Mary Testa

On stage 11 productions, 36 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on2 works

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Oklahoma! (2019 Revival)

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In the literature8 passages

• Cast: Nathan Lane, Mark Linn-Baker, Lewis J. Stadlen, Ernie Sabella, William Duell, Mary Testa, Jessica Boevers, Cris Groenendaal, Jim Stanek, Leigh Zimmermanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Michael Cumpsty, Christine Ebersole, Kate Levering, Michael Arnold, Mary Testa. Jonathan Freeman, Allen Fitzpatrick, Mylinda Hull, David Elser, Billy Stritch, Michael McCarty, Richard Muenzebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts, Jackie Hoffman, Mary Testa, Curtis Holbrook, Anika Larsen, Kenita R. Miller, Marty Thomas, Andre Wardebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• The Xanadu cast is so talented, it's mind-boggling. Comedy stars Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa have tons of great line readings and their version of "funking out" on "Evil Woman" is a big, fat brava. All the backup muses sing up a storm, and the two leads are brilliant. Kerry Butler is so funny and sounds phenomenal. It takes so much skil…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• This week I also had the pleasure of interviewing the two comic cut-ups from Xanadu , Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman, at the Chatterbox . They're laugh riots singularly, but together they are a melting pot of hilarity. Mary talked about working with Bill Finn on the early Marvin Trilogy and walking home from Bill's apartment late at night.…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• Monday night, I did Celebrity Autobiography with some amazing co-stars including Tony Roberts, Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman (all from Xanadu ), Karen Ziemba (doing an amazing Elizabeth Taylor), Richard Kind (whose child goes to the same school as my boyfriend's) and my good friend Jack Plotnick. It's the show where we read autobiographies v…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt

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