Albert Marre

Albert Marre

Albert Marre (born September 20 1925) is a American Tony Award-winning director and producer in the theatre.

Born in New York City, Marre made his Broadway debut as an actor and associate director of the 1950 revival of John Vanbrugh's Restoration comedy "The Relapse". Three years later he helmed a production of George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance", followed by "Kismet", in which he cast Joan Diener as Lalume, the seductive wife of the Wazir. Marre and Diener wed in 1956, subsequently had two children, and remained married until her death in 2006.

In 1956, Marre was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Director for "The Chalk Garden". That same year he also staged a disastrous musical adaptation of James Hilton's "Lost Horizon" called "Shangri-La" and a revival of Shaw's "Saint Joan". Two years later, he directed a production of "At the Grand", a musical version of Vicki Baum's 1930 novel "Grand Hotel", in Los Angeles, with his wife as the opera diva who falls in love with a charming, but larcenous, faux baron. (Although the show never reached Broadway, it was revamped drastically more than thirty years later and, directed by Tommy Tune, became the hit "Grand Hotel".)

Marre returned to New York where he scored with Jerry Herman's first Broadway musical, "Milk and Honey". He also directed a revival of Shaw's little-known "Too True to Be Good", with an all-star cast. A couple of misfires were followed by what proved to be his greatest success, Mitch Leigh's "Man of La Mancha", starring Richard Kiley and Diener. (Kiley had previously appeared in Marre's production of "Kismet", as the Caliph.) Marre won the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical and went on to direct numerous national and international productions of the hit, as well as the Broadway revivals in 1972, 1977, and 1992. He was signed to direct the screen version but was replaced first by Peter Glenville, and then by Arthur Hiller, after Marre's and Glenville's work respectively proved to be unsatisfactory for United Artists executives.

Marre's subsequent collaborations with Leigh and his wife, the musicals "Cry for Us All" (1970) and "Home Sweet Homer" (1976), were critical and commercial failures. He also has the distinction of directing two flop versions of Leigh's "Chu Chem", both the original in 1966 (which closed out of town in Philadelphia) and the ill-advised short-lived 1989 Broadway version.

External links

*


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Te marre pas ... c'est pour rire ! — Te marre pas ... c est pour rire ! est un film humoristique réalisé par Jacques Besnard en 1982. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Liens externes …   Wikipédia en Français

  • L'Homme de la Mancha (comédie musicale) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir L Homme de la Mancha. L Homme de la Mancha (Man of La Mancha) est une comédie musicale américaine, livret de Dale Wasserman, lyrics de Joe Darion et musique de Mitch Leigh, inspirée du roman de Miguel de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joan Diener — (February 24 1930 ndash; May 13 2006) was an American theatre actress and singer with a three and a half octave range.Born in Columbus, Ohio, Diener majored in psychology at Sarah Lawrence College and moonlighted as an actress while still a… …   Wikipedia

  • Man of La Mancha (film) — Man of La Mancha Theatrical release poster Directed by Arthur Hiller Produced by …   Wikipedia

  • Home Sweet Homer (musical) — Infobox Musical name= Home Sweet Homer subtitle= caption= music= Mitch Leigh lyrics= Charles Burr Forman Brown book= Roland Kibbee Albert Marre basis= Homer s Odyssey productions= 1976 Broadway awards= Home Sweet Homer is a musical with a book by …   Wikipedia

  • Man of La Mancha — For the 1972 film, see Man of La Mancha (film). Man of La Mancha Original Playbill Music Mitch Leigh Lyrics …   Wikipedia

  • Cry for Us All — Original Cast Recording Music Mitch Leigh Lyrics William Alfred Phyllis Robinson Book William Alfred …   Wikipedia

  • Chu Chem — Music Mitch Leigh Lyrics Jim Haines Jack Wohl Book Ted Allen Productions 1966 Philadelphia 1989 Broadway Chu Chem is a …   Wikipedia

  • L'Homme de la Mancha (comedie musicale) — L Homme de la Mancha (comédie musicale) Pour les articles homonymes, voir L Homme de la Mancha. L Homme de la Mancha (Man of La Mancha) est une comédie musicale américaine adaptée du roman de Cervantes, Don Quichotte. Sommaire 1 Genèse …   Wikipédia en Français

  • L'Homme de la Mancha (scène) — L Homme de la Mancha (comédie musicale) Pour les articles homonymes, voir L Homme de la Mancha. L Homme de la Mancha (Man of La Mancha) est une comédie musicale américaine adaptée du roman de Cervantes, Don Quichotte. Sommaire 1 Genèse …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”