How awful for Charlotte, Terrence, Christopher and the family, and for the dance world. And Charlotte is announced to be the Roxie in the "Chicago" tour when it comes to Chicago later this month. I hope she is able to do it!
Charlotte's father was in the famous ballet toward the end of the 1956 film version of CAROUSEL. He held a prominent position as a lead dancer in the New York City Ballet Company.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
Here's the dramatic story that became legenday, from the NY Times obituary:
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In 1952 she returned to New York and appeared in musicals. She also auditioned for City Ballet, but was told she could join only after the company?s 1952 European tour. She made an unscheduled debut before the tour when she was pulled from the audience to replace an ill dancer in Balanchine?s "Swan Lake." Balanchine then invited her to join on tour.
Ms. George danced with City Ballet from 1952 and became a soloist in 1954. She married Mr. d?Amboise on New Year?s Day 1956 and left that year to give birth to their son George. She returned in 1958 but resigned the next year, when George was being treated for cancer.
Gosh, what a heartbreaker for the D'amboise family. And Terry's mother in law. A love match made in ballet heaven and their surviving spawn so successful in their own right. How did you all miss this in February. It was five column in the Times with a picture above the fold. Too busy bashing Charlotte then I guess, for her six performances a week Cassie. Now you know why. It was a long protracted illness. Golly, my thoughts and prayers are with the O'Neal family. Wait. They never married. Forget it.