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Gretchen Wyler

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Actor 1932–2007 On stage 19501976

Gretchen Wyler (born Gretchen Patricia Wienecke; February 16, 1932 – May 27, 2007) was an American actress and dancer. She was also an animal rights advocate and founder of the Genesis Awards for animal protection.

On stage 6 productions, 26 years

1950 Guys and Dolls 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by George S. Kaufman 1,200 perf.
1955 Damn Yankees 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 1,019 perf.
1955 Silk Stockings Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Cy Feuer 478 perf.
1957 Rumple Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Donohue 45 perf.
1960 Bye Bye Birdie Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion 607 perf.
1976 Sly Fox Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Penn 495 perf.

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Worked with more than once10 names

Tony Gardell 2 productions
Stephen Douglass 2 productions
Penny Ann Green 2 productions
Onna White 2 productions
Geraldine Delaney 2 productions
Eddie Phillips 2 productions
Bob Dishy 2 productions
Arthur Ulisse 2 productions
Ann Sparkman 2 productions
Al Lanti 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. 6 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 literature8 passages

  • Act One: “Too Bad” (Henry Lascoe, Leon Belasco, David Opatoshu, Hotel Staff); “Paris Loves Lovers” (Don Ameche, Hildegarde Neff); “Stereophonic Sound” (Gretchen Wyler); “It’s a Chemical Reaction, That’s All” (Hildegarde Neff); “All of You” (Don Ameche); “Satin and Silk” (Gretchen Wyler); “Without Love” (Hildegarde Neff); “All of You” (rep…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • During the chaotic tryout, director George S. Kaufman was replaced by coproducer Cy Feuer, and the book by Kaufman and Leueen MacGrath (Mrs. Kaufman) was revised by Abe Burrows, who along with Kaufman and MacGrath received official book credit. Lucinda Ballard (Mrs. Howard Dietz) was the costume designer, but by the New York opening Rober…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “It’s You for Me” (Stephen Douglass, Lois O’Brien); “In Times Like These” (Eddie Foy, Barbara Perry); “Red Letter Day” (Gretchen Wyler, Ensemble, Jackie Warner); “The First Time I Spoke of You” (Stephen Douglass, Lois O’Brien); “Oblivia” (Eddie Foy, Barbara Perry, Cartoon Characters, Holiday Girls); “Peculiar State of Affairs” (E…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “To Adjust Is a Must” (Jerome Cowan, Elliott Gould, Doris Lorenz, Pat White, Lila Popper, Gail Kuhr, William Milie); “Coax Me” (Gretchen Wyler); “How Do You Say Goodbye” (reprise) (Stephen Douglass); “All Dressed Up” (Gretchen Wyler, Ensemble); “In Times Like These” (reprise) (Gretchen Wyler, Jerome Cowan); “Peculiar State of Aff…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Marty also filled up the other parts with terrific performers: George Tobias, Julie Newmar, David Opatoshu, Gretchen Wyler. George Tobias was great in spite of one small defect. He played the big commissar of art who sends our Ninotchka—Yoschenko—to Paris after the three renegades. George had a complete inability to remember lines. This c…ebooks/Feuer, Cy/B003L77WUK EBOK - Cy Feuer & Ken Gross.txt
  • Cast: Hildegarde Neff, Don Ameche, Gretchen Wyler, George Tobias, Leon Belasco, Henry Lascoe, David Opatoshu, Julie Newmar, Onna Whiteebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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