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Robert Shafer

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ActorOn stage 19311963

Robert Shafer was an American singer-actor who created the role of Joe Boyd in Damn Yankees (1955) and appeared in Song of Norway.

On stage 6 productions, 32 years

1931 You Said It Chanins 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by John Harwood 192 perf.
1936 The Show Is On Winter Garden · Original · directed by Vincente Minnelli, Edward Clark Lilley 237 perf.
1937 Hooray For What! Winter Garden · Original · directed by Vincente Minnelli, Howard Lindsay 200 perf.
1944 Song of Norway Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin Lester, Charles K. Freeman 860 perf.
1955 Damn Yankees 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 1,019 perf.
1963 Here’s Love Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Stuart Ostrow 334 perf.

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Worked with more than once7 names

Ruthanna Boris 2 productions
Rita Horgan 2 productions
Peggy Gallimore 2 productions
Paul Haakon 2 productions
Mary Joan Martin 2 productions
John Elliott 2 productions
Del Horstmann 2 productions

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In the literature5 passages

  • Cast : Shannon Bolin (Meg), Robert Shafer (Joe Boyd), Ray Walston (Applegate), Jean Stapleton (Sister), Elizabeth Howell (Doris), Stephen Douglass (Joe Hardy), Al Lanti (Henry), Eddie Phillips (Sohovik), Nathaniel Frey (Smokey), Albert Linville (Vernon, Postmaster), Russ Brown (Van Buren), Jimmie Komack (Rocky), Rae Allen (Gloria), Cherry…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Six Months Out of Every Year” (Shannon Bolin, Robert Shafer, Baseball Fans, Baseball Widows); “Goodbye, Old Girl” (Robert Shafer, Stephen Douglass); “Heart” (Russ Brown, Jimmie Komack, Nathaniel Frey, Albert Linville); “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo.” (Rae Allen, Baseball Players); “A Man Doesn’t Know” (Stephen Douglass); “A Li…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Irra Petina, Lawrence Brooks, Robert Shafer, Helena Bliss, Sig Arno, Alexandra Danilova, Maria Tallchief, Ruthanna Borisebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglass, Ray Walston, Russ Brown, Shannon Bolin, Rae Allen, Jean Stapleton, Nathaniel Frey, Robert Shaferebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • ROBERT SHAFER, age unreported. Pittsburgh-bom actor-singer, died June 19, 1981 at histheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt

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