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Walter Willison (born June 24, 1947) is an American stage actor. He received a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for his Broadway musical debut in Richard Rodgers' and Martin Charnin's Biblical musical Two by Two.
Walter Willison is an award winning actor, singer, writer, director and producer. He garnered a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for Richard Rodgers' and Martin Charnin's Two by Two and also starred on Broadway in Norman, Is That You?, the title role in Pippin , Wild and Wonderful, the Tony Award winning landmark Grand Hotel; as The Celebrant in Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Schwartz's Mass at the inaugural production at The Kennedy Center; A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden; Anyone Can Whistle : Live at Carnegie Hall; Off-Broadway in the title role of Robert Wright & George Forrest's Kean ; and created the role of Alan A. Dale in the workshop of Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan & Peter Sipos' Robin Hood: The Final Adventure. He also starred in films, including: Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women, for which he was personally chosen by Irving Berlin to croon his iconic "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" as Frank Carter, Harry and Walter Go To New York, and he wrote the lyrics for the songs he sings in Fantasies, starring Bo Derek. On TV he starred in the NBC series McDuff, The Talking Dog, Days Of Our Lives, and as Clyde Griffiths, the tragic hero (portrayed on the big screen by Montgomery Clift) in Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy on PBS' The Great Novelists.
The name Robert is a Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *χrōþi- "fame" and *berχta- "bright". Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High German Hrodebert (a compound of hruod "fame, glory" and berht "bright"). It is also in use as a surname.
After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form (Hrēodbēorht, Hrodberht, Hrēodbēorð, Hrœdbœrð, Hrœdberð) had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto.
Similar to the name, Richard, "Robert" is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used as a French, Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian name as well.
Robert, and also the name Joseph, were in the top 10 most given boys' names in the US for 47 years, from 1925 to 1972.
In Italy during the Second World War, the form of the name, Roberto, briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.
Susan Watson (born December 17, 1938) is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in musical theatre.
Watson's first professional role was Velma in the original West End production of West Side Story in 1958. She created the role of Luisa in The Fantasticks and then played Kim on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie, beginning in 1960. Among many other roles in musicals, she was nominated for a Tony Award for the role of Jenny in A Joyful Noise (1966). She starred in the title role of the Broadway revival of No, No Nanette in 1971. Watson also appeared in several television series and specials.
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Watson was one of five children of a geologist/geophysicist and a dance instructor. From an early age her life was filled with the music of Gilbert and Sullivan and Rodgers and Hammerstein. As a teenager she performed in summer stock before being accepted at the Juilliard School in Manhattan. Her studies there were interrupted when she accepted a role as Velma and understudy for Maria in the original West End production of West Side Story in 1958.
Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town of the Old West. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,340.
Fort Mann was the first settlement of non-indigenous people in the area that became Dodge City, built by civilians in 1847 to provide protection for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. Fort Mann collapsed in 1848 after an Indian attack. In 1850, the U.S. Army arrived to provide protection in the region and constructed Fort Atkinson on the old Fort Mann site. The army abandoned Fort Atkinson in 1853. Military forces on the Santa Fe Trail were reestablished farther north and east at Fort Larned in 1859, but the area remained vacant around what would become Dodge City until the end of the Civil War. In April 1865, the Indian Wars in the West began heating up, and the army constructed Fort Dodge to assist Fort Larned in providing protection on the Santa Fe Trail. Fort Dodge remained in operation until 1882.
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment.
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SUSAN WATSON sings "I Leave You With a Love Song" with lyrics by Walter Willison and music by Jeffrey Silverman, her show stopping eleven o'clock number from the hit musical comedy "FRONT STREET GAIETIES: Dodge City's Hottest Revue". When the show opened on November 11, 1980 at The Mayfair Music Hall, Santa Monica, California, Rick Talcove, of the Daily News, proclaimed "Susan Watson has one of the purest voices in the American theater, and her work on this occasion only confirms the matter." Critics raved about the show itself, as well. John C. Mahoney of The Los Angeles Times praised the score as "More than a dozen new, yet instant, evergreens by Walter Willison and Jeffrey Silverman." And Ron Pennington, writing in The Hollywood Reporter, summed it up as "An extremely clever concept, ma...
