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Danny Apolinar

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Composer 1934–1995

Danny Apolinar (1934–1995) was an American composer-performer best known as co-writer (with Hal Hester) of the off-Broadway rock musical Your Own Thing (1968), an adaptation of Twelfth Night in which he also performed.

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  • Cast: Leland Palmer, Marian Mercer, Rusty Thacker, Tom Ligon, Danny Apolinar, Michael Valenti, John Kuhnerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Music and lyrics by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar; book by Donald Driver, based on the play Twelfth Night by Shakespeareebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
  • PC: Seb : Gerry Glasier; Viola : Leland Palmer; Orson : Les Carlson; Danny : Danny Apolinar; Olivia : Marcia Roddebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
  • CHANGES Conceived and Directed by Dorothy Love; Musical Staging, Ronn Forella; Lyrics, Danny Apolinar; Music, Addy Fieger; Scenery, Don Jensen; Costumes, Miles White; Lighting, Richard Nelson; Arrangements and Orchestrations, Larry Fallon; Musical Director, Hal Serra; Sound, Bill Merrill; Original Dance Music and Vocal Arrangements, Larry…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • DANNY APOLINAR, 61, Brooklyn-born composer and performer, died Mar. 23, 1995 in Manhattan of kidney failure. Best known as co-writer of the successful 1968 Off-Bdwy musical Your Own Thing, he also wrote lyrics for Changes and several cabaret revues. Survived by his longtime companion, John Britton, and a brother. BENNY BAKER, 87, St. Loui…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1994-95 Season, v. 51 (Willis).txt

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