Tom Aldredge
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Thomas Ernest "Tom" Aldredge (February 28, 1928 – July 22, 2011) was an American
television, film and stage actor.
, the son of Lucienne Juliet (née
Marcillat) and W. J. Aldredge, a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps
. He originally planned to become a lawyer and was a Pre-Law student at the University of Dayton
in the late 1940s. In 1947 he decided to pursue a career as an actor after attending a performance of the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire
.
Aldredge carved out a respected career on the Broadway stage
that spanned five decades. He made his Broadway debut as Danny in the 1959 musical The Nervous Set. In 1972 he won a Drama Desk Award
for his portrayal of Ozzie, the father of a blinded Vietnam veteran, in David Rabe's Sticks and Bones
. He originated the role of Norman Thayer Jr. in On Golden Pond in 1978, earning the first of three Tony Award
nominations. His best known role however was that of the Narrator/Mysterious Man in Stephen Sondheim
and James Lapine
's Into The Woods
, a role he later repeated in the PBS Great Performances
production. He also created the role of the doctor in another Sondhiem/Lapine collaboration, Passion
.
He was part of the 1997 all-star revival of Inherit the Wind
produced by Tony Randall
, playing Rev. Brown in an ensemble that also included George C. Scott
, Charles Durning
, and Anthony Heald
.
He had a 50 year long career working as a character actor on television and film. He won a Daytime Emmy Award
in 1978 for his portrayal of William Shakespeare
in the episode Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare on the program The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People.
from 1953 until her death on January 21, 2011.
United States
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television, film and stage actor.
Life and career
Aldredge was born in Dayton, OhioDayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, the son of Lucienne Juliet (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Marcillat) and W. J. Aldredge, a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Corps
The United States Army Air Corps was a forerunner of the United States Air Force. Renamed from the Air Service on 2 July 1926, it was part of the United States Army and the predecessor of the United States Army Air Forces , established in 1941...
. He originally planned to become a lawyer and was a Pre-Law student at the University of Dayton
University of Dayton
The University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio...
in the late 1940s. In 1947 he decided to pursue a career as an actor after attending a performance of the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
.
Aldredge carved out a respected career on the Broadway stage
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
that spanned five decades. He made his Broadway debut as Danny in the 1959 musical The Nervous Set. In 1972 he won a Drama Desk Award
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
for his portrayal of Ozzie, the father of a blinded Vietnam veteran, in David Rabe's Sticks and Bones
Sticks and Bones
Sticks and Bones is a 1971 play by David Rabe. The black comedy focuses on David, a blind Vietnam War veteran who finds himself unable to come to terms with his actions on the battlefield and alienated from his family because they neither can accept his disability nor understand his wartime...
. He originated the role of Norman Thayer Jr. in On Golden Pond in 1978, earning the first of three Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
nominations. His best known role however was that of the Narrator/Mysterious Man in Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
and James Lapine
James Lapine
James Lapine is an American stage director and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.-Biography:Lapine was born in Mansfield, Ohio and graduated...
's Into The Woods
Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim...
, a role he later repeated in the PBS Great Performances
Great Performances
Great Performances, a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on Public Broadcasting Service public television since 1972...
production. He also created the role of the doctor in another Sondhiem/Lapine collaboration, Passion
Passion (musical)
Passion is a musical adapted from Ettore Scola's film Passione d'Amore . The book is by James Lapine, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Central subjects include obsession, beauty, power, manipulation, passion, illness, and love...
.
He was part of the 1997 all-star revival of Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind (play)
Inherit the Wind is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. The play, which debuted in 1955, is a parable that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss the then-contemporary McCarthy trials.-Background:...
produced by Tony Randall
Tony Randall
Tony Randall was a U.S. actor, comic, producer and director.-Early years:Randall was born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Julia and Mogscha Rosenberg, an art and antiques dealer...
, playing Rev. Brown in an ensemble that also included George C. Scott
George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr...
, Charles Durning
Charles Durning
Charles Durning is an American actor. With appearances in over 100 films, Durning's memorable roles include police officers in the Oscar-winning The Sting and crime drama Dog Day Afternoon , along with the comedies Tootsie, To Be Or Not To Be and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the last two...
, and Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald
Philip Anthony Mair Heald, known professionally as Anthony Heald , is an American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public...
.
He had a 50 year long career working as a character actor on television and film. He won a Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
in 1978 for his portrayal of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
in the episode Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare on the program The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People.
