Eartha Kitt

On stage 10 productions, 58 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Eartha Kitt in the 1990s was in her seventies, but the energy and spirit she had as a performer was amazing to be around. Mickey Rooney always had a funny joke and a smile on his face—but you could never be certain what he was going to do next. Onstage he might ham it up or even improvise, which made it very difficult for the other actors…ebooks/Berloni, Bill/Broadway Tails_ Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars - Bill Berloni & Jim Hanrahan.txt
• Besides the skits and spoofs, there were a number of ingratiating songs. Eartha Kitt sang “Bal Petite Bal” and “Monotonous,” and other cast members introduced “Penny Candy,” “Guess Who I Saw Today?,” and the revue’s most popular ballad, “Love Is a Simple Thing.” But perhaps the highlight was Alice Ghostley’s “Boston Beguine,” a merry cape…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• As New Faces , a film version of the revue was released by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1954 with most of the original cast members. Because Eartha Kitt had emerged as the most famous performer from the revue, her role in the film was expanded to include two of her popular hit songs, “C’est si bon” and “Santa Baby.” A slender plot (in which R…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Cast : Ruth Attaway (Anna Hicks), Vinie Burrows (Selma Mae), Eartha Kitt (Theodora Hicks aka Teddy), Terry Carter (Willie B. Brayboy), Estelle Hemsley (Aunt Matt Crossy), Avon Long (Mr. D.), Helen Dowdy (Bessie Bolt), Emory Richardson (Sylvanus), Enid Markey (Mrs. Patterson), Mary Ann Hoxworth (June Embree), Mary Harmon (Rose Embree), Joa…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Sung by Eartha Kitt: “Mrs. Patterson,” “Tea in Chicago,” “If I Was a Boy,” “My Daddy Is a Dandy,” and “Be Good, Be Good, Be Good” (aka “The Devil Song”); the song “I Wish I Was a Bumble Bee” was sung by Helen Dowdyebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Eartha Kitt was the undisputed star of Mrs. Patterson , but didn’t play the title role of the elusive white woman (Enid Markey) who lives in the big house on the hill in a world far removed from the shanty where fifteen-year-old Teddy (Kitt) lives with her mother Anna (Ruth Attaway), who does Mrs. Patterson’s laundry. Teddy is tired of he…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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