Larry Kert

On stage 11 productions, 34 years

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Worked with more than once10 names

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Also credited on2 works

West Side Story
Company

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In the literature8 passages

• 59 Larry Kert (1930–91), American actor and singer who created the role of Tony in West Side Story.ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
• First performance: 19 August 1957, Washington, D.C., National Theatre, cast incl. Carol Lawrence (Maria), Chita Rivera (Anita), Larry Kert (Tony), Ken Le Roy (Bernardo), Mickey Calin (Riff), Art Smith (Doc); Jerome Robbins (concept and dir.), Max Goberman (cond.)ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
• Original cast (1957) : Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Chita Rivera, Max Goberman (conductor). Columbia OL 5230; reissued on Columbia S 32603. Missing: “Taunting.”ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Act One: “Prologue” (dance) (Jets, Sharks); “Jet Song” (Mickey Calin, David Winters, Tony Mordente, Hank Brunjes, Jets); “Something’s Coming” (Larry Kert); “The Dance at the Gym” (Jets, Sharks); “Maria” (Larry Kert); “Tonight” (Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence); “America” (Chita Rivera, Shark Girls); “Cool” (Mickey Calin, Jets); “One Hand, One…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Larry Kert in Company In the seven decades of the Tony Awards, only once has a performer who wasn’t with the show on opening night been nominated. Larry Kert, who took over for Dean Jones only a few weeks after Company opened, got the nomination for playing not-so-confirmed bachelor Bobby.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Jones’s leaving allowed an old Sondheim–Prince colleague to get his first significant role and run in a decade. Larry Kert, the original Tony in West Side Story, had originated leads in A Family Affair (1961), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1966), and La Strada (1969)—three shows that had averaged twenty-two performances. In between he took over…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt

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