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Carmen Capalbo Biography (1925-)

Addresses: Office: c/o Floria Lasky, Fitelson, Lasky, Aslan and Couture, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10176; Agent: c/o Bruce Savan, Agency forthe Performing Arts, 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, 10106.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

director, producer, writer, theater operator

Birth Details

November 1, 1925

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Famous Works

• Debut
• Jester, The Forest Prince, William Penn High School, Harrisburg, PA.
• Principal Stage Work
• Producer (with Leo Lieberman)/director, Juno and the Paycock, Cherry Lane, NY, 1946; producer/actor, Awake and Sing, Cherry Lane, NY, 1946; producer, Dear Brutus, Cherry Lane, NY, 1946; producer/director, Shadow and Substance, Cherry Lane, NY, 1946; stage manager, Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens, John Golden, NY, 1952, Bijou, NY, 1953; production stage manager, Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud Company, Ziegfeld, NY, 1952; producer (with Stanley Chase), The Threepenny Opera, Theater de Lys, NY, 1954, 1955, Marines Memorial, San Francisco, CA, 1960, Music Box, Los Angeles, CA, 1960, Royal Alexandra, Toronto, Canada, 1961; producer (with Stanley Chase)/director, The Potting Shed, Bijou, NY, 1957, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Cave Dwellers, Bijou, NY, 1957; director, The Good Soldier Schweik, City Center, NY, 1958; director/co-producer, The Threepenny Opera, Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, NJ, 1961; director, Seidman and Son, Belasco, NY, 1962; director, The Strangers, Westport Country Playhouse, CT, 1963; director, Enter Solly Gold,Paramus Playhouse, NJ, 1965; director/co-producer, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Anderson, NY, 1970; director, Slowly, by Thy Hand Unfurled, ESIPA, Albany, NY, 1984.
• Major Tours
• Director, A Connecticut Yankee, 1951; stage manager, Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens, 1952.
• Principal Television and Radio Work
• Writer/director/producer, WKBO, Harrisburg, PA, 1941-45; story editor, Studio One, 1951-52; director, Play of the Week, "The Power and the Glory," 1959.
• Related Careers
• Theater Operator--Cherry Lane, NY, 1946; Theater de Lys, NY, 1955-62; Bijou, NY, 1956-57; Music Box, Los Angeles, CA, 1960; Anderson, NY, 1969-70. Television Consultant--Central Independent Television, United Kingdom, 1983.