Theatre Register

John Cunningham

Shows · John Cunningham

ActorOn stage 19042002

John Cunningham is an American actor who originated the role of Peter in Stephen Sondheim's Company (1970) and later appeared in Titanic, Zorba, and 1776.

On stage 17 productions, 98 years

1904 The West Point Cadet Princess Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph W. Herbert 3 perf.
1963 Hot Spot Majestic Theatre · Original 43 perf.
1966 Cabaret Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 1,165 perf.
1968 Zorba Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Cacoyannis 305 perf.
1970 Company Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 705 perf.
1973 The Good Doctor Eugene Oneill Theatre · Original · directed by A. J. Antoon 208 perf.
1981 Rose Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Dossor 68 perf.
1984 Sunday in the Park with George Booth Theatre · Original · directed by James Lapine 604 perf.
1988 The Devil's Disciple Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Stephen Porter 113 perf.
1990 Six Degrees of Separation Vivian Beaumont Theater · Original · directed by Jerry Zaks 485 perf.
1992 Anna Karenina Circle in the Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Theodore Mann 46 perf.
1993 Company Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Harold Prince 2 perf.
1993 The Sisters Rosensweig Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Daniel Sullivan 556 perf.
1997 Titanic Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Jones 804 perf.
2001 Design For Living American Airlines Theatre · Revival · directed by Joe Mantello 69 perf.
2002 Amour Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by James Lapine 17 perf.
2002 Anything Goes Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Robert Longbottom 1 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Charles Kimbrough 3 productions
Susan Browning 2 productions
Steve Elmore 2 productions
Stanley Grover 2 productions
Robert Westenberg 2 productions
Rex Robbins 2 productions
Patti LuPone 2 productions
Pamela Myers 2 productions
Merle Louise 2 productions
Melissa Errico 2 productions
Lorraine Serabian 2 productions
Lee Hooper 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. 1 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.

Also credited on1 work

Titanic

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Herschel Bernardi, Maria Karnilova, John Cunningham, Carmen Alvarez, Lorraine Serabian, James Luisiebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • 1776 was the only musical by Sherman Edwards, who died in 1981. During the Broadway engagement, Daniels was succeeded by John Cunningham, Da Silva by Jay Garner, and David by John Cullum. The touring company, which traveled for two years two months, included Patrick Bedford (Adams), Rex Everhart (Franklin), George Hearn (Dickinson), and J…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Dean Jones, Elaine Stritch, Barbara Barrie, John Cunningham, Charles Kimbrough, Donna McKechnie, Charles Braswell, Susan Browning, Steve Elmore, Beth Howland, Pamela Myers, Merle Louiseebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Bill Buell, Judith Blazer, Victoria Clark, Alma Cuervo, John Cunningham, Michael Cerveris, David Garrison, Brian d’Arcy James, Larry Keith, Martin Moran, Jennifer Piech, Theresa McCarthy, Don Stephesonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • ANTHONY HEALD, REMAK RAMSEY, DANA IVEY, KELSEY GRAMMER JOHN CUNNINGHAM, ROY POOLE, CAROLINE LAGERFELTtheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • starring Herschel Bernardi and Maria Karnilova with John Cunningham, Carmen Alvarez, and Lorraine Serabian opened November 17, 1968theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Birth or death year. Neither is on the record.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.