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John Hillner

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ActorOn stage 19792004

John Hillner is an American actor whose Broadway credits include Crazy for You (1992) and Footloose.

On stage 8 productions, 25 years

1979 They’re Playing Our Song Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Moore 1,082 perf.
1981 Woman of the Year Palace Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Moore 770 perf.
1992 Crazy for You Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 1,622 perf.
1995 Company Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Scott Ellis 68 perf.
1998 Footloose Richard Rodgers Theatre · Revival · directed by Walter Bobbie 709 perf.
2001 Mamma Mia ! Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Phyllida Lloyd 5,758 perf.
2002 The Graduate Plymouth Theatre · Original 380 perf.
2004 La Cage aux Folles Marquis Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerry Zaks 229 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 once11 names

Robin Baxter 2 productions
Michele Pawk 2 productions
Michael Kubala 2 productions
Michael Benjamin Washington 2 productions
John Hammil 2 productions
Hal Shane 2 productions
Diana Canova 2 productions
Dee Hoty 2 productions
Daren Kelly 2 productions
Beth Leavel 2 productions
Adam Lefevre 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. 4 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.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Harry Groener, Jodi Benson, Beth Leavel, Bruce Adler, Jane Connell, John Hillner, Irene Pawk, Stephen Temperley, Amelia White, The Manhattan Rhythm Kingsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Stockard Channing, Rhonda Farer, 3. John Hillner, 4. Donna Murphy, 5. Hal Shane Jay Thompson Photostheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • UNDERSTUDIES: Gibby Brand (Mr. Coco), Gibby Brand and John Hillner (Mr. Garber), Susan Powers (Ms. Murray), Mary Small (Ms. James), James Brennan (Mr. Correia), Bob Freschi (Mr. Sutton), Maris Clement (Ms. Small), Stephen Berger (Mr. Brand), John Hillner (Mr. Brennan)theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • t Succeeded by: 1. Raquel Welch, 2. John Hammill during vacation, 3. Mace Barrett, 4. Jamie Ross, 5. John Hillner, 6. George de la Pena, 7. Carol Arthur during vacation, 8. Ralston Hill, Timothy Jeckotheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • (Ren/Chuck), John Hillner, Rick Crom (Rev. Moore/Wes/Coach/Principal/Saloon Keep/Cop/Fiddler), Susan Bigelow (Vi/Ethel/Lulu/ Eleanor), Donna Lee Marshall (Vi/Betty/Irene), Katherine Leonard (Ariel/Ureleen), Jeanine Meyers (Ariel/ Urleen/Ethel/ Lulu/ Eleanor), Artie Harris, Paul Castree (Willard), Lori Holmes (Rusty), Orfeh (Rusty/Wendy/Be…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1998-99 Season, v. 55 (Willis).txt
  • The Bartender, The Priest, The Motel Manager .John Hillner The Assistant Desk Clerk.Kelly Overton The Bellhop, The Man in Bar .Judson Pearce Morgan The Stripper.Susan Celia Understudies: Mses. Turner, Skinner (Susan Celia, Jurian Hughes); Mr.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2001-02 Season, v. 58 (Willis).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.

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