SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
BASED ON THE CLASSIC MGM MUSICAL
THU JUN 15 - SAT JUL 15, 2023
REVIEWS
“In Ogunquit’s excellent staging of the classic, the cast and production team serve up a winner that ups the comedy quotient while delivering first-rate performances of the musical’s song & dance routines.” — Theatre Mirror
“A toe-tapping romp into the golden age of Hollywood." — Portland Press Herald
“The cast is excellent across the board, exuding energy, enthusiasm, and just enough camp to make SINGIN’ soar.” — The Weekly Sentinel
“The Greatest Movie Musical of All Time" becomes one of the greatest theatrical extravaganzas of all time! Each unforgettable scene, song, and dance is here, including an unforgettable rainstorm!
Run Time: 2.5 hours including intermission
Splash Zone: The first row of the theater has the potential for getting wet during the rain sequence at the end of Act One. Ponchos will be provided to patrons seated in this row, before the performance begins.
Content Advisory: All ages
Open Captioning: July 4-9
Masking is optional
This production of SINGIN IN THE RAIN was licensed by Music Theatre International. Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc. Music published by EMI, all rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. Produced by Arrangement With Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F. Rosenfield and Cindy Pritzker, Inc. Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolf Green. Songs by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. Original Movie Choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen.
CAST
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Max is thrilled to be making his Ogunquit Playhouse debut! One of Broadway’s most celebrated song-and-dance men, Max was most recently Hugh Jackman’s standby in the record-breaking revival of The Music Man, for which he received rave reviews for his performance as Harold Hill opposite Sutton Foster. Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Hello Dolly! (with Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters ,and Donna Murphy), Pretty Woman, Bandstand (Chita Rivera Award nom), Something Rotten, On The Town, Gigi. TV/Film: Dear Edward (Apple TV), White Noise (Netflix), The TONY Awards. BFA, CCM. Endless love to Mom, Dad, Missy, Matt, and his incredible family and friends. This performance is dedicated to his grandfather Ray Truncellito, a long-time Ogunquit Playhouse supporter, who introduced Max to the great MGM Musicals from his hometown of Manchester, NH! @maxmclayton
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Christian is beyond thrilled to be making his Ogunquit Playhouse debut in not one, but TWO, of his dream roles. Christian was most recently seen on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella (u/s Prince Sebastian) and The Book of Mormon (Swing, Dance Captain, u/s Elder McKinley). Nat’l Tours: The Book of Mormon and Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Flounder). Regional favorites: 42nd Street (u/s Billy Lawlor, Goodspeed), Grease (Doody, Casa Mañana), Gypsy (Tulsa, Riverside Theater), Hairspray (Link Larkin, TheatreAspen), The MUNY, Papermill, and PCLO. A proud graduate of Yale University, Christian traveled with The Whiffenpoofs, the world’s oldest collegiate a cappella group, singing in 28 countries, and for such dignitaries as Dame Angela Lansbury, Dame Julie Andrews, PM Justin Trudeau, and Secretary Hillary Clinton. Endless gratitude to family, friends, agents, and professors for all of the support and love. And, as always, for Nicky.
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Chiara is super excited to be making her Ogunquit Playhouse debut in this dream role. Broadway: Girl From The North Country. Regional: Hercules (Papermill Playhouse), Anything Goes (Goodspeed), Hair (Geva), The Marvelous Wonderettes (St. Louis Rep), Grease (MSMT). Education: Emerson College. Many thanks to Mikey and the Wolff pack. To my family, friends and mylo – you’re all my lucky charms. For bright eyes. @chichitrent
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Greg is pleased to make his Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder. Off-Broadway: The 39 Steps, Duet, Go-Go Kitty GO! Nat’l Tours: Disney’s The Lion King. Regional: Portland Center Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter, St. Louis Rep, Geva, Pioneer, Cape Playhouse, Weston Playhouse, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Mile Square, Tennessee Rep, The Acting Company, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. TV: Blue Bloods, New Amsterdam. Love to Camille!
