Rita Gardner
Actor and Musician
The Fantasticks...premiered at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, a small off-Broadway theater, on May 3 1960, with Jerry Orbach as El Gallo, Rita Gardner as Luisa, Kenneth Nelson as Matt, and librettist Tom Jones (under a pseudonym) as the Old Actor,... In this article: The Fantasticks, Tom Jones, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Pyramus and Thisbe |
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Wikipedia | October 15, 2009
A Family Affair
...Rose Theatre , where it ran for 65 performances. The cast included neurotic comic Shelley Berman as Alfie, Eileen Heckart as Tillie, Rita Gardner as Sally, and Larry Kert as Gerry, with Morris Carnovsky, Cathryn Damon, Bibi Osterwald, and...
In this article: A Family Affair, John Kander, James Goldman, Chicago, William Goldman, and The Fantasticks
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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
...twenty-two artists, including George Lee Andrews, Jack Blackton, Chevi Colton, Sally Cooke, Jack Eddleman, Elinor Ellsworth, Rita Gardner, Amelia Haas, Robert Jeffrey, Judy Lander, Ted Lawrie, Carolyn Leslie, Joe Masiell, Arlene Meadows, Stan...
In this article: Elly Stone, Jacques Brel, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Mort Shuman, Rodney Hicks, and Drew Sarich
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Soon It's Gonna Rain
...musical comedy "The Fantasticks", with lyrics written by Tom Jones , and music composed by Harvey Schmidt. The song was first sung by Rita Gardner and Kenneth Nelson in the original Off Broadway production of "The Fantasticks". Other...
In this article: The Fantasticks, Kristin Chenoweth, Barbra Streisand, The Barbra Streisand Album, Tom Jones, Joey McIntyre, Harvey Schmidt, Blossom Dearie, and Mandy Patinkin
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Herb Gardner
Gardner made a brief screen appearance as Rabbi Pierce in the 1987 motion picture ''Ishtar ''. Gardner was married to actress Rita Gardner; the union ended in divorce. He died in his Manhattan apartment from complications of lung...
In this article: Herb Gardner, New York, Chimpanzee, Chicago Tribune, High School of Performing Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Antioch College
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Micki Grant
...'Ella Hammer' in the Howard da Silva's off-Broadway revival of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock, opposite Jerry Orbach and Rita Gardner. In 1965, Micki Grant became the first African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera, when she...
In this article: Micki Grant, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, God, Tambourines to Glory, Marc Blitzstein, Jericho-Jim Crow, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, and Howard Da Silva
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Kansas City Star | March 05, 2009
‘Fantasticks' team to be honored at Inge Festival in April
...has indicated he will be in attendance all four days of the festival. Schmidt is unable to attend. </p><p>Also scheduled to attend are Rita Gardner, who played Luisa in the original off-Broadway production of the “Fantasticks,” and...
In this article: The Fantasticks, Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt, Academy Award, Independence Community College, August Wilson, and Edward Albee
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Ben Franklin in Paris
...Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where it ran for 215 performances. The cast included Robert Preston and Susan Watson, who was replaced by Rita Gardner soon after opening night. Michaels was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Author of a Musical. An...
In this article: Benjamin Franklin, Ben Franklin in Paris, King Louis XVI, Michael Kidd, England, Jerry Herman, and Robert Preston
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Rita Gardner
Rita Gardner is an American actress and singer . Gardner made her stage debut as Luisa in the original cast of The Fantasticks in 1960. Additional off-Broadway credits include The Cradle Will Rock (1964), To Be Young, Gifted, and Black...
In this article: Morning's at Seven, Yale University, Herb Gardner, The Impossible Years, The Fantasticks, Ben Franklin in Paris, Pal Joey, A Family Affair, and Susan Watson
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Variety | October 20, 2008
Broadway Originals
...D'Jamin Bartlett, Gary Beach, Kerry Butler, Liz Callaway, Alan Campbell, Chuck Cooper, Joan Copeland, Cheryl Freeman, Bob Cuccioli, Rita Gardner, Stephen Mo Hannen, Jerry Lanning, Alli Mauzey, Karen Morrow, Pamela Myers, Alice Ripley, Scott...
In this article: Karen Morrow, Robert Cuccioli, Liz Callaway, Pamela Myers, and Lucie Arnaz
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Gardner made her stage debut as Luisa in the original cast of The Fantasticks in 1960. Additional off-Broadway credits include The Cradle Will Rock (1964), To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1969), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1972), Steel Magnolias (1987), and The Foreigner (2004).
Gardner made her Broadway debut in the short-lived A Family Affair in 1962. She was featured in a brief 1963 revival of Pal Joey and replaced Susan Watson soon after the opening of Ben Franklin in Paris in 1964, after which her Broadway career stalled, finding her serving merely as a standby or understudy in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965), The Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969), and Morning's at Seven (2002). She had a featured role in The Wedding Singer in 2006.
Gardner's regional theatre credits include Showboat and The Impossible Years at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania (1983), Lucky in the Rain at the Goodspeed Opera House (1997), and Eleanor: A Love Story at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. (1999). She appeared in the national tours of Kiss of the Spider Woman (1994) and Try to Remember: A Look Back at Off-Broadway (2002).
Gardner's television credits include appearances in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Gardner was married to playwright Herb Gardner; the marriage ended in divorce.
She was a faculty member for the sixth annual Cabaret Conference at Yale University in 2008.
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