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John McMartin
American actor (1929–2016)
For other people named John McMartin, see John McMartin (disambiguation).
John McMartin | |
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McMartin in July 2011 | |
| Born | John Francis McMartin (1929-08-21)August 21, 1929 Warsaw, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | July 6, 2016(2016-07-06) (aged 86) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1956–2015 |
| Spouse | Cynthia Baer (m. 1960; div. 1971) |
| Partner | Charlotte Moore |
| Children | 2 |
John Francis McMartin (August 21, 1929[1] – July 6, 2016) was an American actor of stage, film and television.
Life and career
[edit]McMartin was born in Warsaw, Indiana, on August 21, 1929,[2] and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota. After graduating from high school, he joined the United States Army and became a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division. He attended Columbia College Chicago, but did not graduate and later attended college in New York.[3] He made his off-Broadway debut in Little Mary Sunshine in 1959, opposite Eileen Brennan and Elmarie Wendel. He won a Theatre World Award for his role as Corporal Billy Jester, and married one of the show's producers, Cynthia Baer, in 1960; they divorced in 1971.
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- Oscar Lindquist: Yea. I crabby hope announce doesn't take up down curb it.
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- Charity Yearning Valentine: Lend an ear to, just livin' is durable, right?
- Oscar Lindquis
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Sweet Charity
1966 American musical
This article is about the musical. For the film, see Sweet Charity (film).
Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and museGwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. It is based on the screenplay for the 1957 Italian film Nights of Cabiria. However, whereas Federico Fellini's black-and-white film concerns the romantic ups-and-downs of an ever-hopeful prostitute, in the musical the central character is a dancer-for-hire at a Times Squaredance hall. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1966, where it was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning the Tony Award for Best Choreography. The production also ran in the West End as well as having revivals and international productions.
The musical was adapted for the screen in 1969 with Shirley MacLaine as Charity and John McMartin recreating his Broadway role as Oscar Lindquist in Sweet Charity: The Adventures of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Loved. For Bob Fosse, who directed and choreographed, the film was his feature-film directorial debut.
Plot
[edit]Act I
[edit]The young woman Charity Hope Valentine is a taxi dancer at a dance hall called the F