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Cynthia Onrubia

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ActorOn stage 19751985

Cynthia Onrubia is an American dancer whose Broadway credits include Song and Dance, Bob Fosse's Dancin', Cats, and the 1996 revival of The King and I; she later worked extensively as a choreographer and associate.

On stage 4 productions, 10 years

1975 A Chorus Line Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Bennett 6,137 perf.
1978 Dancin' Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Bob Fosse 1,774 perf.
1982 Cats Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn 7,485 perf.
1985 Song and Dance Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Maltby Jr. 474 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Timothy Scott 3 productions
Scott Wise 3 productions
Wendy Edmead 2 productions
Wayne Cilento 2 productions
Vicki Frederick 2 productions
Susan Santoro 2 productions
Sandahl Bergman 2 productions
Robert Amirante 2 productions
Rene Clemente 2 productions
Rene Ceballos 2 productions
P J Mann 2 productions
Michael Gruber 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. 5 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: Bernadette Peters, Christopher d’Amboise, Gregg Burge, Charlotte d’Amboise, Cynthia Onrubia, Scott Wiseebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • I was in the room for the callback. There was Rene Ceballos, Sandahl Bergman. Cynthia Onrubia. Rene just blew my mind. And Sandahl was playing Judy Turner in A Chorus Line when I saw it when I was sixteen. There she was and I was like, “holy shit!” I got cut from that but he was so kind. He came right up to you and said, “Thank you very m…ebooks/Shapiro, Eddie/Nothing Like a Dame_ Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater - Eddie Shapiro.txt
  • Cynthia Onrubia walked into the room and I thought: Ah. I lost the job. I’m not gonna get it now . She was already well-known. She got one of the roles, deservingly. And I’ll never forget that day of auditioning. It was an incredible experience. I didn’t get it, but I wasn’t ready for it. I was 16. Eventually, I got the first national tou…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • [>] pick up the garbage: Cynthia Onrubia, interview with the author, October 10, 2012.ebooks/Wasson, Sam/Fosse - Sam Wasson.txt
  • PRINCES PRINCESSES: June Angela, Barbara Ann Beattie, Charles Beattie, Frank Taofi Fanene, David Mat, Cynthia Onrubia, Gene Profanato, Gary Stevens, Tobe West SINGERS, ROYAL DANCERS, WIVES, AMAZONS, PRIESTS, SLAVES: Loretta Abbott, Lisa Berg, Renee Binzer, Tisa Chang, Kitty Chen, Lorri Chinn, Gia De Silva, Asha Devi, Doris Galiber, Dale H…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • Anita Ehrler, Gary Flannery, Vicki Frederick, Bick Goss, Keith Keen, Frank Maatrocola, Valerie-Jean Miller, Cynthia Onrubia, Valarie Pettiford, Timothy Scott, Charles Ward, Allison Williams, Barbara Yeager, and alternates: Quin Baird, James Horvath, Manettetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt

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