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Joy Franz

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Actor b. 1941 On stage 19662016

Joy Franz (born Maybelle Franz; June 13, 1941) is an American actress and singer. She’s best known for her stage work, most notably her roles in Into the Woods. She most recently appeared as the Dowager Empress in US National Tour of Anastasia.

On stage 11 productions, 50 years

1966 Sweet Charity Palace Theatre · Revival · directed by Bob Fosse 608 perf.
1970 Company Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 705 perf.
1972 Lysistrata Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Revival 8 perf.
1972 Pippin Imperial Theatre · Revival · directed by Bob Fosse 1,944 perf.
1973 A Little Night Music Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 601 perf.
1980 Musical Chairs Rialto Theatre · Original · directed by Rudy Tronto 14 perf.
1987 Into the Woods Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by James Lapine 765 perf.
1997 Into the Woods Broadway Theatre · Revival 2 perf.
2002 Into the Woods Broadhurst Theatre · Revival · directed by James Lapine 279 perf.
2009 Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Jay-Alexander 1 perf.
2016 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Booth Theatre · Revival · directed by Josie Rourke 81 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

Merle Louise 4 productions
Patti Karr 3 productions
Lauren Mitchell 3 productions
Kay McClelland 3 productions
Bernadette Peters 3 productions
Tom Aldredge 2 productions
Priscilla Lopez 2 productions
Pamela Winslow 2 productions
Pamela Myers 2 productions
Maureen Davis 2 productions
Kim Crosby 2 productions
John McMartin 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. 2 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

  • HELEN GALLAGHER, EVALYN BARON, BEV LARSON, MARCIA RODD, JENNIE VENTRISS, JOY FRANZ, MARY DONNET in “| CAN'T KEEP RUNNING. . .”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Patti Karr Gayla Osboume Philip Bruns Cynthia BuUens Joanne Nail Joy Franz Richard Dmitintheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • Closed Aug. 3, 1974 after 601 performances and 12 previews. Winner of 1973 "Tony" Award, and Drama Critics Circle Award. t Succeeded by: 1. Joy Franz, 2. Sherry Mathis, 3. Sheila K. Adams, 4. Dick Sabol, 5. William Daniels *theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
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  • Schenkkan, Prudence Wright Holmes SOMETHING WONDERFUL (World Premiere) conceived and adapted by Alice Hammerstein Mathias: Harry Danner, Joy Franz, Randy Graff, Marti Rolph, Dean Russell PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER by Anne Commire: Alma Cuervo, Jean DeBaer, Charlie Fields, Birdie M. Hale, Margo Martindale, J. J. Quinn, Richard Southern A LIFE I…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • Dean Russell, (front) Marti Rolph, Joy Franz in “Something Wonderful” Top: Catherine Burns, Robert Schenkkan in “Eccentricities of a Nightingale”theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt

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