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Marcia Lewis

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Actor 1938–2010 On stage 19691996

Marcia Lewis (August 18, 1938 – December 21, 2010) was an American character actress and singer. She was nominated twice for the Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Chicago and Grease) and twice for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Chicago and Rags).

On stage 10 productions, 27 years

1969 The Time of Your Life Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by John Hirsch 52 perf.
1972 Grease Eden Theatre · Original · directed by Tom Moore 3,388 perf.
1977 Annie Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Martin Charnin 2,377 perf.
1986 Rags Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 4 perf.
1987 Roza Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 12 perf.
1989 Orpheus Descending Neil Simon Theatre · Revival · directed by Peter Hall 97 perf.
1989 Welcome to the Club Music Box · Original · directed by Peter Mark Schifter 12 perf.
1990 Fiddler on the Roof Gershwin Theatre · Revival 241 perf.
1994 Grease Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Revival · directed by Jeff Calhoun 1,505 perf.
1996 Chicago Richard Rodgers Theatre · Revival · directed by Walter Bobbie 9,999 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Tia Riebling 2 productions
Susan Wood 2 productions
Stacey Lynn Brass 2 productions
Sharon Lawrence 2 productions
Sandra Purpuro 2 productions
Sam Harris 2 productions
Ricky Paull Goldin 2 productions
Philip Casnoff 2 productions
Paul Castree 2 productions
Patrick Swayze 2 productions
Michelle Blakely 2 productions
Michael Berresse 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. 4 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

  • Cast: Rosie O’Donnell, Ricky Paull Goldin, Susan Wood, Sam Harris, Marcia Lewis, Billy Porter, Michelle Blakely, Brian Bradley, Paul Castree, Hunter Foster, Carlos Lopez, Megan Mullally, Jason Opsahl, Sandra Purpuro, Heather Stokes, Jessica Stoneebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Ann Reinking, Bede Neuwirth, James Naughton, Joel Grey, Marcia Lewis, J. Loeffelholz, D. Sabellaebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • “This steamroller suddenly happened to the show,” recalled Marcia Lewis, who played Ernestina Money. “We went from the littlest audiences you could imagine in the St. James Theatre to absolute pandemonium around the block. Ethel taught me how to plant. I used to watch her so closely, and she would find where she wanted to stand—which of c…ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • C AST : Ethel Merman (as Dolly Levi), Jack Goode, Russell Nype, Danny Lockin, June Helmers, Marcia Lewis, Georgia Engel, David Gary, Patricia Copeebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • “This steamroller suddenly happened to the show,” Marcia Lewis, interview with author, April 30, 2004ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • CURSE YOU, SPREAD EAGLE with Marshall Borden, Carleton Carpenter, Donna Liggitt Forbes, Ann Hodapp, Marcia Lewis. Joshua Mosteltheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt

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