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Fay Wray

Date of Death: August 08, 2004 (96)

Birth Place: Near Cardston, AB, CANADA

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STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
1941
Kay

[Broadway]
1941
Paula Loring

[Broadway]
1931
Nikki


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The Warner Theatre's Spring Film Series To Screen THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN And KING KONG

The Warner Theatre's Spring Film Series begins with a sensory friendly screening of The Muppets Take Manhattan, March 2 at 7 pm in the Oneglia Auditorium!
BWW REVIEW: Trevor Ashley's Outrageously Absurd Pantomime For Adults, THE LYIN' QUEEN Returns, Revamped for 2021.

Trevor Ashley (Conceiver, Writer, Director, Performer) and Phil Scott’s (Writer) THE LYIN’ QUEEN returns for a booster shot of absolutely insane pantomime pitched for a grown-up audience.
KING KONG is Coming to the Kennedy Mine Ampitheatre

Main Street Theatre Works will be back this summer at the Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre in Jackson for “theatre under the stars.” MSTW kicks off their 18th Summer  Season at the Amphitheatre with the hilarious Kong’s Night Out, written by Jack Neary and  directed by Allen Pontes. The show runs Friday & Saturday, June 18th - July 17th.
KONG'S NIGHT OUT Will Be Performed By Main Street Theatre Works This Summer

Main Street Theatre Works will be back this summer at the Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre in Jackson for “theatre under the stars.” MSTW kicks off their 18th Summer  Season at the Amphitheatre with the hilarious Kong’s Night Out, written by Jack Neary and  directed by Allen Pontes.
Main Street Theatre Works Announces Summer 2021 Season

As the story unfolds, doors fly open and slam shut, as well as mistaken identities, pies in the face, deceit, underhandedness, and even a couple of romances. It's a comic look at a classic story, as depicted in the 1933 movie. Kong's Night Out runs June 18th - July 17th.
Main Street Theatre Works Announces its 2020 Summer Season

Main Street Theatre Works (MSTW) has officially announced its 2020 Summer Season at the Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre in Jackson, starting with Kong's Night Out, by Jack Neary, directed by Allen Pontes.
TCM Announces Big Screen Classics Series Featuring FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, ANNIE & More!

 'Surely, you can't be serious!' In 2020, 14 of movie history's greatest romances, funniest comedies, scariest monsters, boldest visions, ultimate adventures, and most unforgettable dramas will be back in movie theaters across the country as Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies present the fourth annual, yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series.
Playwright Frank Strausser Breaks Into Amazon's Top 5 Sellers In Two Categories With Debut Novel PLASTIC

Acclaimed playwright/author Frank Strausser, who gained much praise during the very successful three month run of his stage comedy Physcho Therapy at The Cherry Lane Theater in New York City, ha now broken into Amazon's “Top 5” sellers in multiple categories with his debut novel “Plastic” which was released on July 9th by Los Angeles based independent publisher Rare Bird Books.
Playwright Frank Strausser Debuts First Novel PLASTIC

Acclaimed playwright/author Frank Stausser, who gained much praise during the very successful three month run of his stage comedy Physcho Therapy at The Cherry Lane Theater in New York City, is now gearing up for the July 9th release of his debut novel “Plastic”, being published by Los Angeles based independent publisher Rare Bird Books.
BWW Interview: Erik Lochtefeld Takes His Lumps in a Jaw-Dropping KING KONG

You've never seen a Kong like this, but there's more at play than Beast Meets Girl in the latest incarnation of the 1930s classic.
BWW Review: KING KONG: It Was Inept Writing Killed The Musical

Using Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 cinema classic 'King Kong' as the inspiration for a musical theatre piece really isn't such a bad idea. Among the film's notable achievements is the extraordinary dramatic underscoring music by Max Steiner, that supplied the title character's tragic death plunge from atop the Empire State Building with the kind of heartbreaking emotion that would make any operatic tenor jealous.
Review Roundup: Did Critics Go Bananas For KING KONG On Broadway?

The new musical King Kong opens on Broadway tonight at the Broadway Theatre! 
Target Margin Theater Presents THE MAKING OF KING KONG

Target Margin Theater (Founding Artistic Director David Herskovits, Associate Artistic Director Moe Yousuf) will present the world premiere or Lisa Clair's The Making of King Kong, a subversive dark comedy that reimagines the making of the classic 1933 film King Kong. Directed by Eugene Ma (The Baltimore Waltz, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, CSV Cultural Center), The Making of King Kong is a theatrical journey into the cultural monster behind the myth. The play takes a brutal look at America's history of white patriarchy, imperialism, and sexism through the eyes of original King Kong creators Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Hollywood starlet Fay Wray.
Brief 9/25: BERNHARDT/HAMLET Opens, THE WAVERLY GALLERY Begins Previews, and More!

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Bernhardt/Hamlet officially opens, The Waverly Gallery begins previews, and more!
Photo Flash: First Look at New Images of KING KONG on Broadway!

Get a first look below at Christiani Pitts, following screen legends Fay Wray, Jessica Lange and Naomi Watts into King Kong's hand, plus hear what she has to say about role!
Acclaimed Broadway Filmmaker Rick McKay Dies

BroadwayWorld is sad to share the news today that legendary filmmaker Rick McKay has passed away earlier this week. A longtime friend of the web site, and constant presence in the theatre world, McKay has long been at work on two sequels to his 2004 hit film, Broadway: The Golden Age.
VIDEO: Filmmaker Rick McKay Captures a Legendary West End Backstage Meeting in Memory of Peter Hall

In this rare footage, Dame JUDI DENCH introduces screen legend (King Kong) FAY WRAY (1907-2004) to Sir PETER HALL (1930-2017) backstage in her dressing room in London when Dame Judi was performing in the play FILUMENA in the West End in November, 1998. The legendary director, Sir Peter Hall passed away on September 11th, 2017.
Photo Flash: First Look at KING KONG Parody at The Vaults

Meet the cast with the first production photos released for the world premiere of King Kong, which is bringing terror - and laughter - to The Vaults tunnels underneath London's Waterloo Station!
BWW Review: KING KONG (A COMEDY), The Vaults

King Kong (A Comedy) tries a little too hard for laughs, but captures some of the pathos of its 1933 movie inspiration in a breathless 80 minutes show..

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Fay Wray been in?

Fay Wray has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Fay Wray been in?

Fay Wray has not appeared in the West End

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