The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 production starring an actor who won a Tony for a part in what musical?
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The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy ("1 Henry VI", "2 Henry VI", "3 Henry VI" and "Richard III"), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. The plays were adapted by John Barton, and directed by Barton himself and Peter Hall at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The production starred David Warner as Henry VI, Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret of Anjou, Donald Sinden as the Duke of York, Paul Hardwick as the Duke of Gloucester, Janet Suzman as Joan la Pucelle, Brewster Mason as the Earl of Warwick, Roy Dotrice as Edward IV, Susan Engel as Queen Elizabeth and Ian Holm as Richard III.
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Roy Dotrice Roy Dotrice, OBE (born 26 May 1923) is a British actor known for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the revival of "A Moon for the Misbegotten". Film audiences know him best for his role as Leopold Mozart in the Oscar-winning film "Amadeus". He is also known for narrating the audio book versions of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.
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Michael Cerveris Michael Cerveris (born November 6, 1960) is an American actor, singer, and guitarist. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including several Stephen Sondheim musicals: "Assassins", "Sweeney Todd", "Road Show", and "Passion". In 2004, Cerveris won the Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for "Assassins" as John Wilkes Booth. In 2015, he won his second Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for "Fun Home" as Bruce Bechdel.
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Harold Prince Harold Smith Prince (born January 30, 1928) is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the 20th century. He has garnered twenty-one Tony Awards, more than any other individual, including eight for directing, eight for producing the year's Best Musical, two as Best Producer of a Musical, and three special awards.
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42nd Street (musical) 42nd Street is an American musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production, produced by David Merrick, directed by an ailing Gower Champion and orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit. The show was produced in London in 1984 (winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical) and its 2001 Broadway revival won the Tony for Best Revival.
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Moses Gunn Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's "The Blacks," and his Broadway debut was in "A Hand is on the Gate," an evening of African-American poetry. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "The Poison Tree" and played Othello on Broadway in 1970.
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12th Tony Awards The 12th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom on April 13, 1958. Bud Collyer was the Master of Ceremonies. For the second year the program was not telecast, due to a strike against WCBS-TV.
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David Janson David Janson (born David Jackson, 30 March 1950) is an English actor whose stage debut was in "Oliver!" in 1962. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and appeared as the young boy (during Ringo's walk) in The Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night" (billed as "David Jaxon").
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Mark Michael Hutchinson Mark Michael Hutchinson is an actor who won the 1993 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Eddie in "Blood Brothers".
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Dave Willetts Dave Willetts (born 24 June 1952 in Birmingham) is an English singer and actor known for having leading roles in West End musicals.
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Gary Burghoff Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor, known for playing Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", and the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in the film "MASH", as well as the TV series.
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Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II ( ; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalist's and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music. Hammerstein collaborated with numerous composers, such as Jerome Kern, with whom he wrote "Show Boat", Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml, Richard A. Whiting and Sigmund Romberg; but he is best known for his collaborations with Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein which include "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "South Pacific", "The King and I", and "The Sound of Music".
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Andrew Bridge (lighting designer) Andrew Bridge is a Broadway and West End lighting designer, who has worked on many Broadway productions, including "The Phantom of the Opera". He has won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design three times: in 1988 for "The Phantom of the Opera", 1995 for "Sunset Boulevard", and in 1999 for "Fosse".
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Ben Daniels Ben Daniels (born David T Daniels on 10 June 1964) is an English actor. Initially a celebrated stage actor, Daniels was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Never the Sinner" (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for "900 Oneonta" (1994), Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for "Martin Yesterday" (1998), and won the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Arthur Miller play "All My Sons".
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Tony Jay Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was an English actor, voice artist, and singer.
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Michael McGrath (actor) Michael McGrath (born September 25, 1957) is a Tony Award-winning American stage actor. He has appeared in many Broadway stage productions, and is especially noted for his roles in the musicals "Spamalot" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It".
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Joel Blum Joel Blum is an American stage actor. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical twice. The first was in 1995 for his role as Frank in the Broadway revival of "Show Boat". The second nomination was in 1997 for playing Buddy Becker in the original production of "Steel Pier". He was also nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in "Golf: The Musical". He was also part of the original production of "42nd Street". Other Broadway roles include "Stardust, The Music Man" and "Debbie Reynolds On Broadway". He also played George in the second U.S. national tour of "Billy Elliot the Musical"., and Detective Marks/Man in the Off-Broadway musical "Kid Victory"..
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Ron Holgate Ronald "Ron" Holgate (born May 26, 1937, Aberdeen, South Dakota) is an American actor and opera singer. He won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor as Richard Henry Lee in the original Broadway production of "1776", a role he reprised in 1972 for the film "1776".
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John Lithgow John Arthur Lithgow ( ; born October 19 , 1945) is an American actor, musician, singer, comedian, voice actor, and author. He has received two Tony Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, four Drama Desk Awards and has also been nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards. Lithgow has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has been inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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Michael Byrne (actor) Michael Byrne (born 7 November 1943) is an English actor noted for his roles in the National Theatre and in Hollywood films and on television.
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Donald Holder Donald Holder is an American lighting designer in theatre, opera, and dance based in New York. He has been nominated for twelve Tony Awards, winning the 1998 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for "The Lion King". He won a second Tony in 2008 for the revival of "South Pacific". His lighting design for "Ragtime" has been nominated for a 2010 Tony Award for "Best Lighting Design of a Musical". Additional Broadway credits include: "Big Fish," "Annie (2012 Broadway revival)", "Golden Boy", "", "Arcadia", "The Motherf**cker With The Hat", "Promises, Promises", "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", "Radio Golf", "The Little Dog Laughed", "Movin' Out", "The Times They Are a-Changin'", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Holiday","Cyrano de Bergerac", and "Prelude to a Kiss".He was the theatrical lighting designer for seasons one and two of the NBC-Universal Television Series: 'Smash.'
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Where Is Love? "Where is Love?" is a song from the Tony Award-winning British musical "Oliver!" and the 1968 film "Oliver!" based on the novel "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. The musical was written by Lionel Bart and was first staged in London's West End in 1960.