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Larry Douglas

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Composer 1914–1996 On stage 19431969

Larry Douglas (1914–1996) was an American singer-actor who created the role of Lun Tha in The King and I (1951), introducing "I Have Dreamed," and starred as Sid Sorokin in the national tour of The Pajama Game.

On stage 10 productions, 26 years

1943 What’s Up? National Theatre · Original · directed by George Balanchine, Robert H. Gordon 63 perf.
1946 The Duchess Misbehaves Adelphi Theatre · Original · directed by Martin Manulis 5 perf.
1948 Hilarities Adelphi Theatre · Original 14 perf.
1948 Hold It National Theatre · Original · directed by Robert E. Perry 46 perf.
1948 Where’s Charley? St. James Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 792 perf.
1949 All for Love Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Reveaux 121 perf.
1951 The King and I St. James Theatre · Original · directed by John van Druten 1,246 perf.
1963 Here’s Love Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Stuart Ostrow 334 perf.
1968 Her First Roman Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Derek Goldby
1969 Jimmy Winter Garden · Original · directed by Joseph Hardy 84 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Paul Reed 3 productions
Helena Schurgot 3 productions
Helen Wenzel 3 productions
Yvonne Tibor 2 productions
William Griffis 2 productions
Sid Lawson 2 productions
Scott Hunter 2 productions
Sally Neal 2 productions
Richard Kiley 2 productions
Prue Ward 2 productions
Patricia Wymore 2 productions
Mary Louise 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. 11 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

  • Act Two: “Western People Funny” (Dorothy Sarnoff, The King’s Wives); “I Have Dreamed” (Doretta Morrow, Larry Douglas); “Hello, Young Lovers!” (reprise) (Gertrude Lawrence); “The Small House of Uncle Thomas” (ballet) (Narrator: Doretta Morrow; Uncle Thomas: Dusty Worrall; Topsy: Ina Kurland; Little Eva: Shellie Farrell; King Simon: Gemze d…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Larry Douglas, who assumed the role of Lun Tha during the tryout, is an interesting if minor figure in Broadway musicals of the era. He made his Broadway debut as one of the leads in Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s first Broadway collaboration What’s Up? (1943) and introduced four of their songs, including the duet “You’ve Got a Hol…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Paul Hartman (Hines), Stanley Prager (Prez), Sam Kirkham (Joe), Ralph W. Chambers (Hasler), Pat Stanley (Gladys), Larry Douglas (Sid Sorokin), Marguerite Shaw (Mabel), Richard France (First Helper), Cy Young (Second Helper), Eugene Wood (Charlie), Jane Kean (Babe Williams), Thelma Pelish (Mae), Ann Buckles (Brenda), Chele Graham (P…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “The Pajama Game” (Paul Hartman); “Racing with the Clock” (Girls, Boys); “A New Town Is a Blue Town” (Larry Douglas); “I’m Not at All in Love” (Jane Kean, Girls); “I’ll Never Be Jealous Again” (Paul Hartman, Marguerite Shaw); “Hey, There” (Larry Douglas); “Her Is” (Stanley Prager, Pat Stanley); “Sleep-Tite” (Jane Kean, Boys, Girl…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • A number of the production’s veterans returned for City Center’s limited engagement. Larry Douglas had starred as Sid Sorokin in the musical’s national touring company, and Stanley Prager, Thelma Pelish, Jack Waldron, and others in the chorus had appeared in the original Broadway production. Jane Kean played the role of Babe Williams, and…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, Dorothy Sarnoff, Doretta Morrow, Larry Douglas, Johnny Stewart, Sandy Kennedy, Lee Becker Theodore, Gemze de Lappe, Yuriko, Baayork Leeebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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