Family
He was married to stage and screen costume designer Theoni V. AldredgeTheoni V. Aldredge
Theoni V. Aldredge was a Greek-American stage and screen costume designer.Born Theoni Athanasiou Vachlioti in Thessaloniki in 1922, Aldredge received her training at the American School in Athens. She emigrated to the United States in 1949 and attended the Goodman Theatre at DePaul University,...
from 1953 until her death on January 21, 2011.
Filmography
- A Magic Helmet (2009) (post-production) - David / Wotan
- Taking ChanceTaking ChanceTaking Chance is a 2009 historical drama film based upon the experiences of Marine Lt. Col. Michael Strobl , who escorts the body of a fallen Marine, PFC Chance Phelps , back to his hometown from the Iraq War....
(2009) - Charlie Fitts - My Sassy GirlMy Sassy Girl (2008 film)My Sassy Girl is a 2008 American remake of the 2001 Korean romantic-comedy film of the same name. It stars Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford and was directed by Yann Samuell...
- Old Man - Diminished Capacity (2008) - Wendell Kendall
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 American Western drama film. The film is directed by Andrew Dominik, with Brad Pitt portraying Jesse James and Casey Affleck as his killer, Robert Ford.Filming took place in rural Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba...
(2007) - Major George Hite - DeliriousDelirious (2006 film)Delirious is a 2006 film released directed by Tom DiCillo. It stars Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt and Alison Lohman.It is the story of twenty-year old Toby Grace who progresses from a homeless scavenger in New York City to the assistant of a self-absorbed, obsessive-compulsive, familial-complexed...
(2006) - The father of Les - All the King's MenAll the King's Men (2006 film)All the King's Men is a 2006 film adaptation of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren. It was directed by Steven Zaillian, who also produced and scripted....
(2006) - Banker - Twilight's Last Gleaming (2005) - Virginia's Husband
- Game 6Game 6 (film)Game 6 is a 2005 American film directed by Michael Hoffman, first presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and released in the United States in 2006...
(2005) - Michael Rogan - Wrigley (2004) - Tony
- Cold MountainCold Mountain (film)Cold Mountain is a 2003 war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier...
(2003) - Blind Man - Intolerable CrueltyIntolerable CrueltyIntolerable Cruelty is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Academy Award winners George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush and Billy Bob Thornton with Cedric the Entertainer...
(2003) - Herb Myerson - The American AstronautThe American AstronautThe American Astronaut is a 2001 space-western/musical, directed by and starring Cory McAbee. The film was released on DVD in Spring of 2005. The band Billy Nayer Show, helmed by McAbee, wrote and performed the film's soundtrack.- Plot Summary :...
(2001) - Old Man - Camouflage (2001) - Lionel Pond
- Message in a BottleMessage in a Bottle (film)Message in a Bottle is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. Based on a novel with the same name by Nicholas Sparks, the film stars Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, and Paul Newman...
(1999) - Hank Land - Rounders (1998) - Judge Marinacci
- Stranger in the Kingdom (1998) - Elijah Kinneson
- Lawn DogsLawn DogsLawn Dogs is a 1997 drama film released by Rank Organisation, which is their last film, directed by John Duigan and screenwritten by Naomi Wallace. It stars Sam Rockwell and Mischa Barton. Although filmed in Louisville and Danville, Kentucky in the U.S., Lawn Dogs is a British film produced by...
(1997) - Trent's Father - Commandments (1997) - Mr Mann
- The Stars Fell on HenriettaThe Stars Fell on HenriettaThe Stars Fell on Henrietta is a 1995 drama film from Warner Bros., directed by James Keach and produced by Clint Eastwood.-Plot:The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta...
(1995) - Grizzled Old Man - The Adventures of Huck FinnThe Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 Disney adventure film starring Elijah Wood and Courtney B. Vance; it is based on Mark Twain's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, though it focuses almost exclusively on the first half of the book...
(1993) - Dr Robinson - Other People's MoneyOther People's MoneyOther People's Money is a 1991 drama/romantic comedy film starring Danny DeVito, Penelope Ann Miller and Gregory Peck. It is based on the play of the same name by Jerry Sterner. The director was Norman Jewison and the screenplay was credited to Alvin Sargent.-Plot:Corporate raider Lawrence...
(1991) - Ozzie - What About Bob?What About Bob?What About Bob? is a 1991 comedy film directed by Frank Oz, and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a multiphobic psychiatric patient who follows his successful and egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin on vacation...
(1991) - Mr Guttman - Brenda StarrBrenda Starr (film)Brenda Starr is a 1989 adventure film, based on Dale Messick's Brenda Starr comic strip. The film was directed by Robert Ellis Miller, and stars Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, and Diana Scarwid.-Plot:...
