Van Johnson

On stage 7 productions, 51 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on2 works

All American
The Human Comedy

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In the literature8 passages

• The musical was filmed by MGM in 1954; Vincente Minnelli directed, and the cast included Gene Kelly (Tommy), Cyd Charisse (Fiona), and Van Johnson (Jeff).ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The original London production opened on March 16, 1961, at the Adelphi Theatre for 395 performances with Van Johnson and Patricia Lambert.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The script, which also included parts filled by Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson, and Shelley Berman, was a hefty three hundred pages, more than double the standard length. The studio had told Norman the film couldn’t possibly be that long. His response was along the lines of: “It’s my story, and by God I’m going to make it the wa…ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt
• At lunch that day, Van Johnson asked Pat to help him quit smoking. They did one session and he never smoked again. I ran into him years later, though, and he was about fifty pounds heavier. He was still off cigarettes, he explained with a smile. But he had a new vice—Häagen-Dazs ice cream.ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt
• Cast: Marcy Wescott, Desi Arnaz, Hal LeRoy, Mary Jane Walsh, Diosa Costello, Richard Kollmar, Eddie Bracken, Leila Ernst, Van Johnsonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• During the fourth year of the run of La Cage aux Folles , when we were running out of replacements, Allan Carr, the main and original producer, came up with the name of Robert Stack. We had had bigger movie stars who were no longer movie stars—Van Johnson, for one. But Van Johnson had the musical in his bones— he had begun life as a choru…ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Mainly on Directing - Arthur Laurents.txt

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