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John Butler

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Choreographer 1920–1993 On stage 19211945

John Butler (1920–1993) was an American modern-dance choreographer who staged the dances for Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul (1950) and the musical A Family Affair.

On stage 8 productions, 24 years

1921 Just Married Comedy Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 402 perf.
1930 The Boundary Line 48th Street Theatre · Original 37 perf.
1932 Happy Landing Chanins 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Lawrence Marston 26 perf.
1932 The Great Magoo Selwyn Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 11 perf.
1933 Ah, Wilderness! Guild Theatre · Original · directed by Philip Moeller 289 perf.
1933 Both Your Houses Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Worthington Miner 72 perf.
1944 On the Town Adelphi Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 463 perf.
1945 Hollywood Pinafore Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Douglas Coudy 52 perf.

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Also credited on2 works

The Consul
A Family Affair

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In the literature5 passages

  • Producers : Chandler Cowles and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.; Choreography : John Butler; Scenery : Horace Armistead; Costumes : Grace Houston; Lighting : Jean Rosenthal; Musical Direction : Lehman Engelebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Direction : Robert Lewis; Producer : The New York City Opera Company; Choreography : John Butler; Scenery : Horace Armistead; Costumes : Aline Bernstein; Lighting : Jean Rosenthal; Musical Direction : Julius Rudelebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • With John Butler as choreographer, sets and lights by David Hays, and costumes by Robert Fletcher, the show went to Philadelphia for its pre-Broadway run scheduled from 23 December 1961 until 1 January 1962 at the Erlanger Theatre. It was due to return to New York for a week of previews and an opening on 27 January 1962. The show was capi…ebooks/Ilson, Carol/Harold Prince_ A Director's Journey - Carol Ilson.txt
  • Two scenes from Ah, Wilderness! (Left) George M. Cohan, Elisha Cook, Jr., and Marjorie Marquis. (Below) John Butler, Ruth Holden, and Elisha Cook, Jr. New York, Guild Theatre, 1933. [Photograph by Vandamm. Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations]theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 4 (O-S).txt
  • Irish poet and dramatist. Yeats was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865, to the painter John Butler Yeats and his wife, the former Susan Pollexfen. The eldest of four children, Yeats was a shy, frail dreamer who deeply loved the County Sligo countryside where both his parents hadtheatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 5 (T-Z).txt

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