George Faison

On stage 1 production

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Also credited on3 works

Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope
The Wiz
Via Galactica

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In the literature8 passages

• First New York performance: 4 May 1976, Mark Hellinger Theatre, cast as above; Gilbert Moses and George Faison (choreo. and dir.), Roland Gagnon (cond.)ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
• Cast: Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan, Sherman Hemsley, Novella Nelson, George Faisonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Afterwards, I hosted a post-performance discussion with some original cast members and the original co-director/choreographer, George Faison. Beth Fowler recalled how she was offered an audition to be in the chorus of the original show and to understudy the First Lady. Her agent told her that she absolutely should not audition because she…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• I asked director George Faison the biggest problem he had with Bernstein and he said that they once had a note session at The Watergate hotel with Bernstein in a silk dressing gown eating from a sumptuous buffet of truffles and lobster… as they discussed writing for the common man. I understand what George was saying, but it's not like Be…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• 15 George Faison (1945–) choreographed The Wiz (the hit African American version of The Wizard of Oz ) earlier in 1975, as well as Via Galactica (1972)—ironic, given Lerner’s disgust on seeing the latter show in its one-week run (see Chapter 6).ebooks/Unknown/Alan Jay Lerner_ A Lyricist's Letters - Unknown.txt
• written The Wiz (1975); and George Faison had stepped into the racial minefield of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976) as replacement direc-theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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