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Kate credits Ogunquit Playhouse as the first theater to recognize her as a Leading Lady. OP: Murder on the Orient Express (Countess Andrenyi, BroadwayWorld Award: Best Actress in a Play), White Christmas (Betty Hanes, 2015 & 2017). Broadway: First Date (Allison), Hairspray (Amber), Xanadu, Wonderland, Drowsy Chaperone. Nat’l Tour: Wicked (Glinda: u/s Nessa), Little House on the Prairie (Nellie Oleson). Regional: The Guthrie, Asolo Rep, Barrington Stage, The Old Globe, Washington National Opera, and more. TV: Boardwalk Empire (Corrine), I Love You...But I Lied, Running Wilde, All My Children. Kate is the creator and host of Living Small NYC (Broadway on Demand) and a professional acting coach based out of NYC. She dedicates this performance to Jim Wilhelm. With gratitude to Jayme, Brad, and Brian… and Dad who was an excellent reader. KateLoprest.com
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Lance has been in Nine original Broadway companies including The Music Man with Hugh Jackman, Pee-Wee Herman on Broadway ( The King of Cartoons), Sister Act, Ghost, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof )with Scarlett Johansson), Moss Hart’s Act One, Finding Neverland, Sunset Boulevard (with Glenn Close), and My Fair Lady. He's performed in over 150 productions around the world including The All Night Strut, Forbidden Broadway, I Love You You're Perfect, as well as creating Jafar in Aladdin: The Musical Spectacular with Alan Menken at Disney’s California Adventure. His pandemic pastime was creating the web series Broadway's Calling on Youtube. He’s been in eight films, including This Is Where I Leave You, and I Am Michael. Currently on streaming, the reboot of Law & Order (NBC), Blacklist (NBC), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime), The Best Man (Peacock), Love Life (HBO), Pose (FX), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS), and The Good Fight (Paramount+). imdb.com/lanceroberts
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Gino is pleased to make his debut at Ogunquit Playhouse! Regional: White Christmas (Phil), Ghost The Musical (Carl Bruner), Holiday Inn (Ted Hanover), Mamma Mia (Ensemble), Newsies (Romeo), Dogfight (Bernstein), On The Town (Ensemble). A special thank you to my friend and mentor, Patrick, I truly appreciate the time and effort you have given.
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Calvin is pleased to make his Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Broadway: Mrs. Doubtfire (Ensemble: u/s Andre Mayem, Stephen Sondheim). Nat’l Tour: Finding Neverland (Ensemble). Regional: Guys & Dolls (Ensemble, The MUNY), Kiss Me Kate (Ensemble, Barrington Stage Company). Thank you and Ase to God, my Family, The Orishas, and MSA. @cadenceqween
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Connor is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Professional Division. Professional highlights include four seasons of the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, touring the country as Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street, playing Cosmo Brown and singing Frank Sinatra hits in Theatre by the Sea’s productions of Singin’ in the Rain and My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, and reconstructing the “Sing, Sing, Sing” tap choreography for Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ on Broadway. Connor is on faculty at Luigi’s Jazz Centre and Circle in the Square.
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Nick is so excited to make his Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Nat’l Tours: CATS (Munkustrap), A Christmas Story: The Musical. Regional: Sound of Music (Paper Mill Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Greg); Pippin, An American in Paris (Music Theatre Wichita). Graduate of Penn State’s Musical Theatre program. As always, thanks to his parents for their constant love and support. @nickudavis
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Lianne makes her Ogunquit debut! Off-Broadway: Himself & Nora (all the female roles: u/s Nora). Nat’l Tour: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Tess: u/s Betty Haynes). Regional: Man of La Mancha (Aldonza, Riverside Theatre), Indecent (Halina/Manke, Denver Center), Always… Patsy Cline (Patsy, New Harmony Theatre), Jane Austen’s Emma (Emma, TheatreWorks, Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep), Les Misérables (Fantine, Orlando Shakes), Chapter Three (Faye, Cape May Stage). TV: The Equalizer (CBS), The Gilded Age (HBO), Law & Order (NBC). Her solo evening, “Why CAN’T A Woman…?” toured top nightclubs in NY, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Indiana with music director Ron Abel. Tour continues! Learn more @nycnightingale and LianneMarieDobbs.com Thanks to FIANCÉ Luke Darnell for dealing with the many voices in my head.