(1989) - (fake) Captain Borg - See You in the Morning (1989) - Beth's Father
- *batteries not included*batteries not included*batteries not included is a 1987 family-science fiction film directed by Matthew Robbins about small extraterrestrial living machines that save an apartment block under threat from property development....
(1987) - Sid Hogenson - Seize the DaySeize the Day (film)Seize the Day is a 1986 film directed by Fielder Cook. It stars Robin Williams and Jerry Stiller. It is based on the novel of the same name by Saul Bellow.-Plot Summary:...
(1986) - Rappaport - Full Moon HighFull Moon HighFull Moon High is a 1981 horror comedy film written and directed by Larry Cohen. It involves a high school werewolf that tries to keep his secret. He also ignores his girlfriend's sexual advances because it's "his time of the month".-Plot summary:...
(1981) - Jailer - Countdown at Kusini (1976) - Ben Amed
- The Happiness CageThe Happiness CageThe Happiness Cage is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Bernard Girard. The film stars Christopher Walken and Joss Ackland. The film was also known as The Mind Snatchers and it is the first starring role for Walken.-Plot:Dr...
(1972) - - The Rain PeopleThe Rain PeopleThe Rain People is a 1969 film by Francis Ford Coppola. Alongside Shirley Knight, leading players are James Caan and Robert Duvall, both of whom would later work with Coppola in The Godfather. Future film director and Coppola friend George Lucas worked as an aide on this film, and made a short...
(1969) - Mr Alfred - The Boston StranglerThe Boston Strangler (film)The Boston Strangler is a 1968 film based on the true story of the Boston Strangler and the book by Gerold Frank. It was directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo, the strangler, and Henry Fonda as John S...
(1968) - Harold Lacey - Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965) - Adler
- The Troublemaker (1964) - Jack Armstrong
- The Mouse on the MoonThe Mouse on the MoonThe Mouse on the Moon is a 1963 British comedy film, an adaptation of the novel The Mouse on the Moon by Irish author Leonard Wibberley. It was directed by Richard Lester and served as the sequel to The Mouse That Roared. In it, the people of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, a microstate, attempt space...
(1963) - Wendover
Selected television appearances
- Boardwalk Empire - Ethan Thompson (3 episodes, 2010)
- DamagesDamages (TV series)Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler . It is broadcast in the United States on the DirecTV channel Audience Network after originally airing on FX and is produced by the creators' own...
- Uncle Pete (11 episodes between 2007 and 2009) - Click and Clack's As the Wrench TurnsClick and Clack's As the Wrench TurnsClick and Clack's As the Wrench Turns is an animated television series that follows the adventures of the brothers Click and Clack from their auto repair shop Car Talk Plaza. The program stars Tom and Ray Magliozzi , also known as the Tappet Brothers, from National Public Radio's Car Talk...
- Professor (1 episode, 2008) - The SopranosThe SopranosThe Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
- Hugh DeAngelis (23 episodes between 2000 and 2007) - Line of Fire - Senator Glenn Boulder (1 episode, 2004)
- Law & Order: Criminal IntentLaw & Order: Criminal IntentLaw & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
- Attorney George Knowles (1 episode, 2001) - Law & OrderLaw & OrderLaw & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
- Retired Props Clerk (1 episode, 2000) - Third WatchThird WatchThird Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
- (1 episode, 2000) - Now and AgainNow and AgainNow and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain...
- Mr Leflin (1 episode, 1999) - Earthly Possessions - Spry Old Man (1 episode, 1999)
- Passion (1996) - Dr Tambourri
- Harvest of Fire (1996) - Jacob Hostetler
- Andersonville (1996) - Sgt Horace Trimble
- New York NewsNew York NewsNew York News was a newspaper drama which was broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1995 fall lineup.-Premise:New York News was the story of the fictional New York Reporter, a struggling tabloid in the nation's largest, most competitive newspaper market, New York City...
- (1 episode, 1995) - In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994)
- Barbarians at the GateBarbarians at the Gate (film)Barbarians at the Gate is a television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.The film was directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart. It stars James Garner as F...
(1993) - Charlie Hugel - O Pioneers!O Pioneers! (film)O Pioneers! is a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie based on the novel of the same title by Willa Cather. It originally aired in 1992 on CBS and stars Jessica Lange.-Plot summary:...
(1992) - Ivar - Lincoln and the War Within (1992)
- Separate But EqualSeparate but equalSeparate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law that justified systems of segregation. Under this doctrine, services, facilities and public accommodations were allowed to be separated by race, on the condition that the quality of each group's public facilities was to...
