Geoffrey Holder

On stage 3 productions, 10 years

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Also credited on3 works

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Wiz
Timbuktu!

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In the literature8 passages

• Act Two: “Husband Cage” (Enid Moser, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore); “I’m Gonna Leave Off Wearing My Shoes” (Diahann Carroll, Ensemble); “Has I Let You Down?” (Pearl Bailey, Enid Moser, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore); “Voudou” (Frederick O’Neal; The Drummers: Sabu, Joseph Comadore, Michael Alexander, Alphonso Marshall; Duchess of the Sea: Miriam…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The show didn’t last, but the marriage that Holder made with one the dancers, Carmen De Lavallade, certainly did; as of this writing, they’ve been married more than fifty-five years. Together they performed in the Metropolitan Opera Ballet until 1956, when he formed the Geoffrey Holder and Company dance troupe. He did, however take time o…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• While Geoffrey Holder was the first man and African American to win for the unlikely combination of Best Director of a Musical Tony and Best Costume Design—and deliver the Best Musical—Taymor became to first woman to match that trifecta.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• GEOFFREY HOLDER , a performing and visual artist, played in House of Flowers and Waiting for Godot. He directed and designed the costumes for The Wiz.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• GEOFFREY HOLDER: Harold Arlen told me that after his father heard Louis Armstrong sing the blues, he was convinced Louis Armstrong had to be Jewish. Harold’s father was a cantor, and he heard the minor keys in Louis’s song, those colors, those tones.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• GEOFFREY HOLDER: My first Broadway show, House of Flowers , opened in 1954. Book and lyrics by Truman Capote, music by Harold Arlen, company of great stars, like Juanita Hall, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, dancers like Arthur Mitchell, Louis Johnson, Donna McHale, Claude Thompson. Peter Brook was the director.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt

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