Madeline Kahn

On stage 6 productions, 25 years

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Worked with more than once1 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Producers Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, James Cresson, and Martin Richards got a blue-chip movie star to portray Lily: Madeline Kahn, a two-time Oscar nominee. And speaking of Oscar, Tony winner John (Shenandoah ) Cullum was signed for that role.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Musical theater fans want to know, “So was Madeline Kahn fired as Lily or did she quit?” more than “Who killed JFK?” Whatever the case, the Johnson & Johnson heiress and her coproducers suddenly needed more than a Band-Aid to fix the wound that Kahn inflicted when she left the show nine weeks after opening. But as the title song said, “Li…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
• Cast: John Cullum, Madeline Kahn, Imogene Coca, George Coe, Dean Dittman, Kevin Kline, Judy Kaye, George Lee Andrewsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• “What’s wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who’ve died of AIDS—who would otherwise be here today creating great theater.”—MADELINE KAHNebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
• MADELINE KAHN GOT A BETTER DEAL than Laurie Franks when she came up against diva Lucille Ball for the 1974 movie of Mame . Coral Browne, British costar of the film Auntie Mame , recalled, “I heard that Miss Ball was leery of both her female supports,” including Bea Arthur, who had already won a Tony for her role of Vera Charles. (Bette Da…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
• Madeline Kahn, who was cast as Lily, "in addition to being a comedienne, is a trained opera singer."" Kahn, best known for her roles in such films as What's Up, Doc? Blazing Saddles and Paper Moon, had also appeared on Broadway in New Faces of 1968.ebooks/Ilson, Carol/Harold Prince_ A Director's Journey - Carol Ilson.txt

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