Enter the players : New York stage actors in the twentieth century / Thomas S. Hischak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hischak, Thomas S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actors--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Dictionaries.

Actors.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Biographies.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

ix, 347 pages ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Summary:

Enter the Players is the first book to look closely at the careers of hundreds of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway stage actors in New York. Over 900 actors, singers, dancers, and comics from the twentieth-century theatre are covered, from Maude Adams and Al Jolson at the turn of the century, to recent talents such as Matthew Broderick, Audra McDonald, and Brian Stokes Mitchell. All the famous names are here, but also included are dozens of not-so-well-known actors, many of them familiar favorites in their day or character actors who appeared in many shows but never became name stars. Each player is discussed in a brief biography, followed by a complete list of every play and character they performed in New York.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 345).

ISBN:

0810847612

OCLC:

51848777