(1991) - Into the Woods (1991) - Narrator/Mysterious Man
- American PlayhouseAmerican PlayhouseAmerican Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart...
- Older Edward (1 episode, 1990) - CBS Schoolbreak SpecialCBS Schoolbreak SpecialCBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series originally premiered under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was later changed during the 1984 - 85 season...
- Joseph Hauptmann (1 episode, 1989) - A Special Friendship (1987) - Jefferson Davis
- Heartbreak House (1985) - Mazzini
- Doubletake (1985) - Glendon Lane
- Puddn'head Wilson (1984) - Judge Driscoll
- The American Snitch (1983) - Captain Crackers
- Ryan's HopeRyan's HopeRyan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC...
- Matt Pearse (34 episodes between 1979 and 1982) - CBS Library - Host/Washington Irving (1 episode, 1982)
- Love, SidneyLove, SidneyLove, Sidney was an American situation comedy television series about a gay man, Sidney Shorr, and his relationship with a single mother and her five year-old daughter whom he invites to live with him...
(1981) - The Gentleman Bandit (1981) - Monsignor
- Nurse (1980) - Kelly O'Brien
- The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980) - Edward Richards
- The StorytellerThe StorytellerThe StoryTeller is a live-action/puppet television series. It was an American/British co-production which originally aired in 1988 and was created and produced by Jim Henson....
(1977) - Frank Eberhardt - The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People - William Shakespeare (1 episode, 1977)
- The Adams ChroniclesThe Adams ChroniclesThe Adams Chronicles is a thirteen-episode miniseries by PBS that aired in 1976 to commemorate the American Bicentennial.-Synopsis:The series chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams , his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams The Adams...
(1976) - James McHenry - King Lear (1974) - Fool
- Wide World Mystery - Nemith (1 episode, 1974)
- Sticks and BonesSticks and Bones (film)Sticks and Bones is a television film adapted from the Tony Award-winning play of the same title by David Rabe. The black comedy focuses on David, a blind Vietnam War veteran who finds himself unable to come to terms with his actions on the battlefield and alienated from his family because they...
(1973) - N.Y.P.D. - Mr Mahoney (1 episode, 1969)
- Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966) - Baron de Charlus
- The Seasons of Youth (1961) - Premise Player
Other works
- Original Broadway Cast Album: Into the WoodsInto the WoodsInto the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim...
(1991) - (performer: "Prologue: Into the Woods", "Ever After", "Act II Prologue: So Happy", "No More") - Self: The 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004) (TV) - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Play
Theatre
- Stock up on Pepper 'Cause Turkey's Going to War (1967)
- Sticks and BonesSticks and BonesSticks and Bones is a 1971 play by David Rabe. The black comedy focuses on David, a blind Vietnam War veteran who finds himself unable to come to terms with his actions on the battlefield and alienated from his family because they neither can accept his disability nor understand his wartime...
(1972) - Where's Charley?Where's Charley?Where's Charley? is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by George Abbott. The story was based on the play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. The musical debuted on Broadway in 1948 and was revived on Broadway and in the West End...
(1975) - Vieux CarréVieux Carré (play)Vieux Carré is a play by Tennessee Williams. It is an autobiographical play set in New Orleans. Although he began writing it shortly after moving to New Orleans in 1938, it wasn't completed until nearly forty years later.- Plot synopsis :...
(1977) - On Golden Pond (1979)
- The Little FoxesThe Little FoxesThe Little Foxes is a 1939 play by Lillian Hellman. Its title comes from Chapter 2, Verse 15 in the Song of Solomon in the King James version of the Bible, which reads, "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes." Set in a small town in Alabama in...
(1981) - Into the WoodsInto the WoodsInto the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim...
(1987) - PassionPassion (musical)Passion is a musical adapted from Ettore Scola's film Passione d'Amore . The book is by James Lapine, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Central subjects include obsession, beauty, power, manipulation, passion, illness, and love...
(1994) - The Time of the CuckooThe Time of the CuckooThe Time of the Cuckoo is a play by Arthur Laurents. It focuses on the bittersweet romance between Leona Samish, a single American executive secretary vacationing in Europe, and Renato Di Rossi, a shopkeeper she meets in Venice...
(2000) - The Adventures of Tom SawyerThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer (musical)The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a musical comedy based on the novel by Mark Twain with the book by Ken Ludwig and music and lyrics by Don Schlitz....
(2001) - Twentieth CenturyTwentieth Century (play)Twentieth Century is a play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur based on the unproduced play Napoleon of Broadway by Charles B. Millholland, inspired by his experience working for the eccentric Broadway impresario David Belasco....
(2004)