Carol Lawrence

On stage 10 productions, 10 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature8 passages

• 50 Carol Lawrence (b. 1932) created the role of Maria in West Side Story ; 19 August was the date of the opening night in Washington, D.C.ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
• First performance: 19 August 1957, Washington, D.C., National Theatre, cast incl. Carol Lawrence (Maria), Chita Rivera (Anita), Larry Kert (Tony), Ken Le Roy (Bernardo), Mickey Calin (Riff), Art Smith (Doc); Jerome Robbins (concept and dir.), Max Goberman (cond.)ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
• Original cast (1957) : Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Chita Rivera, Max Goberman (conductor). Columbia OL 5230; reissued on Columbia S 32603. Missing: “Taunting.”ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Act Two: “Soft Shoe Dance” (Nurses, Seabees); “Happy Talk” (Sylvia Sims, Carol Lawrence, Herb Banke); “Honey Bun” (Sandra Deel, Henry Slate); “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” (Herb Banke); “This Nearly Was Mine” (Richard Collett); “Some Enchanted Evening” (reprise) (Sandra Deel); Finaleebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Cast : Beatrice Lillie , Billy De Wolfe, Harold Lang, Jane Morgan, Helen Wood, Micki Marlo, John Philip, Bob and Larry Leslie, Carol Lawrence, Jay Marshall, Tony Franco, Bruce Laffey; Ziegfeldians: Billie Bensing, Bette Graham, Faith Hilton, Frances Koll, Susan Shaute, Paula Wayne, Chuck Green, Robert Feyti, Ed Powell, James Stevenson, Ge…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• In his review of Ziegfeld Follies , Kerr noted that Jane Morgan, Micki Marlo, and Carol Lawrence “succeeded” in stopping the show with “Salesmanship,” but cautioned that stopping Ziegfeld Follies was somewhat “dangerous” considering how slowly the show was moving. In regard to Carol Lawrence, he advised his readers to “watch that girl.” A…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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