The theatre company named after what branch of the Federal Theatre Project that boasts actors best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series "Fame"?
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New Federal Theatre This theatre company is named after the African-American branch of the Federal Theatre Project, which was created in the United States during the Great Depression to provide resources for theatre and other artistic programs. The company has operated out of a few different locations on Henry Street in the lower east side of Manhattan. Since 1970 The New Federal Theatre has provided its community with a stage and collection of talented performers to express the voices of numerous African-America playwrights. New Federal Theatre boasts nationally known playwrights such as Ron Milner ("Checkmates"), Ed Bullins ("The Taking of Miss Janine"), and Ntozake Shange ("For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf") as well as actors including Jackée Harry, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Debbie Allen, Phylicia Rashad, Dick Anthony Williams, Glynn Turman, Taurean Blacque, Samuel L. Jackson, and Laurence Fishburne.
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Debbie Allen Deborrah Kaye "Debbie" Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is perhaps best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series "Fame", where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. She currently portrays Catherine Avery on "Grey's Anatomy". She is the younger sister of actress/director/singer Phylicia Rashad.
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Troi Zee Troi Zee is an American actress and singer known for 1982 (2013) and Advantageous (2015).
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Poor Little Lambs Poor Little Lambs is a play by Paul Rudnick. It was first produced at the Theater at St. Peter's Church in the Citicorp Center in Manhattan, New York City, in 1982. The 1982 production which featured David Naughton of An American Werewolf in London fame is notable for including in its cast a number of young actors who were beginning to achieve, or later achieved, significant success in television or movies, including Kevin Bacon, Gedde Watanabe, and Bronson Pinchot.
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Smash (TV series) Smash is an American musical drama television series created by playwright Theresa Rebeck and developed by Robert Greenblatt for NBC. Steven Spielberg served as one of the executive producers. The series was broadcast in the US by NBC and produced by DreamWorks Television and Universal Television. The series revolves around a fictional New York City theater community and specifically the creation of a new Broadway musical. It features a large ensemble cast, led by Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee, Christian Borle, Megan Hilty, and Anjelica Huston.
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Amelia Holman Gilfert Catherine "Amelia" Holman Gilfert (1789-1833) was an American (originally British) stage actor and theater manager. She was widely famed in the early 19th-century United States, and referred to by contemporary critics as the first star of the American theater. She is regarded to have notably influenced American theater in the early 19th-century. She was the manager of the Charleston Theater in 1823-24 and 1824-25.
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Joely Fisher Joely Fisher (born October 29, 1967) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her work on television as Paige Clark on "Ellen" as well as Joy Stark in the Fox sitcom "'Til Death". She is also known for singing on Broadway in the 1990s.
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Nell Carter Nell Ruth Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy; September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003) was an American singer and actress. Beginning her career in 1970, Carter started in theater; singing and later crossed over to television. Carter was perhaps best known for her role as Nell Harper on the NBC sitcom "Gimme a Break!" which originally aired from 1981 to 1987. Carter received two Emmy and two Golden Globe award nominations for her work on the series. Prior to Gimme a Break!, Carter won a Tony Award for "Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical" in 1978 for her performance in the Broadway musical "Ain't Misbehavin'", as well as an Primetime Emmy Award for her reprisal of the role on television in 1982.
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Kevin Bacon Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor and musician. His notable films include musical-drama film "Footloose" (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller "JFK" (1991), the legal drama "A Few Good Men" (1992), the historical docudrama "Apollo 13" (1995), and the mystery drama "Mystic River" (2003). Bacon is also known for taking on darker roles such as that of a sadistic guard in "Sleepers" (1996) and troubled former child abuser in a critically acclaimed performance in "The Woodsman" (2004). He is equally prolific on television, having starred in the Fox drama series "The Following" (2013–2015). For the HBO original film "Taking Chance" (2009), Bacon won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, also receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. "The Guardian" named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry.
