Ethel Martin

On stage 15 productions, 55 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on1 work

The Human Comedy

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In the literature2 passages

• If Fosse worried about his performance or the production or sidestepping George and Ethel Martin, the show’s credited choreographers, he didn’t let it show. “I adored him,” said actress Rita Gardner. “I remember there were so many dances in the show, we ran out of time before we could rehearse my number, ‘I Could Write a Book,’ so Bobby c…ebooks/Wasson, Sam/Fosse - Sam Wasson.txt
• STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW Lyrics, Richard Maltby, Jr.; Music, David Shire; Director, RichJr.; Choreography, Ethel Martin; Musical Director, Robert W. Preston; Costumes, Stanley Simmons; Lighting, Joan Liepman; Assistant to Producers, Susan Julian; Originally produced at Manhattan Theatre Clubtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).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.

What this page does not know

• What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
• Any biography.
• Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
• Which of the credits above the roles on this record — choreographer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.