SUSAN WATSON and WALTER WILLISON sing "An Ol' Fashioned Love Song" in this 1980 television appearance on "Mid-Morning LA", from "FRONT STREET GAIETIES: Dodge City's Hottest Revue", in which they costarred. As I write this, "Congratulations!" are due to The Legendary Ms. Watson, who is about to make her return to Broadway costarring in the new 2011 revival of Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES, which has already received critical acclaim in it's tryout at The Kennedy Center in Washington. When "FRONT STREET GAIETIES" opened on November 11, 1980 at The Mayfair Music Hall, Santa Monica, California, Rick Talcove, of the Daily News, proclaimed "Susan Watson has one of the purest voices in the American theater, and her work on this occasion only confirms the matter." Critics raved about the show itself,...
WALTER WILLISON sings "Daddy, I Hadda Be a Cowboy", from "FRONT STREET GAIETIES: Dodge City's Hottest Revue", in this 1980 appearance on "Mid-Morning LA", accompanied by Jeffrey Silverman. When "FRONT STREET GAIETIES: Dodge City's Hottest Revue" opened on November 11, 1980 at The Mayfair Music Hall, Santa Monica, California, Ron Pennington wrote in The Hollywood Reporter: "Walter Willison has a magnificent voice. John C. Mahoney of The Los Angeles Times praised the score as "More than a dozen new, yet instant, evergreens by Walter Willison and Jeffrey Silverman," and Mr. Pennington summed it up as "An extremely clever concept, marvelously realized and staged and directed, with a number of delightful original songs." The show featured book, lyrics & direction by Mr. Willison, a Tony nominee...
SHELLEY BRUCE sings "I Gotta Hear a Song" with lyrics by Walter Willison and music by Jeffrey Silverman in this montage of TV appearances promoting the Off-Broadway show "BROADWAY SCANDALS OF 1928": the new speakeasy musical. The montage includes an interview with Bill Boggs, Miss Bruce's appearance, accompanied by composer Jeffrey Silverman, on The Today Show, and press footage which also features co-stars Gwen Hillier-Lowe [then daughter-in-law of Ruby Keeler] as Trixie Dugan, Joanna Rush [aka Jo Anna Rush] as Rusty Parker, Rose Scudder as Roberta Kelley. Underscoring the opening and closing segments are tracks from the "BROADWAY SCANDALS OF 1928" studio cast recording featuring original Ms. Rush, Diane J. Findlay as Texas Guinan, Walter Willison as Kid Kotten, Douglas Holmes and Phoebe...
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Walter Willison portrays Ziegfeld Follies star Frank Carter, as he serenades Pamela Peadon, as Broadway ballerina Marilyn Miller, with Irving Berlin's classic "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" in this show-stopping number from the film "Ziegfeld:The Man and His Women." Chosen with the approval of the great Irving Berlin, himself, as well as that of Ziegfeld's daughter, Production Supervisor Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, Broadways Walter Willison, a Tony Award nominee and Theatre World Award winner for Richard Rodgers' "Two By Two" [also on Broadway in "Norman, Is That You?," the title role in "Pippin," "Wild and Wonderful," "Grand Hotel"] had recently starred as Dr. Calvin Campbell in the hit NBC Saturday morning series "McDuff, The Talking Dog." Pamela Peadon ["Celebration," "On The Town,"...
