Dick Latessa

On stage 16 productions, 44 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature8 passages

• The rest of the company was full of good New York character actors—among them Dick Latessa, Helon Blount, Charles Welch, Dortha Duckworth, and John J. Martin. Of course, the dancers looked great—young, slim, attractive, alert, and cheerful; they seemed to be a source of limitless energy and stamina. When the first casting call went out, b…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Many of the actors paired off on the bus as they paired off onstage: Harvey Evans sat with Marti Rolph, Peter Walker with Ethel Barrymore Colt, and so on. Jokes were tossed around—Dick Latessa, seeing Justine Johnston’s mother waving her goodbye, asked if she had packed her boots. After the requisite stop at a highway Howard Johnson’s, th…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Obviously, the stage managers would have to be alerted to the situation. Gene’s understudy, Dick Latessa, would have to be rehearsed, since there was now the very real possibility that he would go on. Dick arrived early on Tuesday and was put through the blocking by Fritz. Nothing was said to the company when they arrived for rehearsal. T…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Due to illness, Gene Nelson will not be seen in the role of Buddy. Dick Latessa will be playing that role at this performance. You may remember him from The Fantasticks or Golden Apple or The Education of Hyman Kaplan. If you are a television fan you may well have seen him on The Bold Ones, Ironside, Mission: Impossible, or Get Smart. We…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Cast: Kristin Chenoweth, Sean Hayes, Tony Goldwyn, Brooks Ashmanskas, Peter Benson, Katie Finneran, Seán Martin Hingston, Ken Land, Dick Latessa, Helen Anker, Mayumi Miguelebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Whoopi Goldberg replaced Nathan Lane as PSEUDOLUS, and was subsequently replaced by David Alan Grier; Dick Latessa replaced Lewis J. Stadlen as SENEX and was subsequently replaced by Robert Fitch; Ross Lehman replaced Mark Linn-Baker as HYSTERIUM; Bob Amaral replaced Ernie Sabella as LYCUS; Holly Cruikshank replaced Leigh Zimmerman as PAN…ebooks/Unknown/Four by Sondheim (Applause Musical Library) - Unknown.txt

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