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Shannon Bolin

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Actor 1917–2016 On stage 19541965

Shannon Bolin (January 1, 1917 – March 25, 2016) was an American actress and singer. A March 10, 1941, article in The Mason City Globe-Gazette said that she was "known as 'The Lady with the Dark Blue Voice'".

On stage 5 productions, 11 years

1954 The Golden Apple Phoenix Theatre · Original · directed by Norman Lloyd 173 perf.
1955 Damn Yankees 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 1,019 perf.
1959 Only in America Cort Theatre · Original 28 perf.
1963 The Student Gypsy 54th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Ray Harrison 16 perf.
1965 Xmas in Las Vegas Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original 4 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Stephen Douglass 2 productions
Janet Hayes 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Kaye Ballard (Helen), Bibi Osterwald (Lovey Mars, Siren), Shannon Bolin (Mrs. Juniper, Madame Calypso), Portia Nelson (Miss Minerva Oliver, Scientist), Martha Larrimore (Mother Hare, Circe), Priscilla Gillette (Penelope), Dean Michener (Menelaus, Scylla); The Heroes: Frank Seabolt (Captain Mars), Marten Sameth (Ajax), Crandall Dieh…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Nothing Ever Happens in Angel’s Roost” (Kaye Ballard, Bibi Osterwald, Shannon Bolin, Portia Nelson); “Mother Hare’s Séance” (Martha Larrimore); “My Love Is on the Way” (Priscilla Gillette); “The Heroes Come Home” (Company); “It Was a Good Adventure” (Stephen Douglass, The Heroes); “Come Along, Boys” (The Heroes, Ensemble); “It’s…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “My Picture in the Papers” (Kaye Ballard, Jonathan Lucas, Male Ensemble); “The Taking of Rhododendron” (Stephen Douglass, Jack Whiting, Jonathan Lucas); “Hector’s Song” (Jack Whiting); “Windflowers” (Priscilla Gillette); “Store-Bought Suit” (Stephen Douglass); “Calypso” (Shannon Bolin); “Scylla and Charybdis” (Dean Michner, Jack…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • For the Broadway production, Shannon Bolin succeeded Geraldine Viti in the roles of Mrs. Juniper and Calypso (but Viti remained as standby for Bolin, Kaye Ballard, and Bibi Osterwald); Martha Larrimore succeeded Nola Day in the roles of Mother Hare and Circe; and Martin Kean succeeded Larry Celsi as Patroclus. For Broadway, there were thr…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Shannon Bolin (Meg), Robert Shafer (Joe Boyd), Ray Walston (Applegate), Jean Stapleton (Sister), Elizabeth Howell (Doris), Stephen Douglass (Joe Hardy), Al Lanti (Henry), Eddie Phillips (Sohovik), Nathaniel Frey (Smokey), Albert Linville (Vernon, Postmaster), Russ Brown (Van Buren), Jimmie Komack (Rocky), Rae Allen (Gloria), Cherry…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Six Months Out of Every Year” (Shannon Bolin, Robert Shafer, Baseball Fans, Baseball Widows); “Goodbye, Old Girl” (Robert Shafer, Stephen Douglass); “Heart” (Russ Brown, Jimmie Komack, Nathaniel Frey, Albert Linville); “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo.” (Rae Allen, Baseball Players); “A Man Doesn’t Know” (Stephen Douglass); “A Li…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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