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Margo Lion is a producer for plays and musicals both on Broadway and off-Broadway. She is known for her role in producing the stage and screen hit Hairspray. Combined, the works Lion produced have won 20 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize.
Margo Lion is from Baltimore, Maryland and is of German-Jewish heritage. She started her producing career with Lyn Austin at The Music-Theater Group/Lenox Arts Center. Her first commercial production was How I Got That Story in 1982. Later off-Broadway productions included the 1987 version of Martha Clarke's The Garden of Earthly Delights, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and The Cryptogram.
Her first Broadway production was I Hate Hamlet in 1991.
In 1987 Lion commissioned George Wolfe, Susan Birkenhead and Luther Henderson to write a show about Jelly Roll Morton. That musical became the 1992 Broadway show, Jelly's Last Jam, starring Gregory Hines.
In 1993-94 Lion produced Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika followed by the 1995 production of Seven Guitars. Angels in America: Millennium Approaches won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Actors: Sandy Martin (actress), Enjott Schneider (actor), Monica Bleibtreu (actress), Katja Flint (actress), Armin Rohde (actor), Jürgen Schornagel (actor), Otto Sander (actor), Heiner Lauterbach (actor), Ben Becker (actor), Heinrich Schafmeister (actor), Heino Ferch (actor), Herbert Knaup (actor), Götz Otto (actor), Christiane Paul (actress), Katharina Müller-Elmau (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,I recently uploaded a song performed by Margo Lion from Director Anatole Litvak's 'Nie Wieder Liebe' (1931). And I can't resist uploading another rather contrasting song, this time from another movie. Here the setting is a more lugubrious cabaret nightclub rather than a working-class cafe. The performance here is from 'Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.' (1931) and the violin player is Barnabas von Geczy. Constantinople-born Lion moved to Berlin in 1921, becoming a great influence on her friend, the then unknown Marlene Dietrich. She debuted at Trude Hesterberg's cabaret 'Wild Bühne' ('The Wild Stage') in 1923, and appeared in the revues of Friedrich Hollaender 'Das Bist Du' ('That's You') in 1927 and 'Bei Uns um Die Gedächtniskirche rum' ('With Us 'round The Memorial Church') in the following ...
Cabaret singing of the Weimar Republic has very big time appeal for me. So many of the elements seem to strike a deep chord with me – the toughness, the sentimentality, the raw sensuality. Over the years I have had my regular doses of this period of German entertainment - from Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin novels of the early 1930s, through listening to the recordings of Claire Waldoff, to hearing Ute Lemper on tour in Australia in the 1990s and then at Le Théâtre du Châtelet in 2003 … right up to finding yesterday this song from Margo Lion, from Director Anatole Litvak’s 'Nie Wieder Liebe' (1931). Constantinople-born Lion moved to Berlin in 1921, becoming a great influence on her friend, the then unknown Marlene Dietrich. She debuted at Trude Hesterberg’s cabaret ‘Wild Bühne’ (‘The W...
Filmfragment aus dem Film "Nie wieder Liebe" (D 1931). Margo Lion singt "Lebe ohne Liebe kannst du nicht". Filmfassung. Musik: Mischa Soliansky. Margo Lion in a sequence from "Nie wieder Liebe". She sings "Leben ohne Liebe kannst du nicht" (You can´t live without love).
Theatertage 1978
Theatertage 1978
By now I'm sure you'll know I have a pretty strong interest in cabaret and performance of the German Weimar Republic, uploading two songs by Margo Lion and performances by Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste. The famous and infamous 'Wenn die beste Freundinn' (When My Best Girlfriend, 1928) is sung here by Marlene Dietrich and Margo Lion with Oskar Karlweiss. The song is from one of the most successful shows of Marcellus Schiffer and Micha Spoliansky - 'Es Liegt in Der Luft' (It's In The Air), which was a revue of short stories set in a large Berlin department store. The show premiered at 'The Comedy' on Kurfüstendam, Berlin on 15th May, 1928. One scene featured the then little known Marlene Dietrich and rising star Margo Lion. The two play wealthy women on a shopping outing. They sing ab...
I have always been fascinated by Weimar Republic cabaret and its luminary performers, one of the most famous being Margo Lion. It is suggested with some justification that Lion was the model for Marlene Dietrich’s persona in ‘The Blue Angel’ and for her publicly ambiguous sexuality. Certainly the two sang the famed lesbian song ‘Wenn die beste Freundinn’ as a duet in 1928, two years before ‘Der blaue Engel’. I have uploaded this performance as ‘Marlene Dietrich, Margo Lion and Oskar Karlweiss - 'Wenn die beste Freundinn' (1928)’ at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaGXFPUf_tU. I have also uploaded, from the 1931 film ‘Nie wieder Liebe’, footage of Margo Lion singing Mischa Soliansky’s sentimental ‘Lebe ohne Liebe kannst du nicht’ in a working-class night club - the performance has a real...
By Friedrich Hollaender / Marcellus Schiffer (1930) Sung by Margo Lion
Sex Appeal Music by: F.Hollaender Lyrics by: M.Schiffer Sung by MARGO LION
Theatertage 1978
Theatertage 1978
In the "Ask A Producer” video series, seasoned producers answer CTI participants’ most asked questions. We asked Margo Lion, Tony Award winning producer of hits such as Hairspray, Angels in America, and many more, “How did you come to the business? What keeps you in it?"
