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Larry Blyden

Date of Death: June 06, 1975 (49)

Birth Place: Houston, TX, USA

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Larry Blyden STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
1974
Sidney

[College/University (US)]
World Premiere, 1974
Dionysos

[Broadway]
Concert [Broadway], 1973
Performer

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1972
Hysterium

[Regional (US)]
Regional Revival, 1971
Hysterium

[Broadway]
1969
Seymour

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1966
Balladeer

Narrator

Snake

[Broadway]
1964
Milt Manville [Replacement]

Milt Manville [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1964
Doc

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1958
Sammy Fong

[Broadway]
1953
Grant Cobbler

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1952
Schmutz

Schmutz

Itchy Flexner (Understudy) [Replacement]

[Broadway]
1948
Ensign Pulver [Replacement]

Shore Patrol Officer [Replacement]

Larry Blyden Productions

 
[Broadway, 1969]
Director
 
[Broadway, 1962]
Director

Larry Blyden Movies

The Bachelor Party
[ 1957 ] Ken
Kiss Them for Me
[ 1957 ] Mississip
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
[ 1970 ] Warren Pratt

Larry Blyden Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 1975 - Outstanding Featured Actor - Play

Larry Blyden, Absurd Person Singular

Tony Awards - 1975 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Larry Blyden, Absurd Person Singular


winner
Tony Awards - 1972 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Larry Blyden, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Tony Awards - 1959 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Larry Blyden, Flower Drum Song

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Bock & Harnick's THE APPLE TREE to Open at Ghostlight Players This Week


Ghostlight Players will present “The Apple Tree,” a musical from the creators of “Fiddler on the Roof” and “She Loves Me,” from October 13 - 16 at Hemsley Hall. “The Apple Tree” features a book and score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, with additional material by Jerome Coopersmith.

Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald & André De Shields to be Honored by The Theatre World Awards, Hosted Online by BroadwayWorld


The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors announced today, as a departure from the annual awards ceremony, will present a one-night only virtual event to honor Broadways best with a Special Gala Award Benefit to help raise funds for the prestigious Theatre World Awards.

Original Cast Recording of FLOWER DRUM SONG Released Today as 2-LP Set


Craft Recordings and Concord Theatricals have announced a special reissue of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song, available today exclusively at Barnes & Noble. This 2-LP set features classic songs like 'I Enjoy Being a Girl' and 'Love, Look Away.'

New and Upcoming Releases For the Week of April 27 - CATS Blu-Ray, SEA WALL/A LIFE Audiobook, and More!


Need something new to read or watch? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases including Cats on Blu-Ray, Sea Wall/A Life audiobook, and more!

Michael Riedel and AJ Holmes to Join FOXY in Concert at 54 Below


Michael Riedel, author of Razzle Dazzle, and AJ Holmes(The Book of Mormon and Team StarKid) will be appearing in Johnny Mercer's lost musical FOXY at Feinstein's/54 Below on Tuesday, April 9that 7:00pm.

Kelli Barrett Joins FOXY at Feinstein's/54 Below


Kelli Barrett, who has appeared on Broadway in Wicked and Gettin' The Band Back Together, and stars as Liza Minnelli in FX's Fosse/Verdon, will be appearing in Johnny Mercer's lost musical FOXY at Feinstein's/54 Below on Tuesday, April 9th at 7:00pm.

Richard Kind, Chip Zien, and More Star in FOXY at 54 Below


FOXY, the 1964 musical based on Ben Johnson's Volpone, with a score by Johnny Mercer and Robert Emmett Dolan and a book by Ian McLellan Hunter and Ring Lardner Jr, will return to New York City with a star-studded Broadway cast at Feinstein's/54 Below on Tuesday, April 9that 7:00pm.

Ben Edelman to Receive Dorothy Loudon Award at Theatre World Awards


It was announced today by The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors (Dale Badway, President), and The Dorothy Loudon Foundation (Lionel Larner, Executive Director), Ben Edelman (Admissions) will be honored with the 10th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award at the 74TH Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony on the set of the TONY Nominated Broadway Revival of Once on This Island on Monday afternoon, June 4, 2018 beginning at 2:00 p.m at Circle in the Square

Legendary Game Show Host John Davidson To Host Game Show Network's SATURDAY NIGHT CLASSICS


John Davidson, former host of Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible! and The $100,000 Pyramid, will present a night of classic game shows on Saturday, February 10 at 8 p.m. ET.

Breaking: Stars from GREAT COMET, ANASTASIA, MISS SAIGON & More Earn 2017 Theatre World Awards!


The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors (Dale Badway, President), and The Dorothy Loudon Foundation (Lionel Larner, Executive Director), have announced the 2017 Theatre World Award Honorees for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance, the 9th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award Honoree for Excellence in the Theater and the 5th Annual John Willis Award Honoree for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre who will be celebrated at the 73rd Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony on Monday evening, June 5, 2017 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at The Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street), current home of The Great Comet, recipient of 12 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical.

Full Cast Announced for Buckland Theatre's LUV


Today, Buckland Theatre Company has announced casting for LUV, the company's second production at PARK90 at Park Theatre. Directed by Gary Condes, Nick Barber will play Milt, Elsie Bennett will play Ellen and Charles Dorfman will play Harry. Written by Murray Schisgal (best known for co-writing the screenplay for Tootsie), LUV premiered on Broadway in 1964 directed by Mike Nichols and was Tony nominated for Best Play and Best Author. LUV will play at PARK90 from 8 Decemberuntil 7 January with an official press night on 13 December.

