Jerry Orbach

On stage 7 productions, 19 years

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Worked with more than once7 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Revival cast (1964) : Jerry Orbach, Lauri Peters, Clifford David, Rita Gardner, Micki Grant, Hal Buckley, Nancy Andrews, Gershon Kingsley (musical director and pianist). MGM SE 4289–2 OC (complete on two records).ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Other letter writers included two actors who came to the show’s defense—Jerry Orbach: “Clive Barnes has been wrong a few times in the past, but in the matter of ‘Follies’ he is criminally mistaken”; and Remak Ramsay: “Barnes completely missed the basically idealistic and optimistic point of the show: namely, that despite whatever difficul…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Jerry Orbach had to breathe a big sigh of relief, too, at the Tony committee’s ruling. He won in the Best Actor in a Musical category, but would not have if he’d been in competition with Daniels.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• When Chicago was first announced, a Kander and Ebb musical with Bob Fosse directing Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, and Jerry Orbach was expected to be the biggest hit of the season. But by the time it was ready to open in New York after a somewhat shaky Philadelphia tryout, theatergoers were nonstop talking about the musical that had opened o…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• The cast included two Tony winners: Jerry Orbach and Tammy Grimes. However, one would never know their presence from any of the window cards or three-sheets; the only person’s name in evidence was David Merrick’s.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• After a thrilling overture of Burt Bacharach music, Neil Simon’s adaptation of the Oscar-winning The Apartment started softly. Chuck Baxter (Jerry Orbach) was sitting at a desk, where he took the audience into his confidence.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt

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