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Ron Rifkin

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Actor b. 1939 On stage 19792000

Ron Rifkin (born Saul M. Rifkin; October 31, 1939) is an American actor best known for his roles as Arvin Sloane on the spy drama Alias, Saul Holden on the drama Brothers & Sisters, and District Attorney Ellis Loew in L.A. Confidential. He received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Herr Schultz in the 1998 revival of Cabaret.

On stage 6 productions, 21 years

1979 The Goodbye People Belasco Theatre · Revival · directed by Jeff Bleckner 1 perf.
1989 The Tenth Man Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Ulu Grosbard 41 perf.
1994 Broken Glass Booth Theatre · Original · directed by John Tillinger 73 perf.
1995 A Month in the Country Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Scott Ellis 55 perf.
1998 Cabaret Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54 · Revival · directed by Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall 2,377 perf.
2000 Wrong Mountain Eugene Oneill Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Jones 28 perf.

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Natasha Richardson, Alan Cumming, Ron Rifkin, John Benjamin Hickey, Denis O’Hare, Michele Pawk, Mary Louise Wilsonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • In 1991 Ron Rifkin explained, “I just finished working on a workshop piece with Jerome Robbins.… He will say to somebody, ‘This is what I want you to do. Put your left hand in this position, put your right hand in that position,’ and the dancer does it. So he would say to me as an actor, ‘I want you to do this.’ And I told him that I coul…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • • Other people on audition lists, sometimes for no part in particular, included Red Buttons, Sam Waterston, Ron Rifkin, Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Chaikin, Penny Fuller, Dixie Carter, Jessica Walter, Tony Roberts, Louise Lasser, Ron Leibman, Jean Stapleton, Charlotte Rae, Elliott Gould, and Charles Durning, and many of them came back again…ebooks/Isenberg, Barbara/Tradition!_ The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical - Barbara Isenberg.txt
  • Coral Browne, Nicholas Hammond, Jean Marsh in "The Importance of Being Earnest" Top Left: Ron Rifkin, Britt Swanson, Cliff DeYoung in "Ice" Below: Lu Leonard, Barry Dennen, Alice Playten intheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • CAST Suzanne Collins (Ellen), Ron Rifkin (Cal), Jane Hoffman (Hannah Galt), Robert Gerringer (Paul Galt), Dianne Wiest (Elizabeth Barrow Colt) or Brenda Currin, Kathy Bates (Herrick Simmons), Margaret Whitton (Nessa Vox), Jacklyn Maddux (Tony Stassio), George Guidall (David Osslow) A comedy in two acts performed without an intermission bu…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • TALLEY'S FOLLY by Lansford Wilson; Director, Beth Sanford. CAST: Ron Rifkin, Holly Villairetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt

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