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Michael Kermoyan

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Actor 1921–1994 On stage 19511977

Michael Kermoyan (1921–1994) was an American actor who played the Kralahome in The King and I across multiple productions, including opposite Yul Brynner, and appeared in Camelot and Anya.

On stage 12 productions, 26 years

1951 The King and I St. James Theatre · Original · directed by John van Druten 1,246 perf.
1958 Whoop-Up Shubert · Original · directed by Cy Feuer 56 perf.
1959 Happy Town 54th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Allan A. Buckhantz 5 perf.
1960 Camelot Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Moss Hart (Alan Jay Lerner uncredited) 873 perf.
1961 Ross Eugene Oneill Theatre · Original · directed by Glen Byam Shaw 159 perf.
1961 The Happiest Girl in the World Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Cyril Ritchard 96 perf.
1963 Tovarich Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Glenville 264 perf.
1964 Something More! Eugene O’Neill · Original · directed by Jule Styne 15 perf.
1965 Anya Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 16 perf.
1968 The Guide Hudson Theatre · Original · directed by George L. Sherman 5 perf.
1973 The Desert Song Uris Theatre · Revival · directed by Henry Butler 15 perf.
1977 The King and I Uris Theatre · Revival · directed by Yuriko 695 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

Rita Metzger 3 productions
Laurie Franks 3 productions
John Taliaferro 3 productions
John Michael King 3 productions
Constance Towers 3 productions
Yul Brynner 2 productions
Robert Lenn 2 productions
Rico Froehlich 2 productions
Richard Lyle 2 productions
Randy Doney 2 productions
Martin Vidnovic 2 productions
Marianne Tatum 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. 5 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

  • Act Two: “The Carefree Heart” (Susan Johnson, Jayne Turner, Robert Feyti, Stanley Carlson, Dean Dittmann, Daggett Howell); “To Cook My Gander’s Goose” (Billie Worth); “At the Bottom of It—Love!” (Jack Carter, Melville Cooper, William Olvis, Allen Case, Michael Kermoyan, Jayne Turner, Susan Johnson, Virginia Martin, Rosemary O’Reilly); “To…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Susan Johnson (Glenda Swenson), Michael Kermoyan (Jiggs Rock Medicine), Tom Raskin (Walt Stephenpierre), Jackie Warner (Dub Winter Owl), Bobby Shields (Bix Winter Owl, Juke Box Voice), Romo Vincent (Louis Champlain), Sylvia Syms (Annie Champlain), Julienne Marie (Mary Champlain), Tony Gardell (Matthew Bearchaser, Medicine Man), Pau…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “I Wash My Hands” (Ralph Young, Julienne Marie, Michael Kermoyan, Tom Raskin); “Quarrel-tet” (Susan Johnson, Ralph Young, Robert Lenn, Tom Raskin); “Sorry for Myself” (Sylvia Syms); “’Til the Big Fat Moon Falls Down” (Julienne Marie, Asia, Friends); “What I Mean to Say” (Danny Meehan); “Montana” (Susan Johnson); “She or Her” (Ral…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : George Blackwell (Lint Richards), Bruce MacKay (Bub Richards), George Ives (Sib Richards), Michael Kermoyan (Glenn Richards), Cindy Robbins (Janice Dawson), Biff McGuire (Craig Richards), Tom Williams (Clint Yoder), Alice Clift (Bobbie Jo Hartman), Lee Venora (Molly Bixby), Dick Elliott (Judge Ed Bixby), Frederic Tozere (Jim Joe Ja…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “It Isn’t Easy” (Cindy Robbins, Michael Kermoyan, Bruce MacKay, George Blackwell, George Ives); “Celebration!” (Townspeople); “Something Special” (Biff McGuire); “The Legend of Black-Eyed Susan Grey” (Leigh Evans, Townspeople); “Opportunity!” (Biff McGuire, Edwin Steffe, Liz Pritchett, Townspeople); “As Busy as Anyone Can Be” (To…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Pick-Me-Up!” (Townspeople); “I’m Stuck with Love” (Lee Venora); “It Isn’t Easy” (reprise) (Michael Kermoyan, Bruce MacKay, George Blackwell, George Ives); ‘Nothing in Common” (Cindy Robbins, Lee Venora); “Talkin’ about You” (Cindy Robbins, Tom Williams, Townspeople); “Something Special” (reprise) (Biff McGuire, Lee Venora); “Y’…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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