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Rudy Tronto

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Director 1928–2017 On stage 19531978

Rudy Tronto (1928–2017) was an American director who staged the sketches for the burlesque revue Sugar Babies.

On stage 5 productions, 25 years

1953 Can-Can Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 892 perf.
1960 Irma La Douce Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Brook 524 perf.
1961 Carnival! Imperial Theatre · Revival · directed by Gower Champion 719 perf.
1965 Man of La Mancha ANTA Washington Square Theatre · Original · directed by Albert Marre 2,328 perf.
1978 Ballroom Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Bennett 116 perf.

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Worked with more than once6 names

Mimi Turque 2 productions
Mary Ann Niles 2 productions
Keith Michell 2 productions
Joe Milan 2 productions
George S. Irving 2 productions
Bernice Massi 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. 3 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 on1 work

Sugar Babies

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 literature8 passages

  • Anne Thompson, Nlatthew Tobin, Paul Tomasello, Rudy Tronto, Susanna Walker, Marrian Walters, Melva Williams,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
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  • UNDERSTUDIES: Liz Sheridan (Bea), John J. Martin(Rossi), Joe Milan (Jack), Rudy Tronto (Scooter), Mary Ann Niles (Angie), Adriana Keathley (Martha/Emily/Shirley), Carol Flemming (Diane), Marilyn Cooper (Helen/Marlene), Gene Kelton (Lightfeet), Roberta Haze (Eleanor), Jayne Turner (Pauline), Alfred Karl (Da-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • Associate Producer, Jack Schlissel; Staged and Choreographed by Ernest Flatt, Sketches Directed by Rudy Tronto; Entire Production Supervised by Ernest Flatt, Scenery and Costumes, Raoul Penetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • Linda Ravinsky, Michele Rogers, Rose Scudder, Patti Watson, Alternates: Laurie Sloan, Terpsie Toont8 UNDERSTUDIES: Rudy Tronto (Mickey Rooney), Rose Scudder, Toni Kaye (Ann Miller), Diane Duncan, Michele Rogers (Anntheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • MAN OF LA MANCHA directed by Rudy Tronto. Starring Jerome Hines and Bernice Massi Terence A. Gilitheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1982-83 Season, v. 39 (Willis).txt

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What this page does not know

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  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — director — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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