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Patricia Neway

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Actor 1919–2012 On stage 1942–1959

Patricia Neway (September 30, 1919 – January 24, 2012) was an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress who had an active international career during the mid-1940s through the 1970s. One of the few performers of her day to enjoy equal success on both the opera and musical theatre stages, she was a regular performer on both Broadway and at the New York City Opera during the 1950s and 1960s. Critic Emily Langer of The Washington Post wrote that, "Neway was a rare type of singer — one with the classical training and raw vocal strength to meet the demands of opera as well as the acting talent and appeal required to succeed in musical theater." She is particularly remembered for creat…

On stage 5 productions, 17 years

1942 La Vie Parisienne Broadway Theatre · Return-Engagement 17 perf.
1948 The Rape of Lucretia Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Agnes de Mille 23 perf.
1950 The Consul Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Revival · directed by Gian Carlo Menotti 269 perf.
1958 Maria Golovin Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Gian-Carlo Menotti (production supervised by Samuel Chotzinoff) 5 perf.
1959 The Sound of Music Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Vincent J. Donehue 1,443 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Norman Kelley 2 productions
Lucas Hoving 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Cornell MacNeil (John Sorel), Patricia Neway (Magda Sorel), Marie Powers (The Mother), Leon Lishner (Chief Police Agent), Chester Watson (First Police Agent), Donald Blackey (Second Police Agent), Gloria Lane (Secretary), George Jongeyans (aka Jon Geyans and then later George Gaynes) (Mr. Kofner), Maria Marlo (The Foreign Woman), M…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Richard Torigi (John Sorel), Patricia Neway (Magda Sorel), Mary Kreste (The Mother), Emile Renan (Secret Police Agent), Charles Kuestner (First Plainclothesman), Thomas Powell (Second Plainclothesman), Gloria Lane (The Secretary), Jon Geyans (aka George Jonegayans and then later George Gaynes) (Mr. Kofner), Maria Marlo (The Foreign…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The 1952 cast included four singers from the original Broadway production (Patricia Neway, Gloria Lane, Jon Geyans, Maria Marlo), and the revival marked Neway’s first of six appearances as Magda Sorel for the company.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The opera was presented on a double bill, following the world premiere of Mark Bucci’s one-act opera Tale for a Deaf Ear , which featured Patricia Neway, William Chapman, Richard Cassilly, and Lee Venora.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Richard Cross (Donato), Ruth Kobart (Agata), Patricia Neway (The Mother), Norman Kelley (Dr. Zuckertanz), Franca Duval (Maria Golovin), Lorenzo Muti (Trottolo), William Chapman (The Prisoner), John Kuhn (Servant)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The plot focused on Donato (Richard Cross), a young blind war veteran who lives with his mother (Patricia Neway) in their European villa and who spends his time carving birdcages. When part of the villa is rented to Maria Golovin (Franca Duval), a young woman whose husband is being held in a prisoner-of-war camp, Donato immediately falls…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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