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Marcia Mitzman

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Actor b. 1959 On stage 19721993

Marcia Mitzman Gaven is an American actress from New York. Since studying at the High School of Performing Arts and the State University of New York at Purchase, she has appeared in many musicals during her career singing in both mezzo-soprano and soprano roles. Her Broadway debut came in 1979 when she played Betty Rizzo in Grease, serving as the replacement for the original actress of the Role, Adrienne Barbeau. In the 1980s she appeared in the musicals The Rocky Horror Show, Oliver!, Zorba, Nine, Anything Goes, Chess, and Welcome to the Club, and in the operas Brigadoon, South Pacific, and Sweeney Todd. In 1992, Gaven played the character Mrs. Walker in a new production called The Who's To…

On stage 8 productions, 21 years

1972 Grease Eden Theatre · Original · directed by Tom Moore 3,388 perf.
1983 Zorba Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Michael Cacoyannis 344 perf.
1984 Oliver! Mark Hellinger Theatre · Revival · directed by Peter Coe 17 perf.
1988 Chess Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn 68 perf.
1989 Welcome to the Club Music Box · Original · directed by Peter Mark Schifter 12 perf.
1993 The Who\ Theatre not recorded · Original · directed by Des McAnuff 899 perf.
1993 The Who\ St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Des McAnuff 899 perf.
1993 Tommy St. James Theatre · Revival · directed by Des McAnuff 899 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Michael Cerveris 3 productions
Jonathan Dokuchitz 3 productions
Sherie Scott 2 productions
Philip Casnoff 2 productions
Paul Kandel 2 productions
Michael McElroy 2 productions
Marcia Lewis 2 productions
Lee Morgan 2 productions
Jessica Molaskey 2 productions
Cheryl Freeman 2 productions
Buddy Smith 2 productions
Bill Buell 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.

Also credited on1 work

The Who’s Tommy

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Judy Kuhn, David Carroll, Philip Casnoff, Dennnis Parlato, Marcia Mitzman, Paul Harman, Harry Goz, Ann Crumbebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Marcia Mitzman, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Paul Kandel, Carly Jane Steinborn, Crysta Macalush, Michael Cerveris, Buddy Smith, Cheryl Freeman, Anthony Barrile, Michael McElroy, Lee Morgan, Sherie Scottebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Genise, Judy Kaye, Lorelle Brina, Marcia Mitzman, 7. Barry J. Tarallo, Bill Vitelli, 8. Richard Quarry, John Driver, Michael Tucci, Ray DeMattis, Dan Woodard, 9. John Fennessy, Jerry Zaks, Michael Tucci, Danny Jacobson, 10. Matt Landers, Albert Insinnia, David Paymer, 11. Ellen March, Joy Rinaldi, Jill P. Rose, Forbesy Russell, Peggy Lee…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • Her Girls: Linda Lou (Diane Pennington), Dawn (Gena Scriva), Ginger (Charmion Clark), Beatrice (Kristie Hannum), Ruby Rae (Marcia Mitzman), Eloise (Jane Matera)theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • Melvin Thorpe Singers: Jan Buttram, Marcia Mitzman, Stephen Terrell, Richard Reuter-Smith, Guy Strobel, Kristie Hannum, Peter Wandell, Jane Matera Angelettes: Jane Matera, Diane Pennington, Marcia Mitzman, Kristie Hannum, Gena Scriva, Jenny L« Wax Choir: Susan Beaubian, Brian Sutherland, Jacqueline Lowe, Diane Pennington, Cecil Fulfer, Ri…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • .Neal Ben-Ari .Gina Gallagher ..Philip Casnoff .Judy Kuhn .David Carroll .Harry Goz .Kurt Johns .Dennis Parlato .Paul Harman .Marcia Mitzman Richard Muenz, Eric Johnson . Karen Babcock, Craig Wellstheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1987-88 Season, v. 44 (Willis).txt

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What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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