Northlight Theatre’s
Guide to [tos]
References
PEOPLE
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Alice Ripley – a Broadway performer known for
playing the role of Diane Goodman in Next
to Normal
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Ashlee Simpson – a pop singer who is a sister to
Jessica Simpson
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Bela
Bartok – a 20th century Hungarian
composer and pianist.
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Bernadette Peters – a famous Broadway actress who is
well-known for performing Sondheim, including originating the role of Dot in Sunday in the Park with George
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Betty Comden and Adolph Green – a
famous book- and lyric-writing duo who made some of the most popular musical hits
of the mid 20th century, including On the Town and Singing in
the Rain
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Christopher Guest – an American writer, actor and
director who is most well-known for his “mockumentaries”
such as Best in Show and This is Spinal Tap
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Dan Pessano – one of the founders of the
theatre group Good Company Players in Fresno, CA
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Donna Murphy – a two-time Tony award-winning
American actress who originated the role of Fosca in
Sondheim’s Passion
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Fred Ebb and John Kander –
a musical-writing duo who wrote such hits as Cabaret and Chicago
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Heidi Klum – a well-known fashion model and
host of the TV show “Project Runway”
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Jim Dale – an English performer who is
well-known for performing the role of Barnum in Barnum the Musical and for narrating the audio books of the Harry
Potter series
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John Cameron Mitchell – A performer/writer/director who
is best known for creating the role of Hedwig, a transvestite rockstar, in Hedwig
and the Angry Inch
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Ken Billington – an American lighting designer who
has designed almost 100 Broadway shows
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Kitty Carlisle Hart – an American singer, actress and
spokeswoman for the arts
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Lily Tomlin – an American comedian, writer,
performer and producer
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Lynda Barry – an American cartoonist known for
creating pre-teen female characters
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Lynda Carter – an American actress and model who
played Wonder Woman on the TV series The
Adventures of Wonder Woman
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Mamie Duncan Gibbs – a Broadway actor who is
well-known for her role in the revival of Chicago
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Mary Stout – A Broadway character actress
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Michael Crawford – an English actor and singer best
known for originating the role of Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera
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Paris Hilton – the daughter of the owner of the
Hilton hotels who is famous for…well, being famous. And partying a lot.
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Ricky Gervais – a British comedian, writer and
actor who is most well-known for creating the BBC TV Series The Office
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Roma Torre – a theatre critic for the New York
news channel NY1
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Sheldon Harnick
and Jerry Bock – a
musical-writing duo famous for writing Fiddler
on the Roof
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Sutton Foster – a two-time Tony award-winning
American actress who is currently starring the Broadway revival of Anything Goes
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Tim Gunn – a well-known fashion consultant
who was a judge on the TV show “Project Runway”
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Toni Braxton
– A Grammy-award
winning R&B singer
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Winnie Mandela – the former wife of Nelson Mandela
who has promoted women’s rights in politics in South Africa
PLACES
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Sardi’s
– a well-known
restaurant in New York’s theatre district that has hundreds of caricatures of
well-known New York celebrities
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Shubert Alley – an alley located in the heart of
Broadway that connects West 44th and West 45th streets
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Tavern on the Green – a pub located in Central park
THINGS
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Dixon Ticonderoga – a brand of wooden pencils
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The Gray Lady – a nickname for The New York Times
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New York One – a 24 hour news channel in New
York
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Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 – a popular computer video game in
which the player builds and runs a theme park
OTHER
SHOWS
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Aspects of Love – a 1990 musical by Andrew Lloyd
Webber that is famous for the song “Love Changes Everything”
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Bagels and Yox
-- a 1951 Broadway musical revolving around a
Yiddish musical revue
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Band in Berlin – a 1999 Broadway “documusical” about Germany during the Weimar Republic
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Barnum – A 1980 Broadway musical about the
life of P.T. Barnum
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Beg, Borrow or Steal -- a 1960 Broadway musical that closed after
only 5 performances
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Big Deal -- a 1986 Broadway musical with a book by Bob
Fosse
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Bring Back Birdie -- the 1981 Broadway musical sequel to Bye Bye Birdie
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Brooklyn: The Musical – a 2004 Broadway musical about a group of musicians
who live in Brooklyn
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Buck White – a 1969 Broadway musical that
starred Muhammad Ali
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Carnival in Flanders – a 1953 Broadway musical about a
Spanish duke visiting a small Flemmish town in the
1600s
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Carrie -- a 1988 Broadway musical based on the
Stephen King book of the same name
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A Change in the Heir -- a 1990 Broadway musical that spoofed fairy
tales
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Censored Scenes from King Kong – a 1980 Broadway musical that
imagined that the cut scenes from King Kong contained messages for secret
agents. It closed after 5 performances.
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Coast of Utopia -- a 2002 trilogy of plays by Tom
Stoppard based on early 19th century Russian philosophy. The running
time of all three plays is nearly 9 hours.