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Dallas Repertory Company Theater Repertory Company Theatre is a local theatre company in Richardson, Texas, boasting some of the most talented singers, actors, and dancers in the Metroplex. Artistic Director, Debra Carter. Founded in 1986, RCT has been voted "best theatre in Richardson" by the Dallas Morning News, as well as nominated for local theatre awards such as the Leon Rabin Awards and the Column Awards. Each Season the Theatre presents Broadway Musicals, Classic Plays and Special Presentations performed by the 60+ member REP Company. Rep Company auditions are held each January.
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Molly Chance Molly Chance is an American television producer and former actress. Molly's producing credits include the world's most popular and longest-running entertainment news program, "Entertainment Tonight", as well as its spin-off, "ET on MTV". Her acting credits include appearances on cult television show, "Charmed", and popular 1980s sitcom, "Punky Brewster".
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Clare Burt Clare Burt is an English actress and singer, best known for her stage work and for her appearance on the television series "The Bill".
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Hallie Flanagan Hallie Flanagan Davis (August 27, 1890 in Redfield, South Dakota – June 23, 1969 in Old Tappan, New Jersey) was an American theatrical producer and director, playwright, and author, best known as director of the Federal Theatre Project, a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
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Faith Prince Faith Prince (born August 6, 1957) is an American actress and singer, best known for her work on Broadway in musical theatre. She won the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical (in 1992), and received three other Tony nominations.
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Group Theatre (London) The Group Theatre (London) was an experimental theatre company founded in 1932 by Rupert Doone and Robert Medley. It evolved from a play-reading group in Cambridge that Doone had been involved with during his years studying with the Festival Theatre there. The Group Theatre was active from 1932 to 1939 and reformed as The Group Theatre Ltd. in the early 1950s.
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Opera Omaha Opera Omaha is a major regional opera company in Omaha, Nebraska. Begun in 1958, the professional company is widely known for the International Fall Festival events it held in the 1980s and 1990s, which garnered international attention and served as the U.S. and world premieres for a number of notable works. One of these performances, the 1990 U.S. premiere of the 1841 work Maria Padilla, was among the primary debuts for noted soprano Renee Fleming. "I’ve been calling all my singer friends and saying, 'You’ve got to sing for this company.'" Fleming said at the time. It has "a lot of vision." In 2007, the Toronto Star said "Opera Omaha has grown into one of the continent's most enterprising regional opera companies."
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Helen Fraser (actress) Helen Fraser (born Helen Margaret Stronach; born 15 June 1942 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s. For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in "Billy Liar" (1963) and "Repulsion" (1965). She is also well known for portraying the role of miserable warder Sylvia Hollamby in the prison drama series "Bad Girls". She appeared in the series from the very first episode in 1999 to the very last in 2006.
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List of inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame Canada's Walk of Fame, located in Toronto, Ontario, is a walk of fame that acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians. It consists of a series of stars imbedded in 13 designated blocks worth of sidewalks in Toronto, located in front of Roy Thomson Hall, the Princess of Wales Theatre, and the Royal Alexandra Theatre on King and Simcoe streets. The first group of members was inducted in 1998, and it has since expanded to include the RBC Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Prize competition, which assists emerging Canadian musicians with getting their careers off the ground.
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Jennifer DiNoia Jennifer DiNoia (born February 23, 1982) is an American singer and actress. She is best known for her work in the theatre, specifically "Wicked", playing the lead role of Elphaba in various productions around the world.
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Carol Channing Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) is an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Notable for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiate a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Carol Channing also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
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David De Silva David De Silva (born August 14, 1936) is an American film writer and producer, best known for the 1980 MGM movie "Fame". De Silva retained the stage rights to the film, and, conceived and developed "Fame - The Musical", which has since been produced in many countries around the world, leading De Silva to be known as "Father Fame", and launching a foundation called the Father Fame Foundation to promote theatre arts.
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Alberta Theatre Projects Alberta Theatre Projects ("ATP") is a professional, not-for-profit, Canadian theatre company, founded in 1972 by Lucille Wagner and Douglas Riske, currently based out of the Martha Cohen Theatre in Arts Commons, in Calgary, Alberta. The company is well-known in Canada and internationally for its development of new, Canadian plays and the art of dramaturgy.