Raymond Allen (stage actor)
- Raymond Allen (stage actor)
s from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Allen was leading comic actor of the Light Opera of Manhattan, starring in shows such as "The Mikado", "The Pirates of Penzance", "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Merry Widow" and "The Desert Song". Later, after the company's artistic director, William Mount-Burke, died, Allen became co-artistic director of the company, together with choreographer Jerry Gotham. Allen, Gotham and music director Todd Ellison continued to stage new operettas and musicals after Mount-Burke's death, including the company's successful original musical "Little Johnny Jones", based on the songs of George M. Cohan.
Allen was previously a member of Dorothy Raedler's American Savoyards beginning in the 1950s, playing first tenor roles and then comic roles. He also performed with New York City Opera, among other companies. Earlier in his career, Allen appeared at other Off-Broadway theatres, including Theatre de Lys in New York's Greenwich Village (later renamed the Lucille Lortel Theatre) and the Long Wharf theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. He also appeared in commercials and films. He was married to Rhanda Spotton, another member of the Light Opera of Manhattan.
References
* Book designed by Lee Snider. B&W photos of Light Opera of Manhattan.
* Allen's obituary in "The New York Times", February 3, 1994. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30915FA3B5D0C708CDDAB0894DC494D81] [http://www.musicals101.com/News/LOOMallenObit.jpg]
* [http://www.variety.com/article/VR118187.html?categoryid=25&cs=1 Allen's obituary in "Variety"]
* [http://www.musicals101.com/loom.htm LOOM homepage at the Musicals101 website with photos and history]
External links
* [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Raymond&last=Allen&middle= Raymond Allen at The Internet Off-Broadway Database]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mdonadio/the_light_opera.html Numerous photographs of Allen and others]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mdonadio/ Links to LOOM history and photos of Allen and others]
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