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Photo Coverage: Robert Creighton and Company Celebrate 100th Performance of CAGNEY!
By: Walter McBride Jun. 30, 2016
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Just yesterday, Robert Creighton, star and co-creator of Cagney, and company members celebrated their 100th performance on the stage of the Westside Theater. BroadwayWorld was there for the special occasion and you can check out photos below!
Cagney, the new hit musical about Hollywood's tough guy in tap shoes, features "some of the best tap dancing have seen in my life" (NBC4 TV) set to a score of original songs and classic George M. Cohan favorites, including "Over There," "Grand Old Flag," and Yankee Doodle Dandy." Cagney's six-member cast stars Broadway's Robert Creighton (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes) as the legendary James Cagney, with Jeremy Benton (Nat'l Tour of Irving Berlin's White Christmas), Danette Holden (Broadway's Annie, Shrek the Musical), Josh Walden (Broadway's Ragtime, La Cage aux Folles, A Chorus Line), Ellen Zolezzi (Seussical), and Bruce Sabath (Broadway's Company).
Not even five and half feet tall, James Cagney's oversized talent catapulted him from scrappy Irish kid on the streets of New York to Hollywood legend on "the top of the world." A Vaudeville hoofer turned actor, Cagney made a splash on Broadway before Hollywood called and made him one of the Silver Screen's most iconic tough guys in legendary films including The Public Enemy, The G Men and White Heat. But it was his turn as song and dance man George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy that earned him the Academy Award and forever cemented his place as one of America's most beloved movie legends alongside the likes of Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Stewart and Fred Astaire.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
'Cagney' Cake for the celebration of the 100th performance of 'Cagney' at The Westside Theatre on June 29, 2016 in New York City.
Producer Riki Kane Larimer and Robert Creighton
Producer Riki Kane Larimer and Robert Creighton
Bruce Sabath, Jeremy Benton, Danette Holden, Robert Creighton, Ellen Zolezzi and Josh Walden
Producer Riki Kane Larimer, actor Robert Creighton and director Bill Castellino join cast members
Producer Riki Kane Larimer, actor Robert Creighton and director Bill Castellino join cast members and crew
Producer Riki Kane Larimer and actor Robert Creighton join cast members
Producer Riki Kane Larimer, actor Robert Creighton and director Bill Castellino join cast members and crew
Producer Riki Kane Larimer, actor Robert Creighton and director Bill Castellino join cast members and crew
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