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Alex is excited to return to Ogunquit Playhouse! OP: 42nd Street (Ensemble). NYC: Errol and Fidel (NYMF), The Peter Gennaro Project helmed by Liza Gennaro and Jason Wise. Regional: White Christmas, Jersey Boys, Chicago, 42nd Street, Billy Elliot (Ensemble, Fulton Theatre); Mamma Mia, Fiddler on the Roof (Ensemble, Maine State Music Theatre); Mamma Mia (Eddie, Royal Caribbean Productions); Mambo Italiano (Angelo, Westchester Broadway Theatre); Saturday Night Fever (Tony Manero, Fireside Theatre). TV: 1923 (Dancer, Paramount+). Much love to my chosen family! For my Nini. @heyitsalexdrost
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Jaime is pleased to make her Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Regional: An American In Paris (Ensemble, Westchester Broadway Theatre), Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (Dancer; Independence, Radiance, Explorer of the Seas). Film: Dancer (Waitress, New York Film Awards Best Action film). TV: SYTYCD Australia (Season 4, Top 100), Featured Fitness Trainer on the Today Show (Start Today segment). Jaime would like to thank her agents at CESD, Jeremy Powell & Barbara Komazec for their continual guidance. A special shoutout to her incredibly supportive parents who have travelled from Australia to see her debut at Ogunquit.
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Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Broadway: Cabaret (Bobby/Two Ladies/Violin: u/s Emcee). Leeds understudied Alan Cumming and played the Emcee on Broadway and on Tour. Nat’l Tour: Cabaret (Dance Captain), Mary Poppins (Neleus). Regional: Cabaret (Hans: u/s Ernst, Asolo Rep), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Ozzie, The MUNY), A Chorus Line (Greg, TUTS), Beauty and the Beast (u/s Lumiere, Paper Mill), La Cage aux Folles (Hanna, Riverside). Proud AEA Member. CCM MT grad. Huge thanks to everyone at Ogunquit, The Collective Talent Agency, my family, and my husband Jeremy. @leedshill
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Will is so excited to be in his first show at Ogunquit Playhouse! Regional: The Wanderer (Ensemble/Swing, Paper Mill Playhouse), An American In Paris (Ensemble, The Cape Playhouse), Grease (Dance Captain/Ensemble, Music Theatre Wichita). Film: Mean Girls: The Musical (Dancer, Paramount Pictures). Will would like to thank his agents at Clear Talent Group for their guidance and mentorship. He would also like to thank his partner Jake for literally everything, his pets Suni and Melvin for their love and affection, and his family for their unending support in everything he pursues. @willjewett
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Dot is thrilled to be making her Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Regional: White Christmas (Assistant Choreographer/Rita, Renaissance Theatre), Christmas in the Air (Featured, MGM Beau Rivage Dancer). Film: Your Monster! (Upcoming), Cupid for Christmas (Hulu), Santa Girl (Netflix). TV: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade LIVE on NBC (Macy’s Starlet). BFA (Dance) & MS (Arts Leadership) graduate from Shenandoah University; Rockettes Conservatory. Former Miss Virginia 2019/2020 through the Miss America Organization. Hampton, VA raised and proudly represented by Resolute Artists Agency. Gratitude and love to my parents, mentors, family, and Husband Matt & pups Finn and Kimchi.
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Joey, originally from Kenai, Alaska is making his Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Regional: Cats (Mr. Mistoffelees, RCCL), Newsies (Elmer, Engeman), White Christmas (Mike, Springer Opera House). Training: AMDA, New York Theatre. Joey is very excited and grateful to be a part of the cast of Singin’ in The Rain. Endless thanks to family and friends who have supported him on his journey and to my fellow castmates and the creatives. @Joeykummert
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Taylor is pleased to make her debut at Ogunquit Playhouse. Regional: An American in Paris (Ensemble, Argyle Theatre). Graduate of Pace University with a BFA in Commercial Dance, Graduate of the Musical Theatre Dance Program at the School at Jacob’s Pillow (Dir. Chet Walker). Lots of love and thank you’s to mom, dad, Zephyr, and MSA Agency. @taylorkurtz
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Maddy is thrilled to make her Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Regional: La Cage Aux Folles (Cagelle, Mme. Renaud), 9 to 5 (Ensemble, Dance Captain, Missy, Little Theater on the Square); Grease (Pittsburgh Musical Theater); Sweet Charity (Pittsburgh Playhouse); Christmas in the Air (Precision Dancer, MGM Beau Rivage Resort and Casino). Maddy was also a dancer and aerialist onboard Norwegian Cruise Line and Regent Seven Seas Cruise Line. She is a proud alumna of Point Park University’s Conservatory of Dance (BA in Dance). Forever grateful to my first dance teacher - my mom.
