"The SHIRLEY MacLAINE Show" Marvin Hamlisch 1984 Broadway Opening Night Playbill

Description: This is a rare April 19th, 1984 OPENING NIGHT playbill from the Original Broadway musical event "SHIRLEY MacLAINE on BROADWAY" at the George Gershwin Theatre in New York City. (The production opened April 19th, 1984 and played 46 performances.) ..... The musical event starred SHIRLEY MacLAINE who was supported by MARK REINA, LARRY VICKERS, JAMILAH LUCAS and ANTONETTE YUSKIS ..... Biography: A dancer, singer, highly regarded actress and metaphysical time traveler, SHIRLEY MacLAINE (1934– ) is certainly among Hollywood's most unique stars. Born Shirley MacLane Beaty on April 24th, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine was the daughter of drama coach and former actress Kathlyn MacLean Beaty and Ira O. Beaty, a professor of psychology and philosophy. Her younger brother, Warren Beatty, also grew up to be an important Hollywood figure as an actor/director/ producer and screenwriter. MacLaine's mother, who gave up her own dreams of stardom for her young family, greatly motivated her daughter to become an actress and dancer. MacLaine took dance lessons from age two, first performed publicly at age four, and at 16 went to New York, making her Broadway debut as a chorus girl in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Me and Juliet (1953). When not scrambling for theatrical work, MacLaine worked as a model. Interestingly, MacLaine's big break was the result of another actress's bad luck. In 1954, MacLaine was understudying Broadway actress Carol Haney in "The Pajama Game" when Haney fractured her ankle. MacLaine replaced her and was spotted and offered a movie contract by producer Hal Wallis. With her auburn hair cut impishly short, the young actress made her film debut in Hitchcock's black comedy "The Trouble With Harry" (1955). Later that year, she co-starred opposite Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in the comedy "Artists and Models". In her next feature, "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956), she appeared as an Indian princess. MacLaine earned her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a pathetic tart who shocks a conservative town by showing up on the arm of young war hero Frank Sinatra in "Some Came Running" (1959). She then got the opportunity to show off her long legs and dancing talents in "Can-Can" (1960). Prior to that, she appeared with Rat Packers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford in "Oceans Eleven" (1960). MacLaine, the only female member of the famed group, would later recount her experiences with them in her seventh book "My Lucky Stars". In 1960, she won her second Oscar nomination for Billy Wilder's comedy/drama "The Apartment", and a third nomination for "Irma La Douce" (1963). MacLaine's career was in high gear during the '60s, with her appearing in everything from dramas to madcap comedies to musicals such as "What a Way to Go!" (1964) and Bob Fosse's "Sweet Charity!" (1969). In addition to her screen work, she actively participated in Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign and served as a Democratic Convention delegate. She was similarly involved in George McGovern's 1972 campaign. Bored by sitting around on movie sets all day awaiting her scenes, MacLaine started writing down her thoughts and was thus inspired to add writing to her list of talents. She published her first book, "Don't Fall Off the Mountain" in 1970. MacLaine returned to Broadway in 1976 with a spectacular one-woman show A Gypsy in My Soul, and the following year entered a new phase in her career playing a middle-aged former ballerina who regrets leaving dance to live a middle-class life in "The Turning Point". MacLaine was memorable starring as a lonely political wife opposite Peter Sellers' simple-minded gardener in "Being There" (1979), but did not again attract too much attention until she played the over-protective, eccentric widow Aurora Greenway in James L. Brooks' "Terms of Endearment" (1983), a role that finally won MacLaine an Academy Award. That same year, she published the candid Out on a Limb, bravely risking public ridicule by describing her experiences and theories concerning out-of-body travel and reincarnation. MacLaine's film appearances were sporadic through the mid '80s, although she did appear in a few television specials. In 1988, she came back strong with three great roles in "Madame Sousatzka" (1988), "Steel Magnolias" (1989) and particularly "Postcards from the Edge" (1990), in which she played a fading star clinging to her own career while helping her daughter Meryl Streep, a drug addicted, self-destructive actress. Through the '90s, MacLaine specialized in playing rather crusty and strong-willed eccentrics, such as her title character in the 1994 comedy "Guarding Tess". In 1997, MacLaine stole scenes as a wise grande dame who helps pregnant, homeless Ricki Lake in "Mrs. Winterbourne", and the same year revived Aurora Greenway in "The Evening Star", the critically maligned sequel to "Terms of Endearment". (Reprinted from the Answers.com website.) ..... CREDITS: Original Music by MARVIN HAMLISCH ("A Chorus Line", "They're Playing Our Song", "Smile", "The Goodbye Girl", "Sweet Smell of Success") and CHRISTOPHER ADLER; Additional Material by LARRY GROSSMAN and BUZ KOHAN; Costumes designed by PETE MENEFEE; Directed and Choreographed by ALAN JOHNSON; Produced by MICHAEL FLOWERS ..... DETAILS: The 132 page playbill measures 5 5/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes and an extensive bio of SHIRLEY MacLAINE as well as one production photo ..... CONDITION: With the exception of discoloration along the seam and minor edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.

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