JUDY KAYE and WALTER WILLISON sing "Strange Music" [by Wright & Forrest, adapted from themes by Edvard Grieg] at The ASCAP Foundation/Richard Rodgers Award ceremony honoring her friends and mentors, songwriters Robert Wright & George Forrest in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the American Musical Theatre, on April 20, 1992. From Hollywood to Broadway to the Hit Parade of all-time standards, Robert "Bob" Wright and George "Chet" Forrest were and no doubt always will be "The Uncontested Longest-Running Songwriting Collaboration in Show Business History!" During the seven decades of Bob & Chet's esteemed collaboration they worked with some of the Greatest Stars in Show Business, and they had their special favorites. Among them, Judy Garland [they first wrote songs for her at...
Can someone please explain to us why Sonny Boy Williamson is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? (crickets chirping, frogs ribbiting). Exactly. He influenced all the young rock groups of the 60s, from the Allman Brothers to Led Zeppelin. This clip is proof enough that this man embodied all of the greatest characteristics of the blues--from gut-wrenching soul to raw, badass musicianship. Check him playing that harmonica with no hands at the end. Too cool for words. Our archive houses many iconic blues performances from Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Lightning Hopkins, Willie Dixon, Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, T-Bone Walker and Buddy Guy. Our American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 DVD series was nominated for a GRAMMY in 2003. Reelin' In The Yea...
Gone Too Soon: The Music of Madeline Kahn, an evening of song presented by Joseph Macchiato for the Metropolitan Room in New York City. Walter Willison and Joan Copeland appeared on Broadway with Madeline in the Broadway Musical "Two By Two" in 1970. Walter sang the beautiful ballad, "I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You" and was joined onstage by Joan Copeland for the debut in NY of a song cut from the show in tryout that was originally sung by Madeline. Lots of good story in between musical numbers. Steve Ross on the piano.
For LUCIE ARNAZ. "Little known fact: The One and Only, Fabulous & Incomparable LUCIE ARNAZ is not only an Incredibly Talented Actor, Singer, Dancer, Writer, Director and Producer, but also a Damned Good Lyricist. On top of that, she has always been Incredibly kind and generous and supportive to those of her friends and family [and even total strangers] whose talents she admires. Back in 1978, when I made my LA Nightclub debut at a wonderful place called The Ellis Space, as usual, Lucie was not only there to cheer me on on Opening Night, she made sure the house was filled with family and friends, as well as other important VIPs of the day, to cheer me on. As "Thank You", I surprised her by introducing her song "STARLIGHT". With Lucie's lyrics set to music by Gary English, this brilliant spe...
Bruce Willis - Bruce Willis first made a splash on TV in Moonlighting, costarring Cybill Shepherd, but his fame really grew with films such as Die Hard, The Sixth Sense and The Expendables. Synopsis Born Walter Bruce Willison on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, Bruce Willis's career was launched when he played wisecracking David Addison on TV's Moonlighting opposite Cybill Shepherd. In the summer of 1988, Die Hard, an action-packed flick that cast Willis as the muscle-pumping hero, hit movie screens with a bang, and his status as a bona fide movie star was minted. In 2010, Willis starred in the film The Expendables. In 2012, he reunited with the film's cast for The Expendables 2.
"Dear Didi, I think it's time I publicly thanked you for making me a household name -- at least for as long as this commercial ran! During that time, and for some time after, every time I shopped at a Lucky Supermarket it was inevitable that, upon seeing me, someone would do a double-take and say: "Oh, Walter!" Apologies for taking thirty-seven years to show my gratitude, but thought it would make a nice surprise on your Birthday." -- Love, Walter, July 13, 2011 DIDI CONN is best know for her starring roles in the films "YOU LIGHT UP MY LIVE", as Frenchy in "GREASE" and "GREASE 2", the voice of Raggedy Ann in "RAGGEDY ANN & ANY: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE", Denise Stevens Downey on TV's long running hit series "BENSON", Stacy Jones on TV's "SHINING TIME STATION", and she was The Ghost of Christ...
