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Walter Willison (born June 24, 1947) is an American stage actor. He received a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for his Broadway musical debut in Richard Rodgers' and Martin Charnin's Biblical musical ''Two by Two''.〔(IMDb Resume for Walter Willison (I) )〕 == Career == Walter Willison is an award winning actor, singer, writer, director and producer. He garnered a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for Richard Rodgers' and Martin Charnin's ''Two by Two'' and also starred on Broadway in ''Norman, Is That You?'', the title role in ''Pippin '', ''Wild and Wonderful'', the Tony Award winning landmark ''Grand Hotel''; as The Celebrant in Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Schwartz's ''Mass'' at the inaugural production at The Kennedy Center; ''A Christmas Carol'' at Madison Square Garden; ''Anyone Can Whistle'' : Live at Carnegie Hall; Off-Broadway in the title role of Robert Wright & George Forrest's ''Kean ''; and created the role of Alan A. Dale in the workshop of Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan & Peter Sipos' ''Robin Hood: The Final Adventure''. He also starred in films, including: ''Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women'', for which he was personally chosen by Irving Berlin to croon his iconic "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" as Frank Carter, ''Harry and Walter Go To New York'', and he wrote the lyrics for the songs he sings in ''Fantasies'', starring Bo Derek. On TV he starred in the NBC series ''McDuff, The Talking Dog'', ''Days Of Our Lives'', and as Clyde Griffiths, the tragic hero (portrayed on the big screen by Montgomery Clift) in Theodore Dreiser's ''An American Tragedy'' on PBS' The Great Novelists. Willison made his theatre debut in the West Coast premiere of ''Here's Love'' at the California Theatre in San Bernardino, California in 1964, and toured in the national company of ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'', the national and San Francisco company of ''Your Own Thing'', and starred in ''Once Upon a Mattress'' at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas. Other notable stage appearances include Lt. Joseph Cable in ''South Pacific'', The 25th Anniversary Concert in New York and at the St. Louis Municipal Opera, Prince Charming in Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', and he has starred in numerous productions of ''Fiddler On The Roof'' as Perchik, ''Carousel '' as Billy Bigelow, ''Carnival '' as Paul Bertholet, ''The Fantasticks'' as El Gallo, including The First International Japan Tour with creators Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Working with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Jerome Lawrence and Margaret Goheen he helped to create The William Inge Festival, which annually honors our greatest living American playwrights, composers and lyricists in William Inge's hometown of Independence, Kansas, writing and directing tributes to Robert Anderson, William Gibson, and appearing in tributes to Jerome Lawrence, Garson Kanin, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. He has written and directed plays and musicals from San Diego's Old Globe Theater to Off-Broadway, including directing the West Coast Premiere of ''The Grass Harp'' starring Susan Watson, and he co-wrote, with Douglas Holmes, the new book and directed the 1997 Revival of Frank Loesser's ''Greenwillow'' which received unanimous critical praise. He has directed Special Events including the 2005 and 2006 Theatre World Awards at Studio 54, for which he also wrote special material for Liza Minnelli, and in 2013 he co-directed, co-wrote and co-starred with alumni from the original casts of ''Grease'', ''Nine'' and ''Grand Hotel'' in Kathi Moss' Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong Reunion! for The Actors Fund. He has produced and/or can be heard on 28 CDs. In 2014 he directed Steve Ross & Karen Oberlin in Cheek To Cheek: The Songs of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and premiered his solo show Jolson, My Dad & Me for The Ziegfeld Society of New York City. Most recently, Mr. Willison wrote, directed and costarred with Liliane Montevecchi, Karen Akers and other fellow original Broadway cast members in the critically acclaimed ''Grand Hotel'': The 25th Anniversary Reunion Concert at 54 Below in May 2015. He costars with a cast of Broadway Legends in Rick McKay's new documentary ''Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age'', released in 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Willison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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