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Robert Tucker

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ChoreographerOn stage 19421948

Robert Tucker was an American choreographer whose Broadway credits include Shenandoah (1975) and the 1974 revival of Gypsy.

On stage 4 productions, 6 years

1942 Porgy and Bess Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Robert Ross 286 perf.
1943 Porgy and Bess 44th Street Theatre · Revival · directed by Robert Ross 24 perf.
1944 Porgy and Bess City Center · Revival · directed by Robert Ross 64 perf.
1948 Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’! Adelphi Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott & Jerome Robbins 188 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

Warren Coleman 3 productions
Henry Davis 3 productions
Harriet Jackson 3 productions
Georgette Harvey 3 productions
Etta Moten 3 productions
Edward Matthews 3 productions
Avon Long 3 productions
Zelda Shelton 2 productions
William O'Neal 2 productions
William C Smith 2 productions
Todd Duncan 2 productions
Thomas Tucker 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. 7 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.

Also credited on2 works

Shenandoah
Gypsy (1974 Revival)

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature5 passages

  • Cast : Kathy Nolan (Wendy, Jane), Robert Harrington (John), Heller Halliday (Liza), Joseph Stafford (Michael), Norman Shelly (Nana, Crocodile), Margalo Gillmore (Mrs. Darling), Cyril Ritchard (Mr. Darling, Captain Hook); Mary Martin (Peter Pan), Richard Wyatt (Lion), Don Lurio (Kangaroo), Joan Tewkesbury (Ostrich), David Bean (Slightly),…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • teristic of choreographer Robert Tucker’s pre-Agnes de Mille style. John Cullum as the father brings a strong stage presence and a rich, dramatic voice to basically insipid material. It is sad to think how few opportunities Broadway has made for genuine talent like Cullum’s in the last few years, but Shenandoah is not really a return to t…theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • General Manager: Harry Zweibel Harvey Sabinson, Lee Solters. Sandra Manley Stage Manager: Robert Tuckertheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • duced by Robert Tucker; Musical Director, Marc Prcssc; Sound, Jack Mann; Hairstylist, Vincent Prestia, Assistant to Director, Robert W. Pitman; Production Assistant, Sam Chnstcnscn, Assistant Music Director, Phil Fradkin; Music Coordinator, Earl Shedell; Presented by Barry M. Brown, Fritz Holt, Edgar Lansbury, Joseph Beruh; Opened Monday,…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
  • Nathan Stage Managers: Robert Borod, Pat Trott, Kathleen Robey t Succeeded by: 1. John Berry, 2. Robert Tucker, 3. Robert Billig, 4. Charles Rule, 5. Paul Sorvino, 6. Patti LuPonetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt

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