Broadway's Marcy DeGonge Manfredi and Buddy Crutchfield perform Jones & Schmidt's "Metaphor" from The Cleveland Playhouse's hit 1987-88 revival of "The Famtasticks" on "AM Cleveland." Not long after, Ms. DeGonge-Manfredi would make her Broadway debut playing multiple feline roles in the long-running musical hit "CATS" [her favorite being The Opera Cat] followed by her stint in another long-running Broadway classic, Hal Prince's "Phantom of the Opera," in which she subsequently stepped into the role of another Opera Diva, Carlotta [the role originated by the great Judy Kaye]. Ms. DeGonge-Manfredi won rave notices for her portrayal of Luisa in the acclaimed 1987-88 Cleveland Playhouse revival New York's "longest-running musical in history," Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt s immortal "The Fanta...
Marcy DeGonge Manfredi sings "Someone in Love" as Mary Hatch [the Donna Reed role in the film classic] in "WONDERFUL LIFE!": The Musical In Concert with lyrics by Walter Willison, music by John Kroner, and book by Douglas Holmes, a presentation for the "Composers Songbook" Concert Series at New York's Donnell Library in 1991. At the time, Ms. DeGonge-Manfredi was making her Broadway debut playing multiple feline roles in the long-running musical hit "CATS" [her favorite being The Opera Cat] and would soon follow with a stint in another long-running Broadway classic, Hal Prince's "Phantom of the Opera," in which she subsequently stepped into the role of another Opera Diva, Carlotta [the role originated by the great Judy Kaye]. Based on the screenplay for Frank Capra's immortal film, "It's a...
Tony Award nominee and Theatre World Award winner Walter Willison and Dan D. Luca, star of the current 2014-2015 first national tour of Disney’s NEWSIES, perform "No Time At All" by Stephen Schwartz, from "PIPPIN", in which Mr. Willison took over the title role with the original 1972 Broadway cast, in tribute to his on stage Pippin "Granny", the Legendary Irene Ryan [Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies"]. Performed on December 9th, 2013, in "CURTAIN’S UP! For a Cure " 2013, A Broadway Holiday Concert to benefit The Huntington's Disease Society of America's Greater New York Chapter, at The NYIT Auditorium in New York City. Written and Directed by Mr. Willison, With Liam Forde on the piano. Walter Willison garnered a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for Richard Rodgers & Martin ...
Walter Bruce Willison, known professionally as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and singer. His career began on the Off-Broadway stage and then in television in the 1980s.
BARBARA PARKINS is Anna Held, as she performs Wont You Come and Play With Me? one of Helds signature numbers, in the film ZIEGFELD: The Man and His Women. Ms. Parkins, who won the 1965 Photoplay Gold Medal Award for Best Newcomer and became a 60s icon from her notorious starring roles as Betty Harrington Anderson in Peyton Place [1964] on television and Ann Wells in the cult classic film Valley of the Dolls [1965], has often said that the role of Anna Held [previously portrayed on screen in the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld by Luise Rainer] is her favorite, because it gave her the opportunity to showcase her singing and dancing talents, as well as use her acting ability, in the demanding role of the fragile, and ultimately heart-broken International star who became the first wife of the Leg...
Walter Willison sings "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee" on Tommy Banks "Celebrity Revue" TV show, hosted by Jimmy Dean, November 1976. Tony Award nominee and Theatre World Award winner Walter Willison has starred on Broadway in "TWO BY TWO", "PIPPIN", "GRAND HOTEL", "NORMAN, IS THAT YOU?", "WILD AND WONDERFUL", "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" at Madison Square Garden, and Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Schwartz's "MASS" at The Kennedy Center in Washington, and in numerous productions Off-Broadway, regional productions around the US, and in The 1st International Tour of "THE FANTASTICKS" in Japan. Films include "Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women" and "Harry and Walter Go To New York; TV includes starring in the NBC sitcom "McDuff, The Talking Dog", "Days of Our Lives", "Theodore Dryser's An American Tragedy" ...