Jack Williams

On stage 12 productions, 25 years

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Worked with more than once8 names

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Also credited on1 work

Let’s Face It

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In the literature7 passages

• Original revival cast (1954) : Vera Zorina, Bobby Van, Elaine Stritch, Ben Astar, Kay Coulter, Joshua Shelley, Nicholas Orloff, Jack Williams, George Church, Salvatore Dell’Isola (conductor). Decca DL 9015; reissued on Stet DS 15024. Missing: “La Princesse Zenobia Ballet.”ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Cast : Jack Williams (Phil Dolan II), Eleanor Williams (Lil Dolan), David Winters (Phil Dolan III), George Church (Stage Manager), Dorene Kilmer (Lola), Bobby Van (Phil Dolan III aka Junior), Kay Coulter (Frankie Frayne), Joshua Shelley (Sidney Cohn), Vera Zorina (Vera Barnova), Patricia Wilkes (Anushka), Elaine Stritch (Peggy Porterfield…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act One: “ Two-a-Day for Keith” (Jack Williams, Eleanor Williams, David Winters); “The 3 B’s” (aka “Questions and Answers”) (Bobby Van, Chorus); “It’s Got to Be Love” (Bobby Van, Kay Coulter); “Too Good for the Average Man” (Elaine Stritch, Ben Astar); “There’s a Small Hotel” (Bobby Van, Kay Coulter); “The Heart Is Quicker Than the Eye” (…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• KAYE, (seated) EVE ARDEN, EDITH MEISER, VANCE, (on floor) BENNY BAKER, JACK WILLIAMS LETS SEAGE: Ititheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
• Aubrey Reuben Michael Riordan Laura Viade Michael Viade Jack Williams Van Williamstheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2001-02 Season, v. 58 (Willis).txt
• Tom Lynch, Barry Monush, John Sala, Huck Song; Staff Photographers: Aubrey Reuben, Michael Riordan, Laura Viade, Michael Viade, Jack Williams, Van Williams; Applause Books Staff: Pearl Chang, Mark Lerner, Kallie Shimek.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt

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