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Bruce Adler

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Actor 1944–2008 On stage 19791994

Bruce Adler (November 27, 1944 – July 25, 2008) was an American Broadway actor. After debuting on the Broadway stage in the 1979 revival of Oklahoma!, he went on to a career that saw him nominated for Tony Awards as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Those Were the Days (1991) and Crazy For You (1992). His film work was limited to voice work in animated films, notably providing the singing voice for the peddler of the 1992 Disney film Aladdin and the 1996 sequel Aladdin and the King of Thieves.

On stage 6 productions, 15 years

1979 Oklahoma! Palace Theatre · Revival · directed by William Hammerstein 293 perf.
1981 Oh, Brother! Anta Playhouse · Revival · directed by Ahmed Hussien 3 perf.
1984 Sunday in the Park with George Booth Theatre · Original · directed by James Lapine 604 perf.
1987 Broadway Royale Theatre · Revival · directed by Donald Saddler 4 perf.
1992 Crazy for You Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 1,622 perf.
1994 Sunday in the Park with George St James Theatre · Revival 1 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Harry Groener 4 productions
John Jellison 3 productions
William Parry 2 productions
Nancy Opel 2 productions
Melanie Vaughan 2 productions
Mary D Arcy 2 productions
Mandy Patinkin 2 productions
Kurt Knudson 2 productions
Jeff Keller 2 productions
Danielle Ferland 2 productions
Dana Ivey 2 productions
Charles Kimbrough 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: Laurence Guittard, Christine Andreas, Mary Wickes, Christine Ebersole, Martin Vidnovic, Harry Groener, Bruce Adlerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Harry Groener, Jodi Benson, Beth Leavel, Bruce Adler, Jane Connell, John Hillner, Irene Pawk, Stephen Temperley, Amelia White, The Manhattan Rhythm Kingsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • One of my favorite parts of Crazy for You was the duet I sang with Bruce Adler, “What Causes That?” Bruce and I did four Broadway shows together: Oklahoma!, Oh, Brother!, Sunday in the Park with George , and Crazy for You . Four! That’s just unheard of. He was a dear, dear friend, and I miss him. I really miss him.ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • with Bruce Adler, Ded fineCnt: rhsty’Groener, Judy Kaye, Larry Marshall, Mary Mastrantonio, Joe Morton, Alyson Reed, Richard B. Shull, and Alan Weeks opened November 10,1981theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
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  • CAST: Bruce Adler (Alexander Taylor), David Eichenbaum (Peretz), Ibi Kaufman (Grace Tavlor). Shifra Lerer (Nana Thomas). Michael Michalovic (David Ben-Ari). Bradford Minkoff (William Taylor). Moultrie Patten (Butler). Herschel Rosen (Shamus). Dawn Spare (Katherine Clark). Raquel Yossiffon (Margaret Taylor).theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1986-87 Season, v. 43 (Willis, John).txt

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