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Jordon is thrilled to be making her Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Regional: A Chorus Line (Kristine, Drury Lane), The Cher Show (Ensemble, Gateway Playhouse), Ragtime (Ensemble, Music Theater Works), La Cage aux Folles (Phaedra, Music Theater Works), Footloose (Ensemble, Northcoast Theatre Festival). Many thanks to her family and friends for their support! Proudly repped by Hudson Artists Agency. @jordontaylor18
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Jake is ecstatic to be returning to Ogunquit Playhouse! OP: The Nutty Professor, Elf. Off-Broadway: Woman of the Year (Alexi, J2 Spotlight at Theatre Row). Regional: The Prom (Regional Premiere, Nick, WPPAC), Mamma Mia! (Theatre By The Sea), A Chorus Line (Swing, Interlakes Summer Theatre). He is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Thank you to Dustin and Marc at The Daniel Hoff Agency, ARC Casting, and special shout out to my parents. LINK 4. @JakeUrban
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Alex is thrilled to make his Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Regional: Sweeney Todd (Anthony, Clarence Brown Theatre), Spelling Bee (Leaf Coneybear, Clarence Brown Theatre), Ghost the Musical (Sam/Carl Standby, The Rev Theatre Co), The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble, Kansas City Starlight), The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric, La Comedia Dinner Theatre). Cruise: Frozen (Kristoff, Disney Cruise). Podcast: The Last Refuge: A D&D Podcast. 3-time soloist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to this creative team, ARC Casting, and The Luedtke Agency for your support; love to Mom, Dad, and Max. @atempleward
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Jillian is thrilled to make her Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Regional: A Chorus Line (Bebe); She Loves Me (Ensemble: u/s Ilona); Crazy For You (Swing), Grand Hotel (Swing, Signature Theatre); Chicago (Hunyak: u/s Roxie, Keegan Theatre); Catch Me If You Can (Ensemble, The REV); Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl, Sharon Playhouse); A Christmas Carol (Ensemble, Palace Theatre). Special thanks to friends and family, The Collective, and Lukas for your never ending love and support.
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Elizabeth is so excited to return to Ogunquit Playhouse this Summer! OP: Elf The Musical. Nat’l Tours: Chicago (Go-To-Hell Kitty). Regional: Grease (Cha Cha, The Rev); Crazy For You (Patsy), Disney’s Mary Poppins (Ensemble), Footloose (Ensemble, Arrow Rock). Film: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Dancer). TV: Law & Order: SVU. Proud IU Alumna. Thank you so much to the team at LDC, and the loving support of her amazing family and friends! @elizabeth_yanick
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Tyler is pleased to make his Ogunquit Playhouse debut. NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Ensemble, Radio City Music Hall). Int’l Tours: West Side Story Tokyo Tour (Onstage Swing, IHI Stage Around), Rock the Ballet Europe Tour (Swing). Cruise: Step One Dance Company (Dance Captain, Holland America Lines). TV: American Horror Story: NYC (FX). Thank you to my friends and family, could not have made it here without any of you! Let’s Dance!
CREATIVE
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The 1991 recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, and the longest running creative partnership in theatre history, began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called The Revuers, which included the late Judy Holliday. They went on to collaborate with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins on what was the first show for all of them, On The Town. Also with Mr. Bernstein they collaborated on the score for Wonderful Town. With Jule Styne they wrote the book and lyrics for Bells Are Ringing, Do Re Mi, Subways Are For Sleeping, Peter Pan, and more. They also wrote the book for Applause, the book and lyrics for On the Twenith Century, and the lyrics for The Will Rogers Follies (with Cy Coleman) and A Doll's Life. Five of these – Applause, Hallelujah Baby, Wonderful Town, On the Twentieth Century, The Will Rogers Follies – won them six Tony Awards, and A Doll's Life, a Tony nomination.
Their many film musicals include Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, On the Town, Bells are Ringing, It's Always Fair Weather, Good News, and The Barkleys of Broadway. Their non-musicals include Auntie Mame and What a Way To Go. Two of these films – The Band Wagon, It's Always Fair Weather – received Academy Award nominations and On The Town won the Screen Writers' Guild Award.
Singin' in the Rain was recently voted one of the 10 Best American Films ever made and, by a vote of international film critics conducted by the prestigious magazine Sight and Sound, was ranked third among the 10 Best Films of All Time.
As performers, Comden and Green appeared in On the Town and later did an evening at the Golden Theatre, "A Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green," comprised of material from their own shows and movies, and from their act, The Revuers. In 1977, they did a new version of A Party to unanimous acclaim at the Morosco Theatre, and toured with it. A Party received an Obie Award when it was first performed.
They are both members of the Council of the Dramatists Guild, have been elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and have received the Mayor of New York's Certificate of Excellence.
