Sammy Williams

On stage 3 productions, 7 years

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Worked with more than once4 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Sammy Williams [A Chorus Line ’s Paul] has spoken about Michael manipulating him that way and making him cry backstage .ebooks/Shapiro, Eddie/Nothing Like a Dame_ Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater - Eddie Shapiro.txt
• At that point in the show, the air conditioning made so much noise that Michael Bennett said he couldn’t hear Sammy Williams in the back of the theater. Should we put a body mic on him for his big monologue?ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
• Sammy Williams remembers that call well, because he was with Walsh when it came. Williams’s first step on the road to his Tony Award for playing the conflict-filled gay dancer Paul was a casual one. “Thommie mentioned that I was in town and Tony said to ask me if I wanted to come along, too. I agreed and that’s how I got invited. Talk abo…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/B004CRTAGM EBOK - Robert Viagas & Baayork Lee & Thommie Walsh.txt
• His next job was the national tour of the Lauren Bacall musical Applause , directed by Ron Field, one of his idols. He was hired as understudy to Sammy Williams, and the two struck up a friendship. Walsh left the tour when he was hired as an apostle for the movie of Jesus Christ Superstar , being filmed in Israel. He sent his $1,000 weekl…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/B004CRTAGM EBOK - Robert Viagas & Baayork Lee & Thommie Walsh.txt
• Sammy Williams recalls that there was a “presence” between Bennett and himself during the rehearsal period for the road company of Seesaw . “Before we left town,” Williams said, “Michael said he wanted me to learn the role Tommy Tune was doing. He said he wanted me to do the role for a bus-and-truck company after Tommy left. So I did, and…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/B004CRTAGM EBOK - Robert Viagas & Baayork Lee & Thommie Walsh.txt
• Sammy Williams had the unique frustration of having been at the taping sessions and having his day-long audition adventure, only to find himself unable to dance because he’d sprained his back. “That’s how I started A Chorus Line ,” he said. “I was freaking out. I wasn’t able to dance the entire first workshop. Michael kept telling me not…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/B004CRTAGM EBOK - Robert Viagas & Baayork Lee & Thommie Walsh.txt

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