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Chuck Cooper

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Actor b. 1954 On stage 19832021

Chuck Cooper (born November 8, 1954) is an American actor. He won the 1997 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as the pimp Memphis in The Life.

On stage 15 productions, 38 years

1983 Amen Corner Nederlander Theatre · Original · directed by Al Perryman 28 perf.
1996 Chicago Richard Rodgers Theatre · Revival · directed by Walter Bobbie 9,999 perf.
1997 The Life Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Blakemore 466 perf.
2004 Caroline, or Change Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Original · directed by George C. Wolfe 136 perf.
2004 Hair New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival 1 perf.
2005 A Wonderful Life Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Carl Andress 1 perf.
2005 Lennon Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Malone 49 perf.
2009 Finian’s Rainbow St James Theatre · Revival · directed by Warren Carlyle 92 perf.
2013 Romeo and Juliet Richard Rodgers Theatre · Revival · directed by David Leveaux 93 perf.
2014 Act One Vivian Beaumont Theater · Original · directed by Mimi Lieber 67 perf.
2015 Amazing Grace Nederlander Theatre · Original · directed by Gabriel Barre 116 perf.
2016 The Cherry Orchard American Airlines Theatre · Revival · directed by Simon Godwin 57 perf.
2017 Prince of Broadway Samuel J Friedman Theatre · Original · directed by Susan Stroman 76 perf.
2019 Choir Boy Samuel J Friedman Theatre · Original · directed by Trip Cullman 72 perf.
2021 Trouble in Mind American Airlines Theatre · Original · directed by Charles Randolph-Wright 58 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Lillias White 3 productions
Karen Ziemba 3 productions
Tony Yazbeck 2 productions
Terri White 2 productions
Orfeh 2 productions
Norm Lewis 2 productions
Nili Bassman 2 productions
Michael Berresse 2 productions
Meredith Akins 2 productions
Maurice Jones 2 productions
Mark Bove 2 productions
Kate Baldwin 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. 3 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: Kate Baldwin, Jim Norton, Alina Faye, Cheyenne Jackson, David Schramm, Guy Davis, Christopher Fitzgerald, Chuck Cooperebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Chuck Cooper and Pam [Pamela Isaacs] and I and some of the other members of the original production were so happy to finally be in the rehearsal process. We were happy to do the press. It was a dream come true to celebrate the opening of this musical. Coming to work every day was a joy. I felt like a mother hen, bringing in lipstick and g…ebooks/Shapiro, Eddie/Nothing Like a Dame_ Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater - Eddie Shapiro.txt
  • Howard Atlee, Barbara Atlee CAST: L. Scott Caldwell, Chuck Cooper, Robert Gossett, Jackce Harry, Juanita Mahone, Debbi Morgan, Charles H. Patterson, Charles Weldon, Curt Williams A play in 2 acts and 13 scenes, with a prologue and epilogue. The action takes place in the U.S. from 1859 to 1956.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • Takayo Fischer, Becky Ann Baker, John Rubinstein, Chuck Cooper, Kandis Chappell, Josh Mostel, Terrence Mann in The Doctor is Outtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis).txt
  • GOODBYE MY ISLAND by Deborah Brevoort; June i, 2001; Composed by David Friedman; Cast: Chuck Cooper, Merwin Foard, James Fall, Petertheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2001-02 Season, v. 58 (Willis).txt
  • GOODBYE MY ISLAND by Deborah Brevoort; January 8, 2002; Cast: Chuck Cooper, James Fall, Allison Fisher, Bill McKinley, Scott Johnson,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2001-02 Season, v. 58 (Willis).txt

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