Ms. Comden received the Woman of the Year Award from the Alumni Association of New York University. She appeared in the films Garbo Talks and Slaves of New York, and on the stage in the Playwrights' Horizons production of Wendy Wasserstein's Isn't It Romantic? Mr. Green appeared in the films Simon, My Favorite Year, Garbo Talks, Lily In Love, and I Want To Go Home.
Some of their best-known songs include "Just In Time," "The Party's Over," "Make Someone Happy," "New York, New York," "Neverland," "It's Love," "Lonely Town," and "Some Other Time."
Stars they have written for in their musicals and films include Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall, Rosalind Russell, Judy Holliday, Mary Martin, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, and Nancy Walker.
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Born Ignacio Herb Brown in Deming, New Mexico, he graduated from UCLA. He was a successful writer of popular songs and Broadway theater music in the 1920s, originally doing this as a sideline to his financially successful career in California Real Estate. In 1928, he was hired to work in Hollywood by MGM and write movie music for the new medium of sound film. For his film work, he often collaborated with lyricist Arthur Freed. He appears in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929. In the 1930s, he was married to actress Anita Page. Brown's hits included "Fit as a Fiddle and Ready for Love", "Pagan Love Song," "Singin' in the Rain," "Wedding of the Painted Doll," and "You Are My Lucky Star." He wrote the music for the musicals SINGIN' IN THE RAIN and TAKE A CHANCE and additional music for BIG DEAL and EARL CAROLL'S VANITIES. Brown is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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ARTHUR FREED (Music) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a lyricist and a Hollywood film producer. Freed began his career in vaudeville and appeared with the likes of The Marx Brothers. He soon began to write songs and was eventually hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. For years, Freed wrote lyrics for numerous films. In 1939, he was promoted to the position of producer, and helped elevate MGM as the studio of the movie musical. Freed choose to surround himself with film directors such as Vincente Minnelli and Busby Berkeley. He also helped shape the careers of stars like Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. His team of writers, directors, composers and stars came to be known as the "Freed Unit" and produced a steady stream of popular, critically acclaimed musicals that lasted until the late ‘50s. Freed served as associate producer on The Wizard of Oz (1939). His most famous song is "Singin' in the Rain," and two of his films – An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958) – won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Gene is best known for dancing through movie musicals of the 1940s and ‘50s, especially An American in Paris (1951) and Singin’ in the Rain (1952). He got his start on Broadway in the late 1930s, first as a dancer, then as a choreographer and actor. His star turn in My Pal Joey led to a Hollywood contract, and he first appeared in 1942’s For Me and My Gal (opposite Judy Garland).
Over the next decade he became a major star, thanks especially to musicals: Anchors Aweigh (1945, famous for his scene dancing with Jerry, the cartoon mouse from Tom and Jerry), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); and three movies he made with director Stanley Donen — On the Town (1949), Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and It’s Always Fair Weather (1955).
Buoyant and athletic, Kelly became the screen’s most famous dancer since Fred Astaire. An ambitious perfectionist, who produced, choreographed, acted, and directed, Kelly won a special Oscar in 1951. Although his career after the mid-1950s fizzled and he never made much of a mark as a dramatic actor, Kelly’s place in cinema history is secure because
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Stanley landed in the chorus of George Abbott’s My Pal Joey (1940) which made a star of Gene Kelly. Donen and Kelly became friendly and when Kelly was choreographing the Broadway show Best Foot Forward (1941), he hired Donen as his assistant. When the feature version was made, Donen was hired as a chorus boy. He and Kelly worked on choreography for Cover Girl (1944). The following year, Donen worked on Anchors Aweigh (1945) and broke new ground with the now-famous sequence wherein Kelly danced with the animated Jerry mouse (of Tom and Jerry).
He continued to act as choreographer on a variety of films in the 1940s until making his film directing debut as Kelly’s full-fledged collaborator with the energetic On the Town (1949). Along with Vincente Minnelli, Donen became the star director of MGM musicals in the 50s. Among his best works are Singin’ in the Rain (1952), considered to be one of the greatest musical films ever made; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954); his post-MGM romantic fairy tale, Funny Face (1956); and his spirited George Abbott collaborations, The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees (1958).
In 1959 he began working in England, turning out sophisticated comedies and thrillers, such as the polished Charade (1963) and the stylish romantic drama, Two for the Road (1966). His subsequent films, however, have met with lukewarm critical response. The Little Prince (1974), complete with a Lerner and Loewe score, attempted to film the unfilmable. Lucky Lady (1975) was a nostalgic throwback to the films of the ‘30s that seemed quaint and out of place with the grittier fare embraced by mid ‘70s audiences (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Nashville). Another exercise in nostalgia, Movie Movie (1978) was a gentle send-up of ‘30s-era Hollywood staples: the Warners’ melodramas and the Technicolor movie musical. His films in the 80s - Saturn 3 (1980) and Blame It on Rio (1984) - were box office and critical disappointments.