Alfred Döblin erwähnt diesen Song auf S. 209 in "BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ" (dtv, 21. Aufl. 1979)
Aus dem revue "Es Liegt in der Luft" Am Flugel : Mischa Spoliansky
Taped: 06/22/2007. Margo Lion, producer of the hit musicals "Hairspray" and "Caroline, or Change," talks about the challenges of bringing new work to Broadway audiences. The acclaimed television series 'Women in Theatre' provides a unique look into the lives of some of the gifted women who create and sustain theatre in the United States -- with major directors, designers, actors, lyricists, composers and producers -- conducted by Linda Winer, theatre critic for Newsday. The series' theme song is "The Glamorous Life" from 'A Little Night Music' by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Alex Rybeck, noted pianist and music director. Watch more at http://www.cuny.tv/series/womenintheatre
The creative team behind the Broadway musical Hairspray, producers Richard Frankel and Margo Lion, co-book writer Thomas Meehan, choreographer Jerry Mitchell, director Jack O'Brien, co-book writer Mark O'Donnell, composer Marc Shaiman and lyricist Scott Wittman outline the journey the piece took from being a John Waters and Divine cult movie to hitting the Broadway stage; offer a peek at the process that created this smash hit and discuss the social messages that the show sends, both in its content and it's non-traditional casting. Taped - December, 2002 An acclaimed fixture on New York television and in the theatre community for 30 years, the American Theatre Wing's "Working in the Theatre" offers an unprecedented forum for the meeting of theatrical minds. For more visit: http://www.a...
Leírásfekete-fehér, feliratos, francia filmdráma, 95 perc, 1946 rendező: Georges Lacombe író: Pierre-René Wolf forgatókönyvíró: Pierre Véry zeneszerző: Marcel Mirouze operatőr: Roger Hubert szereplő(k): Jean Gabin (Martin Roumagnac) Marlene Dietrich (Blanche Ferrand) Marcel Herrand (konzul) Margo Lion (Martin nővére) Marcel André (bíró) Gabin és Dietrich filmje egy elkésett lírai realista alkotás, szenvedélyes szerelmi dráma a jobb sorsra érdemes munkásról és kedveséről, a jóházból való úrilányról. A történet jelentősége elhalványul a filmtörténeti pillanat árnyékában: megismételhetetlenül, örökre egyszeri alkalommal, együtt játszik a filmművészet két halhatatlan nagysága, játékukban hordozva életük összes titkát.
What is the role of a producer? That was the question that started the discussion among four of Broadway's top producers - Roger Berlind, Margo Lion, Jeffrey Richards and Jeffrey Seller - as the conversation turned to whether they produce for profit or passion and how they balance between the two; what the shows they produce reveal about themselves; what the opportunities are for new producers; the increased role the internet and other new media plays in theatre today; the escalating cost of producing a show on Broadway today; and what they feel are the major issues facing theatre producers as they look to the future. An acclaimed fixture on New York television and in the theatre community for 30 years, the American Theatre Wing's "Working in the Theatre" offers an unprecedented forum ...
The "Jelly's Last Jam" production team - general manager Michael David, advertising representative Rick Elice of Serino Coyne, press agent Richard Kornberg, producers Pamela Koslow and Margo Lion, and legal counsel Jean Ward - discuss developing the musical for Music-Theater Group, working with director/performer Gregory Hines, creating a standout ad campaign, and fundraising with multiple workshops and finding corporate investors for the resulting $5 million production budget. Originally taped - September, 1992 An acclaimed fixture on New York television and in the theatre community for 30 years, the American Theatre Wing's "Working in the Theatre" offers an unprecedented forum for the meeting of theatrical minds. For more visit: http://www.americantheatrewing.org
Waiting for Lucky A Conversation with Billy Crudup and Alvin Epstein Moderated by Jack O'Brien Recorded April 2014 in New York City Morty Wolkowitz, executive producer J. Michael Miller, producer Sara Wolkowitz, video Special thanks to host Margo Lion. Visit The Actors Center online at www.theactorscenter.org
In celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month, visual artist Chuck Close, ballet dancer Damian Woetzel, and committee co-chairs Margo Lion and George Stevens, Jr. discuss arts and humanities education and the arts. October 19, 2010.
A celebration of the life and voice of author & playwright Mark O'Donnell (1954--2012) at the Friedman Theatre in New York City, November 12, 2012. Featuring remarks by Steve O'Donnell, Margo Lion, Patty Marx, David Hyde Pierce, Mark Brokaw, Jack O'Brien, and Doug Hughes. Also a performance by Mark Shaiman, Scott Wittman and the Hairspray family from the Broadway show O'Donnell co-wrote. Video tributes by John Waters and Jon Stewart. And a performance of "There Shall Be No Bottom" by Christopher Evan Welch, Jay O. Sanders, Mia Barron, and David Greenspan. Letters are read from Andre Bishop and Bill Irwin. Selections from O'Donnell's poetry and cartoons are also shared.
The trio of time travelers find their way into Babylon. Immediately finding themselves standing out in the crowd, they are suddenly befriended by the prophet Daniel (voiced by Gavin MacLeod). He takes them into his house and gives them clothing to help them better fit in. A servant of the king offers them jobs, however reluctantly. In spite some hesitance, King Belshazzar and the party-arranging servant agree to use cups stolen from the Temple of Solomon for the celebration. An angry hand of God intervenes after the king uses the cups to engage in blasphemy, and writes on the wall the words "Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin," vowing an end to Babylon. Daniel warns about the meaning of the writing, and the implication that Persia and Media are about to co-conquer the region. The warning is ignored...
Derek, Margo, and Moki find themselves witnessing the time of the Judges, the tenure of Samson in particular. They learn about Samson (voiced by Perry King) as the strong man and how he eventually fell to his enemies because of a woman named Delilah (voiced by Linda Purl). Originally created by Hanna-Barbera