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Robert Fitch

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Actor b. 1934 On stage 19631996

Robert Fitch (b. 1934) is an American actor who originated the role of Rooster Hannigan in the original Broadway production of Annie (1977).

On stage 11 productions, 33 years

1963 The Girl Who Came to Supper Broadway · Original · directed by Joe Layton 112 perf.
1965 Baker Street Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 313 perf.
1965 Flora, the Red Menace Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 87 perf.
1967 Henry, Sweet Henry Palace Theatre · Original · directed by George Roy Hill 80 perf.
1967 Sherry! Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Joe Layton 65 perf.
1969 Coco Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Benthall 332 perf.
1974 Mack & Mabel Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion 66 perf.
1977 Annie Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Martin Charnin 2,377 perf.
1982 Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Nussbaum 5 perf.
1991 The Will Rogers Follies The Palace Theatre · Original 983 perf.
1996 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum St James Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerry Zaks 715 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

Trudy Wallace 2 productions
Stephanie Pope 2 productions
Rita Rudner 2 productions
Richard Marr 2 productions
Penny Worth 2 productions
Nancy Lynch 2 productions
Marie Santell 2 productions
Marianne Selbert 2 productions
Leigh Zimmerman 2 productions
Jon Cypher 2 productions
Jack Dabdoub 2 productions
Gwenn Lewis 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. 9 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 literature4 passages

  • Cast: Andrea McArdle, Reid Shelton, Dorothy Loudon, Sandy Faison, Robert Fitch, Barbara Erwin, Raymond Thorne, Laurie Beechman, Danielle Brisebois, Shelley Bruceebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Top Right: Andrea McArdle, Reid Shelton Below: Robert Fitch, Dorothy Loudon, Barbara Erwintheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • Clint Ballard, Jr.; Choreography, Robert Fitch; Producer, Marilyn Fried; Set, Hugh Landwehr; Lighting, Leslie Spohn; Costume Coordination, Penny Davis; Associate Producer, Lee Pucklis; Adminis-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • +Succeeded by: 1.Whoopi Goldberg, David Alan Grier 2. Dick Latessa, Robert Fitch 3. Ross Lehman 4. Bob Amaral 5. Holly Cruikshank 6. Tara Nicole 7. Pascale Faye, Carol Lee Mreadows 8. Kena Tangi Dorseytheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1996-97 Season, v. 53 (Willis).txt

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