By Ligia Fernandez
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March 2009
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Source:
studio360.com
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Lotte Lenya
(1898 - 1981)
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One of musical theatre's most enigmatic performers, Lotte
Lenya is best-known for originating the role of prostitute Jenny in THE
THREEPENNY OPERA (1928), composed by her husband, the legendary Kurt Weill.
She went on to reprise the role in the 1931 German film version and the 1954
Broadway production (winning the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress in a
musical). She also appeared on Broadway as Duchess
in Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin's THE FIREBRAND OF FLORENCE and as Fraulein
Schneider in the original 1966 production of Kander & Ebb's CABARET.
On the big screen, she garnered a Supporting Actress Oscar
nomination as the Contessa in THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE. James
Bond fans also know her as Rosa Klebb, the Russian agent with the poisonous
shoes, in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.
In 2007, Lenya and Weill's love story was the subject of
the short-lived musical LOVEMUSIK starring Donna Murphy and Michael Cerveris.
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Photo by Tristan Fuge
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Anthony Rapp
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To millions of Broadway musical fans, Anthony Rapp will
forever be filmmaker Mark Cohen in the landmark musical RENT both on stage
and in the film version and the hapless title character in the 1999 revival
of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. His other film
credits include SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, A
BEAUTIFUL MIND and ROADTRIP.
In 2006, he published WITHOUT YOU, a memoir of his RENT
experiences, his mother's death from cancer and the loss of many of his
friends from AIDS.
Rapp and fellow original cast member Adam Pascal are
currently on the road reprising their roles of Mark and Roger in the RENT
national tour. Tour schedule info is available at
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