Broadway From A to Z: B
8 People
John Lee Beatty (scenic designer) - 115+ Broadway shows; 2 Tony Awards, 15 nominations; Talley's Folly, The Nance, Proof, Doubt, The Color Purple
Michael Bennett (actor/dancer/director/choreographer/producer) - 1943 - 1987; Pulitzer Prize, 7 Tony Awards, 15 nominations; A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Follies, Company, Seesaw, Ballroom, Promises, Promises, Bajour, Subways Are For Sleeping
Laura Benanti (actor) - 1 Tony Award, 5 nominations; Gypsy, She Loves Me, My Fair Lady, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play), The Wedding Singer, Into the Woods, Swing!, The Sound of Music
Christian Borle (actor) - 2 Tony Awards, 4 nominations; Something Rotten!, Peter and the Star Catcher, Legally Blonde, Falsettos, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Poppins, Spamalot
Beatty, Bennett, Benanti
Borle, Brooks
Brown, Buckley, Burstein
Mel Brooks (writer/composer/lyricist/producer) - 3 Tony Awards; The Producers, Young Frankenstein, All-American, Shinbone Alley
Jason Robert Brown (composer/lyricist/orchestrator/conductor) - 3 Tony Awards, 4 nominations; The Bridges of Madison County, Parade, Urban Cowboy, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Last 5 Years, Mr. Saturday Night
Betty Buckley (actor/goddess) - 1 Tony Award, 2 nominations; Cats, Triumph of Love, Sunset Boulevard, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Song and Dance, Carrie, Pippin, 1776
Danny Burstein (actor) - 1 Tony Award, 7 nominations; Moulin Rouge!, Follies, Golden Boy, South Pacific, The Drowsy Chaperone, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, My Fair Lady, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Titanic
5 Shows
Terrence Mann and Susan Egan
Beauty and the Beast - Palace Theatre, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: Opened April 18, 1994; 5,462 performances; Book by Linda Woolverton, Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice; Original Cast included Susan Egan, Terrence Mann, Burke Moses, Gary Beach, Beth Fowler and Tom Bosley
Judy Holliday, Sydney Chaplin and Company
Bells Are Ringing - Shubert Theatre, Alvin Theatre: Opened November 29, 1956; 924 performances; Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Music by Jule Styne; Original Cast included Judy Holliday, Sydney Chaplin
Con O'Neill and Mark Michael Hutchinson
Blood Brothers - The Music Box Theatre: Opened April 25, 1993; 840 performances; Book, Music and Lyrics by Willy Russell; Original Cast included Stephanie Lawrence, Con O'Neill, Mark Michael Hutchinson, Warwick Evans, Jan Graveson, Barbara Walsh
Matthew Broderick and Company
Brighton Beach Memoirs - Alvin/Neil Simon Theatre, 46th Street Theatre: Opened March 27, 1983; 1,299 performances; By Neil Simon; Original Cast included Matthew Broderick, Elizabeth Franz, Zeljko Ivanek
Judy Holliday and Paul Douglas
Born Yesterday - Lyceum Theatre, Henry Miller's Theatre: Opened February 4, 1946; 1,642 performances; By Garson Kanin; Original Cast included Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Gary Merrill
6 Songs
1994 Revival Cast - Billy Porter and Jessica Stone
"Beauty School Dropout" - Grease
Sung by Teen Angel (Alan Paul), Frenchy (Marya Small); Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Larry Kert
"Being Alive" - Company
Sung by Bobby (Dean Jones); Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Original Broadway Cast
"Big D" - The Most Happy Fella
Sung by Herman (Shorty Long), Cleo (Susan Johnson) and Ensemble; Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Original Broadway Cast
Sung by Nickie (Helen Gallagher), Helene (Thelma Oliver) and the Fan-Dango Girls; Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Phillipa Soo
"Burn" - Hamilton
Sung by Eliza Hamilton (Phillipa Soo); Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Faith Prince
1992 Revival Cast
"Bushel and a Peck, A" - Guys and Dolls
Sung by Miss Adelaide (Vivian Blaine) and the Hot Box Girls;
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
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