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Eddie Roll

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Actor b. 1901 On stage 19541964

Eddie Roll was an American dancer-actor who originated the role of Action and served as dance captain in the original Broadway production of West Side Story (1957).

On stage 6 productions, 10 years

1954 By the Beautiful Sea Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Marshall Jamison 268 perf.
1954 By the Beautiful Sea “The New Musical” Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Marshall Jamison 270 perf.
1957 West Side Story Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Robbins 732 perf.
1961 Milk and Honey Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Albert Marre 543 perf.
1963 Sophie Winter Garden · Revival · directed by Jack Sydow 8 perf.
1964 Ben Franklin in Paris Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Kidd 215 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Richard Hermany 3 productions
Mona Tritsch 3 productions
Libi Staiger 3 productions
Wilbur Evans 2 productions
Warde Donovan 2 productions
Victor Reilley 2 productions
Urylee Leonardos 2 productions
Thomas Gleason 2 productions
Suzanne Easter 2 productions
Stuart Hodes 2 productions
Stan Page 2 productions
Skeet Guenther 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. 8 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 literature5 passages

  • Cast : John Dennis (Quartet Member), Reid Shelton (Quartet Member), Ray Hyson (Quartet Member), Larry Laurence (Quartet Member, Burt Mayer), Ray Kirchner (Acrobat), Rex Cooper (Acrobat), Mary Harmon (Cora Belmont), Cindy Robbins (Molly Belmont), Gloria Smith (Lillian Belmont), Mae Barnes (Ruby Monk), Edith True Case (Mrs. Koch), Cameron P…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Mona from Arizona” (John Dennis, Reid Shelton, Ray Hyson, Larry Laurence); “The Sea Song” (Shirley Booth, Boarders, Neighbors); “Old Enough to Love” (Richard France); “Coney Island Boat” (sung in counterpoint with popular 1902 standard “In the Good Old Summertime,” lyric by Ren Shields and music by George Evans) (Shirley Booth,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : The Jets—Mickey Calin (Riff), Eddie Roll (Action), Tony Mordente (A-Rab), David Winters (Baby John), Grover Dale (Snowboy), Martin Charnin (Big Deal), Hank Brunjes (Diesel), Tommy Abbott (Gee-Tar), Frank Green (Mouth Piece), and Lowell Harris (Tiger); Larry Kert (Tony); The Jets’ Girls: Wilma Curley (Graziella), Carole D’Andrea (Ve…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Art Smith, Mickey Calin, Ken LeRoy, Lee Becker Theodore, David Winter, Tony Mordente, Eddie Roll, Martin Charninebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • rapher Eddie Roll (who remained with the show as dance captain and Muleteer). Cole spent his rehearsal time on two numbers: a “blacktheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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