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Eric Riley

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ActorOn stage 19812002

Eric Riley is an American actor who originated the role of Papa Ge, Demon of Death, in the original Broadway production of Once on This Island (1990), and also appeared in Ain't Misbehavin'.

On stage 3 productions, 21 years

1981 Dreamgirls Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Bennett 1,521 perf.
1990 Once on This Island Booth Theatre · Original 469 perf.
2002 Once on This Island Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre · Revival 2 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once7 names

Sheila Gibbs 2 productions
Milton Craig Nealy 2 productions
Lillias White 2 productions
Kecia Lewis 2 productions
Jerry Dixon 2 productions
Ellis E. Williams 2 productions
Afi McClendon 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.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Jerry Dixon, Andrea Frierson, Sheila Gibbs, La Chanze, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Afi McClendon, Gerry McIntyre, Milton Craig Nealey, Nikki Rene, Eric Riley, Ellis E. Williamsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • mers), Eric Riley (Alan Weeks) MUSICAL NUMBERS: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Lookin’ Good But Feelin’ Bad, ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do, Honeysuckle Rose, Squeeze Me, Handful of Keys, I’ve Got a Feelin’ I’m Fallin’, Howtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
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  • Charles Bernard Wellington Perkins, Jamie Patterson, Eric Riley Charles Randolph- Wright, Frank Mastrocola Cleavant Derrickst7theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1982-83 Season, v. 39 (Willis).txt
  • Charles Bernard. Jamie Patterson. Charles Randolph- Wright. Eric Riley. Larry Stewart Cheryl Alexander. Ethel Beatty. Mary Denise Bentley, Brenda Pressley the Tru-Tones/James Early Band Barry Bruce. Abe Clark. Thomas Scott Gordon,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1984-85 Season, v. 41 (Willis).txt
  • Eric Riley, Valerie Lau-Kee, Kevin Gee, Peter Yoshida in "Prime Time" (Gil Johnson)theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1986-87 Season, v. 43 (Willis, John).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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