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Pearl Somner Biography (1923-)

Born May 5, 1923. Addresses: OFFICE--411 West End Avenue, New York, NY10024.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Famous Works

• Credits
• FIRST WORK--Commercial/industrial show, 1958.
• NEW YORK DEBUT--The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Coronet, 1958.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
• The Ninety-Day Mistress, Broadway, 1967.
• But, Seriously, Broadway, 1969.
• Ulysses in Nighttown, Winter Garden, 1974.
• Shenandoah, Broadway Theatre, 1974.
• The Rocky Horror Show, Belasco, 1975.
• Herzl, Broadway, 1976.
• The Trip Back Down, Broadway, 1977.
• Back Country, Broadway, 1978.
• Angel, Minskoff, 1978.
• Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Trafalgar, 1979.
• Last Licks, Broadway, 1979.
• Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Mary Tyler Moore company), Trafalgar, 1980.
• The World of Sholom Aleichem, Broadway, 1982.
• 84 Charing Cross Road, Nederlander, 1982.
• Off Broadway: Guitar, 1959; Oh, Kay!, 1960; Billy No-Name, Truck and Warehouse, 1970; The Beauty Part, American Place, 1974; I'm Getting My Act Together...and Taking It on the Road, Public, then Circle in the Square Downtown, 1978; O'Neill and Carlotta, Public, 1979; Regional: Room Service, Theatre-of-the-Living-Arts, Philadelphia, 1966; Shenadoah, Wolftrap, VA, 1976; Dance of Death, Long Day's Journey into Night, Candida, Massachusetts Center Repertory,Shubert, Boston, MA, 1977; Guilty Conscience, Parker Playhouse, FL, 1980.
• Europe: Yankee Doodle Comes to Town, England; artist-in-residence, The Berliner Ensemble, Berlin, East Germany.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Dance-drama of Henry IV, The Making of a King, college tour, 1972.
• Shenandoah, National Company, 1977.
• Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Florida, 1979, Detroit and Washington, DC, 1980, Los Angeles and San Francisco, 1980, Chicago and National Company, 1981.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• The Cross and the Switchblade, Ross Films, 1969.
• Love Story, Paramount, 1970.
• To Avoid a Holocaust, 1970.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
• When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate, WNET-TV, 1979.
• Also: commercials and industrials, including Westinghouse and Desilu, Hollywood, 1958-1973.
• Writings;ARTICLE
• "Is Modern Dress a Happening?," Theatre Crafts, May/June, 1968 (reissuedin The Theatre Crafts Book of Costume, as "Modern Dress is No Accident," Rodale Press, 1973).