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Theodore Bikel

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Actor 1924–2015 On stage 19551978

Theodore Meir Bikel ( bih-KEL; May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian-American actor, singer, and political activist. He made his stage debut in Tevye the Milkman in Mandatory Palestine, where he lived as a teenager. He later studied acting at Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his London stage debut in 1948 and in New York in 1955. He was also a widely recognized and recorded folk singer and guitarist. In 1959, he co-founded the Newport Folk Festival, and created the role of Captain von Trapp opposite Mary Martin as Maria in the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. In 1969, Bikel began acting and singing on stage as Tevye in the mu…

On stage 7 productions, 23 years

1955 The Lark Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Anthony 229 perf.
1955 Tonight in Samarkand Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Schneider 29 perf.
1957 The Rope Dancers Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Hall 189 perf.
1959 The Sound of Music Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Vincent J. Donehue 1,443 perf.
1964 Cafe Crown Martin Beck Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerome Eskow 3 perf.
1966 Pousse-Café 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by José Quintero 3 perf.
1978 The Inspector General Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Liviu Ciulei 69 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Rita Vale 2 productions
Michael Gorrin 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • FILM (Warner Bros. 1964) : Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel. Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner. Produced by Jack L. Warner. Directed by George Cukor. Choreography by Hermes Pan. [170 minutes]ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Act One: “Preludium” (Nuns); “The Sound of Music” (Mary Martin); “Maria” (Patricia Neway, Muriel O’Malley, Elizabeth Howell, Karen Shepard); “My Favorite Things” (Mary Martin, Patricia Neway); “Do Re Mi” (Mary Martin; Children: Lauri Peters, William Snowden, Kathy Dunn, Joseph Stewart, Marilyn Rogers, Mary Susan Locke, Evanna Lien); “You…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “No Way to Stop It” (Theodore Bikel, Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe); “An Ordinary Couple” (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel); “Processional” (Ensemble); “You Are Sixteen” (reprise) (Mary Martin, Lauri Peters); “Do Re Mi” (reprise) (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel, Children); “Edelweiss” (Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin, Children); “So Long, Fa…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • THEODORE BIKEL , a major personality on the stage, screen, and concert circuit, made his Broadway debut as Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music . He went on to starring Broadway roles in Zorba and Fiddler on the Roof.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
  • THEODORE BIKEL: Oscar Hammerstein II was an aristocrat in bearing and attitude. He always struck me as a New England Brahmin, but also as a very gentle man.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
  • THEODORE BIKEL: I was making a film in Holland when my agent called and suggested I audition for The Sound of Music . He thought that I was an ideal choice for Captain von Trapp. I was already familiar with Rodgers and Hammerstein, having seen Oklahoma! and South Pacific when they toured in London. I was young, and you know, fools rush in…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt

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