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Buzz Miller

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Actor 1923–1999 On stage 19521964

Vernal "Buzz" Miller (December 23, 1923 – February 23, 1999) was an American dancer who was equally at home on Broadway and in contemporary ballet and modern dance.

On stage 7 productions, 12 years

1952 Pal Joey Broadhurst Theatre · Revival · directed by Robert Alton 540 perf.
1952 Two’s Company Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Production supervised by John Murray Anderson (sketches directed by Jules Dassin) 90 perf.
1953 Me and Juliet Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 358 perf.
1954 The Pajama Game St. James Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott & Jerome Robbins 1,063 perf.
1959 Redhead 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Bob Fosse 452 perf.
1963 Hot Spot Majestic Theatre · Original 43 perf.
1964 Funny Girl Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Robbins, Garson Kanin 1,348 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Thelma Tadlock 2 productions
Stanley Simmons 2 productions
Stanley Prager 2 productions
Shirley MacLaine 2 productions
Sandra Devlin 2 productions
Ralph Linn 2 productions
Patty Ann Jackson 2 productions
Norma Thornton 2 productions
John Lankston 2 productions
John Ford 2 productions
Janyce Ann Wagner 2 productions
Jack Waldron 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. 8 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 literature7 passages

  • Cast : Bette Davis , Hiram Sherman, David Burns, Bill Callahan, Stanley Prager, Ellen Hanley, George S. Irving, Maria Karnilova, Buzz Miller, Oliver Wakefield, Peter Kelley, Robert Orton’s Teen Aces, Nora Kaye; Singers: Art Carroll, Clifford Fearl, Bill Krach, Robert Neukum, Franklin Neil, Sue Hight, Lenore Korman, Tina Louise, May Muth,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Steam Heat” (Carol Haney, Buzz Miller, Peter Gennaro); “The World Around Us” (John Raitt, Janis Paige); “Think of the Time I Save” (Eddie Foy Jr., Girls); “Hernando’s Hideaway” (Carol Haney, John Raitt, Company); “Jealousy Ballet” (Eddie Foy Jr., Carol Haney, Reta Shaw, Boys); “7½ Cents” (Janis Paige, Stanley Prager, Girls, Boys…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Kay Medford, Danny Meehan, Jean Stapleton, Roger DeKoven, Joseph Macaulay, Lainie Kazan, Buzz Miller, George Reeder, Larry Fullerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Jerry revered Leland and adored Slim. More than just friends, they were the gentile parents he wished he had but he never let them meet his lover, Buzz Miller. They would have liked Buzz. Eventually, Buzz refused to remain hidden and left Jerry.ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Original Story By_ A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood - Arthur Laurents.txt
  • [>] Buzz Miller, one of the lead: See Vaill, Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins.ebooks/Mann, William J_/Hello, Gorgeous_ Becoming Barbra Streisand - William J. Mann.txt
  • HANEY; TOP: JOHN RAITT, JANIS PAIGE, MARION THELMA PELLISH, BUZZ MILLER in “THE PAJAMA GAME”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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