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William Parry

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William Parry is an American actor who originated the Boatman in Sunday in the Park with George (1984) and appeared in the 2003 revival of Gypsy.

On stage 13 productions, 46 years

1971 Jesus Christ Superstar Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Tom O’Horgan 711 perf.
1975 The Leaf People Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Tom O'Horgan 8 perf.
1976 Rockabye Hamlet Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion 7 perf.
1977 Agamemnon Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Andrei Serban 39 perf.
1980 Camelot New York State Theatre · Revival · directed by Frank Dunlop 56 perf.
1981 Camelot Winter Garden Theatre · Return-Engagement · directed by Frank Dunlop 48 perf.
1984 Sunday in the Park with George Booth Theatre · Original · directed by James Lapine 604 perf.
1986 Into the Light Neil Simon Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Maurer 6 perf.
1994 Passion Plymouth Theatre · Revival · directed by James Lapine 280 perf.
1994 Sunday in the Park with George St James Theatre · Revival 1 perf.
2003 Gypsy Shubert Theatre · Revival · directed by Sam Mendes 451 perf.
2004 Passion Ambassador Theatre · Revival 1 perf.
2017 Groundhog Day August Wilson Theatre · Original · directed by Matthew Warchus 176 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

John Jellison 3 productions
Jack Starkey 3 productions
Bernadette Peters 3 productions
William James 2 productions
Tom Aldredge 2 productions
Thor Fields 2 productions
T J Meyers 2 productions
Steve Osborn 2 productions
Sally Williams 2 productions
Ronald Bennett Stratton 2 productions
Roger Lawson 2 productions
Robert Molnar 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. 10 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 literature8 passages

  • Cast: Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Charles Kimbrough, Barbara Bryne, Dana Ivey, William Parry, Robert Westenbergebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast : Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett, Brooks Ashmanskas, Julie Halston, Heather Lee, William Parry, MacIntyre Dixon, Kate Buddeke, David Burtka, Michael McCormick, Kate Reindersebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • George (Mandy Patinkin) sketching the Boatman (William Parry); in background, Yvonne (Dana Ivey), Louise (Danielle Ferland, Jules (Charles Kimbrough), Nurse (Judith Moore), Old Lady (Barbara Bryne), Louis (Cris Groenendaal) and Dot (Bernadette Peters)ebooks/Unknown/Four by Sondheim (Applause Musical Library) - Unknown.txt
  • 7. William Daniel Gray, 8. William Parry, 9. Reggie Mack, 10. Seth Allen, W. P. Dremak, George Mansour, 11. Robert Brandon, 12. Den-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • William Parry Kurt Yahjian Craig Schaefer David Patrick Kelly Leonard John Crofoot Robert Rhys Terry Eno Virginia Martin Jess Pearsontheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • CAST Michael Hayward-Jones (Leon Bumpers), Christopher Callan (Martha Bumpers), Lennie Del Duca, Jr. (Junior Bumpers), William Parry (Billy Dee Bumpers), Maura Silverman (Melinda), Rowena Rollins (Ida), Joey Faye (Marvin), Bill Britten (Dr. Henrich), Jerry Sroka (Igor), J. Gordon Matthews (Electrician), Mary Lou Crivellotheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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