Jack Gilford

On stage 19 productions, 47 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on1 work

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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In the literature8 passages

• Studio cast (1989) : Kim Criswell, Cris Groenendaal, Jack Gilford, Frederica von Stade, John McGlinn (conductor). EMI/Angel CDC 7–49848–2.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Cast : David Burns, Lenore Lonergan, Jack Gilford, Carl Reiner, Jack Cole, Bobby Van, Dolores Starr, Rae Abruzzo, Margaret Baxter, June Brady, Patricia Bybell, Madelaine Chambers, Fay de Witt, Margery Oldroyd, Laurel Shelby, Louise Kirtland, Sylvia Chaney, Jean Bal, Bryn Corey, Jack Cassidy, Arthur Maxwell, Sam Kirkham, Graham Lee, Ray St…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Besides cast members David Burns, Jack Gilford, Carl Reiner, Gwen Verdon, and Cole himself, there were a number of other interesting names in the revue, including featured player Bobby Van, chorus singer Jack Cassidy, and child performer Rex Thompson, who later played the role of Louis Leonowens in the 1956 film version of The King and I…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• An Off-Broadway revival opened at the New Anderson Theatre on March 7, 1969, for twenty-one performances, and a 1972 CBS adaptation was televised (and recorded) with Carroll O’Connor (Wintergreen), Jack Gilford (Throttlebottom), Cloris Leachman (Mary), and Michele Lee (Diana). On March 18, 1987, concert versions of Of Thee I Sing and Let…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• When the musical opened Off-Broadway, Jack Gilford played the King and Matt Mattox was the Jester; for Broadway, their roles were assumed by Will Lee and Jerry Newby. During Off-Broadway previews, the song “Up and Away” (for Harry Snow and Mattox) was dropped. “Yesterday I Loved You” had first been heard in the summer-stock revue Walk Tal…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• MERLE DEBUSKEY: Back in 1953 Jack Gilford, along with some others who were blacklisted, including Howard Da Silva, Morris Carnovsky, and Ruby Dee, put on The World of Sholem Aleichem written by Arnold Perl. They wanted to demonstrate that the blacklist need not kill you as an artist.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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