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Phyllis Hyman

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Actor 1949–1995 On stage 1981

Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman's music career spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s, and she was best known for her expansive contralto range. Some of her most notable songs are "You Know How to Love Me" (1979), "Living All Alone" (1986) and "Don't Wanna Change the World" (1991). Hyman is also known for her covers of popular songs, which include renditions of "Betcha by Golly, Wow", "Here's That Rainy Day", and "What You Won't Do For Love". Hyman performed on Broadway in the 1981 musical revue Sophisticated Ladies, which ran from 1981 until 1983. The revue, based on the music of Duke Ellington, earned Hyman a…

On stage 1 production

1981 Sophisticated Ladies Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Smuin 767 perf.

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  • Cast: Gregory Hines, Judith Jamison, Phyllis Hyman, P. J. Benjamin, Hinton Battle, Terri Klausner, Gregg Burge, Mercedes Ellington, Priscilla Baskervilleebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Award) 1980-81:Brian Backer, Lisa Banes, Meg Bussert, Michael Allan Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, E)aniel Gerroll, Phyllis Hyman, Cynthia Nixon, Amanda Plummer, Adam Redfield, Wanda Richert, Rex Smith, Elizabeth Taylor (Specialtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • Award) 1980-81: Brian Backer, Lisa Banes, Meg Bussert, Michael Allan Davis, GianEsposito, Daniel Gerroll, Phyllis Hyman, Cynthia Nixon, Amanda Plumber, Adam Redfield, Wanda Richert, Rex Smith, Elizabeth Taylor (Specialtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1982-83 Season, v. 39 (Willis).txt
  • PHYLLIS HYMAN, 45, Philadelphia-born singer/actress, committed suicide June 30, 1995 in NYC. She received a Theatre World Award for her Bdwy debut in Sophisticated Ladies (1981). Other Bdwy Dreamgirls.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis).txt
  • Phyllis Hyman TOM KINDLE, 47, St.Louis-born actor, died Feb.12, 1996. He appeared in Off-Bdwy’s The Soldier(1973).theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis).txt
  • Esposito, Daniel Gerroll, Phyllis Hyman, Cynthia Nixon, Amanda Plummer, Adam Redfield, Wanda Richert, Rex Smith, Elizabeth Taylor (Special Award) 1981-82: Karen Akers, Laurie Beechman, Danny Glover, David Alan Grier, Jennifer Holliday, Anthony Heald, Lizbeth Mackay, Peter MacNicol, Elizabeth McGovern, Ann Morrison, Michael O'Keefe, James…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1998-99 Season, v. 55 (Willis).txt

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