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Sam Harris

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ActorOn stage 19722002

Sam Harris is an American singer-actor, the first Star Search grand champion, whose Broadway credits include the 1994 revival of Grease as Doody, The Life, and The Producers.

On stage 6 productions, 30 years

1972 Grease Eden Theatre · Original · directed by Tom Moore 3,388 perf.
1994 Grease Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Revival · directed by Jeff Calhoun 1,505 perf.
1996 Angela Lansbury - A Celebration Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Diana Baffa-Brill 1 perf.
1997 The Life Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Blakemore 466 perf.
2001 The Producers St. James Theatre · Original 2,502 perf.
2002 Funny Girl New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival · directed by Ray Stark 1 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

Paul Castree 3 productions
Hunter Foster 3 productions
Susan Wood 2 productions
Sandra Purpuro 2 productions
Ricky Paull Goldin 2 productions
Richard Kind 2 productions
Ric Ryder 2 productions
Peter Gallagher 2 productions
Nathan Lane 2 productions
Naomi Kakuk 2 productions
Michelle Blakely 2 productions
Megan Mullally 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. 2 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 literature7 passages

  • No one had ever heard of Moss when he submitted a play to Sam Harris. My husband’s half-brother, who worked for Sam, read it and gave it to my father. Kaufman and Hart went on to write seven plays together. They absolutely adored one another. My father once described their collaboration like a marriage without sex.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
  • Cast: Rosie O’Donnell, Ricky Paull Goldin, Susan Wood, Sam Harris, Marcia Lewis, Billy Porter, Michelle Blakely, Brian Bradley, Paul Castree, Hunter Foster, Carlos Lopez, Megan Mullally, Jason Opsahl, Sandra Purpuro, Heather Stokes, Jessica Stoneebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • BECOMING By Gail Edwards and Sam Harris; Settings, Dan Leigh; Lighting, Martin Tudor; Costumes, Dee Dee Fote; Musical, Lawrence J. Blank; Production Supervisor, James Zitlow; Sound, David Congdon; Additional Costumes, Nolan Drummond; Directed and Choreographed by John Mineo; Associate Producer, Dennis I.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • HURRAYIHURRAYIHOLLYWOOD with Music by Sam Harris; Lyrics/Book, Bruce J. Newberg, Mr. Harris; Press, Wallace Ross/Susan Dubow CAST: Kaye Ballard, Jodi Benson, Wallace Kurth Showcase of a new musical. (William Redfield Theatre) Wednesday, Sept. 18-22, 1991 (5 performances) Qwirk Productions present:theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1991-1992 season, v. 48 (Willis).txt
  • Jessica Stone, Sam Harris, Ricky Pauli Goldin, Megan Mullally, Hunter Foster in Greasetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1993-94 Season, v. 50 (Willis).txt
  • Top: Sam Harris, Jessica Stone Center: Jason Opsahl, Rosie O’Donnell Left: Marcia Lewis, Michelle Blakelytheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1993-94 Season, v. 50 (Willis).txt

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