SHE LOVES ME's Nicholas Barasch Named 2016 Dorothy Loudon Award Honoree


It was announced today by The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors, and The Dorothy Loudon Foundation, Broadway newcomer Nicholas Barasch, currently appearing in the Broadway revival of She Loves Me at Studio 54, will be honored with the 8th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award at the 72nd Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony set for Monday evening, May 23, 2016 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Circle in the Square Theatre (West 50th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue), home of the current 2015 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Fun Home.  The 2016 Theatre World winners will be announced shortly.

Stephen Sondheim's THE FROGS Plays in Concert at Studio One This Week


16th Century, Inc. and Evening Star productions will collaborate to present two FREE concert performances of Stephen Sondheim's The Frogs today, November 19th (a preview performance) and tomorrow, November 20th at Studio One in Ft. Lauderdale.

Stephen Sondheim's THE FROGS to be Present in Concert at Studio One, 11/19-20


16th Century, Inc. and Evening Star productions will collaborate to present two FREE concert performances of Stephen Sondheim's The Frogs on Thursday, November 19th (a preview performance) and Friday, November 20th at Studio One in Ft. Lauderdale.  

THEATRICAL THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eli Wallach & Cast Of LUV Show Game Faces


Today, in honor of the passing of legendary stage and screen star Eli Wallach we shine a light on a delightful vintage clip from way back in 1965.

STAGE TUBE: Watch Lost Documentary Footage from SONDHEIM: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE


'Sondheim: A Musical Tribute' was the title given to a benefit staged in March 1973. American Musical and Dramatic Academy and the National Hemophilia Foundation first wanted to honor Harold Prince, but he declined, so they chose Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim thought it would be 'merely a dinner,' but it was actually a full-scale production with 33 performers and a 30-piece orchestra, staged on the set of the then-running 'A Little Night Music' at the Shubert Theatre. Below, check out footage from a short documentary that was made about the show.

BWW Interview: Tony-winning Legend Ben Vereen Joins OC's MenAlive for ACADEMY AFFAIR


Tony Award-winning stage and screen legend Ben Vereen is this year's Special Guest Star at ACADEMY AFFAIR 2013, the Annual Benefit and Community Awards Gala presented by MenAlive, the Orange County Gay Men's Chorus. The event takes place at the posh Center Club, located at the Garden Level of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Before Mr. Vereen arrived in Orange County to perform at the Benefit, he spoke with West Coast Contributing Editor Michael Lawrence Quintos about his blessed life and expansive career in the theater.

InDepth InterView: Ben Vereen Talks Solo Show, 54 Below, New Projects & A Career Retrospective


Today we are talking to a Tony Award-winning legend famous for his performances starring in the original Broadway productions of PIPPIN and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, as well as his celebrated turns in stage and screen projects as diverse as ALL THAT JAZZ, SWEET CHARITY, CHICAGO, FOSSE, WICKED, GRIND, ROOTS, I'M NOT RAPPAPORT, GOLDEN BOY, IDLEWILD, FUNNY LADY, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and many more - the simply incredible Ben Vereen. Discussing many of his most fondly remembered roles and recounting his experiences working with many legendary directors and collaborators - Bob Fosse, Hal Prince, Tom O'Horgan, Herbert Ross, Ann Reinking, Dan Sullivan, Sammy Davis, Jr., Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and many more among them - Vereen paints a vivid picture of a bygone Broadway and reminisces about many of the most significant theatrical creators of the past fifty years and his roles in their stage and film projects. Additionally, Vereen fills us in on what we can expect from his upcoming solo spotlight show - a career retrospective - that will be kicking off at 54 Below on July 10 for a two-week engagement before an even larger, Broadway-bound mounting later this year at Princeton. Also, Vereen elaborates on the causes closest to his heart, shares thoughts on GLEE and SMASH, future plans and much, much more!

Reprise Theatre Company Announces THE APPLE TREE and CABARET


Reprise Theatre Company will present 'The Apple Tree' with book music and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith, and based on stories by Mark Twain, Frank R. Stockton, and Jules Feiffer as the third production of its 2011-2012 season, playing April 17 to 29, 2012 at the Freud Playhouse.

Coffey, Innvar, Malcom, Petkoff, Russell, Steeves to Lead Barrington's ABSURD 8/12-29


Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd Artistic Director and Richard M. Parison, Jr. Producing Director, continues the 2010 Mainstage season with Alan Ayckbourn's social-climbing comedy Absurd Person Singular, with performances beginning August 12 and running through August 29. Opening Night is August 15 at 5:00pm.

Larry Blyden FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Larry Blyden been in?

Larry Blyden has appeared on Broadway in 11 shows.

How many West End shows has Larry Blyden been in?

Larry Blyden has not appeared in the West End

What awards has Larry Blyden been nominated for?

Larry Blyden has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. He was nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for his performance in "Absurd Person Singular". He also received nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production. Additionally, Blyden was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for both "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Flower Drum Song".

What awards has Larry Blyden won?

Larry Blyden won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his performance in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum".

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