Sami Gayle, Bill Raymond, Brian Reddy, Emma Rowleyebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • We started sitting around a table that first day—Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines, Laura Benanti, Leigh Ann Larkin, Jim Bracchitta, four other actors, and I. Except for a piano in the corner, it might have been the first rehearsal of a play, not a musical. The picture was familiar. For the last ten years, most of my work in the theatre has begun…ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Mainly on Directing - Arthur Laurents.txt
  • I knew what it was before we started rehearsals. Boyd Gaines is reticent by nature. He is afraid of overdoing, of being in the way, even of asserting himself. So is Herbie. When Herbie finally erupts, it should come as a welcome shock. But I wanted signs of it earlier in this Herbie; I didn't want it to come from nowhere. Boyd is such a g…ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Mainly on Directing - Arthur Laurents.txt
  • Boyd himself has an offbeat sexiness and a sense of humor he can use physically that I wanted him to exploit but which he feared might get in the way. Whose way? Patti's? Patti LuPone loves actors who give her something to play off. Pushing Boyd Gaines to let go was not easy; he is so used to being a gentleman. But what is there to lose b…ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Mainly on Directing - Arthur Laurents.txt

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