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Come Summer – a 1969 Broadway musical based on
the novel Rainbow on the Road
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Different Times – a 1972 Broadway musical about a
family growing up in Boston
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Dude – a 1972 rock musical from the
composer of Hair about an allegorical
figure named Dude who fights the forces of good and evil. It was a flop.
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The First – a 1981 Broadway musical based on
the life of Jackie Robinson
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The Golden Apple -
a 1954 Broadway musical that adapts parts of the Iliad and Odyssey
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Golden Boy -- a 1964 musical based on a play of the same
name by Clifford Odets about a prizefighter from Harlem
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Golden Rainbow – a 1968 Broadway musical based on
the play A Hole in the Head
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Got Tu Go
Disco – a 1979
musical that closed after only 8 performances
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Happy as Larry – a 1953 Broadway musical about an
Irish tailor that closed after 3 performances
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Henry, Sweet Henry – a 1967 Broadway musical based on
the novel and film The World of Henry Orient
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Here’s Where I Belong -- a 1968 Broadway musical based on
Steinbeck’s East of Eden
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Hit The Trail -- a 1954 Broadway musical that closed after 4
performances
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House of Flowers – a 1954 Broadway musical with book
and lyrics by Truman Capote
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Hurry, Harry – a 1972 Broadway musical that ran for
2 performances
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I Love My Wife -- a 1977 Broadway musical
about two couples considering an ménage-a-quatre on
Christmas Eve
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Into the Woods – a 1987 Broadway musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim about fairy tales. In the
opening number, Cinderella’s stepsisters talk repeatedly about going to “The
King’s Festival.”
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It’s So Nice to be Civilized -- a 1980 Broadway musical that closed only
after 8 performances
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Kwamina
– a 1961 Broadway
musical about a dying king in West Africa
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Picnic – a 1953 play by William Inge which eventually was adapted into a musical Hot September
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Marilyn – a 1983 Broadway musical based on
the life of Marilyn Monroe
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Mother Earth – a 1972 Broadway musical that
explored the themes of earth
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Oh, Brother – a 1983 Broadway musical set in the
Persian Gulf
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Oh, Boy – a 1917 Broadway musical that
helped define American musical theatre
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Oh, Captain -- a 1953 Broadway musical based on the film A Captain’s Paradise
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Oh, Coward -- a 1972 musical that eventually made it to
Broadway in 1986 that was comprised of Noel Coward songs
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Oh, Look! – a 1918 Broadway musical comedy set
on Long Island
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Oh, my Dear – a 1918 Broadway musical that takes
place on a farm
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Oh, Kay! -- a 1926 Broadway musical
by George and Ira Gershwin about bootleggers during the Prohibition
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Oh, Please – a 1926 Broadway musical comedy
revue
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On the Town –a 1944 musical with book and lyrics
by Comden and Green and music by Leonard Bernstein.
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Portofino – a 1958 Broadway musical that takes
place in Italy that ran for only 3 performances
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Ride the Winds – a 1974 Broadway musical set around
a monastery in the Far East
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The Rink – a 1984 Broadway musical by Kander and Ebb about a dilapidated roller skating rink.
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Romance/Romance – a 1989 Broadway musical comprised
of two one-act musicals that share similar themes of love
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Ruthless: The Musical -- a 1992 Off-Broadway all-female musical that
parodies the great female characters of Broadway musical
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Sail Away – a 1961 Broadway musical by Noel
Coward about a divorcee working on a cruise ship
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Shelter – a 1973 Broadway musical
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Shogun, the Musical – a 1990 Broadway musical based on
the epic novel Shogun
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Simply Heavenly – a 1958 Broadway musical with book
and lyrics by Langston Hughes
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Smile -- a 1986 Broadway musical based on the film
of the same name about a beauty pageant
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Something More -- a 1962 Broadway musical based on
the novel Portofino P.T.A.
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Soon -- a 1971 Broadway musical about struggling
musicians in New York City
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Starlight Express -- a 1987 Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd
Webber famous for being staged with roller skates
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Stars in Your Eyes -- a 1939 Broadway musical that starred Ethel
Merman
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Steel Pier --
a 1997 Broadway musical by Kander and Ebb
about a stunt pilot
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Tenderloin – a 1960 Broadway musical by Bock
and Harnick based on the book of the same name
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Very Warm for May – a 1938 Broadway musical by Jerome
Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
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Wild and Wonderful -- a 1971 Broadway musical that takes place in
a fictional Big City
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Wonderful Town – a 1953 musical with lyrics by Comden and Green, music by Leonard Bernstein.
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Working -- a 1979 Broadway musical (that premiered at
the Goodman Theatre in Chicago) with book, lyrics and music partially by
Stephen Schwartz, inspired by a collection of interviews conducted by Studs Turkel