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Lawrence Brooks

Shows · Lawrence Brooks

DirectorActor 1912–1994 On stage 19441965

Lawrence Brooks (born Huard, August 7, 1912 – April 15, 1994) was an American singer and actor.

On stage 5 productions, 21 years

1944 Song of Norway Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin Lester, Charles K. Freeman 860 perf.
1948 My Romance Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Fredric N. Kelly 95 perf.
1952 Buttrio Square New Century Theatre · Original · directed by Maurice Levine Cast: David Kurlan (Michelino), Vincent Barbi (Padre), Rina Falcone (Angela), Joan Morton (Maria), Ann Needham (Elizabetta), Lionel Ames (Dominic), Ernest Sarracino (Baron D’Alessandro), Ferdinand Hilt (Rocco), James MacCracken (Vittorio), Orville Sherman (Cassio), Ted Thurston (Pietro), Jane Harven (Emelia), Marie Gibson (Francesca), Billy Gilbert (Pappa Mario), Charlotte Jones (Norina), Henry Hamilton (Carlo), Walter Black (Sergeant McKenzie), Lawrence Brooks (Captain Steve Dickson), James Tarbutton (Private Poole), Leon Daniels (Tabulator), Lois Hunt (Marisa D’Alessandro), Joe Mantell (Private Burns), Al Checco (Corporal Gower), George Reeder (Private Whitfield), Don (Donn) Driver (Private Webster), Susan Johnson (Terry Patterson), Marti Stevens (Joan Wellington) 7 perf.
1955 Silk Stockings Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Cy Feuer 478 perf.
1965 Anya Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 16 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Karen Shepard 2 productions
Irra Petina 2 productions
George Foster 2 productions
Estelle Aza 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 literature2 passages

  • Act One: “Opening” (David Kurlan, Vincent Barbi, Ernest Sarracino, Ferdinand Hilt, Village Dancers and Singers); “Every Day Is a Holiday” (Lawrence Brooks, Villagers); “Let’s Make It Forever” (Lawrence Brooks, Lois Hunt); “I’ll Tell the World” (Lois Hunt); “There’s No Place Like This (the) Country” (Lawrence Brooks, GIs); “Take It Away” (…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Irra Petina, Lawrence Brooks, Robert Shafer, Helena Bliss, Sig Arno, Alexandra Danilova, Maria Tallchief, Ruthanna Borisebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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