In 1993, Donen made his stage musical directing debut with the unsuccessful adaptation of the classic dance film The Red Shoes. He briefly romanced Elizabeth Taylor in 1951 and was formerly married to dancer Jeannie Coyne, who later wed Gene Kelly. His son Joshua, from his second marriage to actress Marion Marshal, is a film producer. Donen was also formerly married to actress Yvette Mimieux.
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MGM is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. Loew combined them into a new film company with Mayer as its head of production. The newly formed Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer was intended to provide quality feature films for the Loew’s Theatres chain and was wholly owned by Loew’s Incorporated.
From the end of the silent film era through World War II, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the most prominent motion picture studio in Hollywood, with the greatest output of all of the studios: at its height, it released an average of one feature film a week, along with many short subjects and serials. A victim of the massive restructuring of the motion picture industry during the 1950s and 1960s, it was ultimately unable to cope with the loss of its theater chain-due to the U.S. Supreme Court decision United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948) and the power shift from studio bosses to independent producers and agents.
On April 8, 2005, the company was acquired by a partnership led by Sony Corporation of America and Comcast in association with Texas Pacific Group (now TPG Capital, L.P.) and Providence Equity Partners. MGM Mirage, a Las Vegas-based hotel and casino company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “MGM,” is not currently affiliated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Established in 1924, MGM is tied for the fifth-oldest movie studio in history with Columbia Pictures. The studio’s motto, “Arts Gratia Arts,” is Latin meaning “Art for art’s sake.” On April 16, 2009, MGM celebrated its 85th anniversary.
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OP: White Christmas at The Music Hall, Anything Goes, Joseph…, Singin’ in the Rain. Nat’l Tours: Final tour of Hello, Dolly! with Carol Channing. Int’l Tours: Rebecca The Musical, Yeston/Kopit Phantom, Marie Antoinette, The Man Who Laughs, Hamlet: The Rock Opera, The Last Kiss, Monte Cristo. Regional: Grey Gardens, The Rocky Horror Show, Sound of Music, The Student Prince, Zorba, H.M.S. Pinafore, Violet, Candide, Drood, Always Patsy Cline, Evita, It’s a Fabulous Life, Camelot, Chicago, Zombie Prom, The Merry Widow, People Like Us, They’re Playing Our Song. Producing: Associate Producer, Ogunquit Playhouse; Associate Artistic Director, The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Minneapolis Star Tribune Outstanding Director of a Musical of 2007. Current: Fleet Manager of Events for Holland America Line. Upcoming: Sister Act International Tour.
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Matthew is happy to return to Ogunquit with Singin’ In The Rain! Broadway: Mrs. Doubtfire and the Original Cast Album. Off-Broadway: Clueless The Musical starring Dove Cameron. Nat’l Tours: The Bodyguard (starring Deborah Cox), Matilda, Ghost The Musical, Catch Me If You Can. Regional: Anne of Green Gables (Goodspeed, World Premiere); The Bodyguard (Paper Mill Playhouse); Jesus Christ Superstar (North Shore Music Theatre); Man Of La Mancha, Big Fish, 1776 and Damn Yankees (Musical Theatre West). Matthew was the Music Director of the Toronto installation of Matilda (RSC + Mirvish Entertainment) and is the Music Supervisor on the new National Tour of Annie. As a pianist, Matthew has performed at the Opéra de Rennes in France in Cole Porter’s La Revue des Ambassadeurs, and appeared with Grammy-award nominee Deborah Cox at the US Open Women's Singles Final Match between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka.
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Andy has designed many Broadway and West End Theater musicals including Blood Brothers and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. When Buddy opened, Andy was 21, the youngest designer ever to work in the West End, and later the youngest to ever work on Broadway. The show ran in London for 13 years and soon became an international hit with 22 versions running worldwide. Andy has designed two of the 10 longest running musicals in West End history, as well as some the biggest shows in television history – American Idol (3 nominations and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction), So You Think You Can Dance, America’s Got Talent, and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire; which has run in 108 countries making it the most duplicated scenic design in history and was featured in the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. andywalmsley.com @andywalmsleyentertainment
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