Ken Page
Nacimiento : 1954-01-20, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Historia
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Page began in the chorus before making his Broadway debut in The Wiz playing The Cowardly Lion. He made a large number of stage appearances but also performed as a cabaret singer with an act entitled Page by Page.
Page also appeared on screen making his television debut in 1984 and film debut in 1988's Torch Song Trilogy. He appeared as the voice of Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas and related video games, in Dreamgirls as Max Webster and in such television programmes as Sable and Adventures in Wonderland.
Page appeared in a number of roles on stage, originating the part of Ken in Ain't Misbehavin' and appearing as Old Deuteronomy in Cats on both Broadway and in the filmed production. He also originated the part of Father in Children of Eden, played The Cowardly Lion in several productions of The Wizard of Oz and appeared in Disney musicals Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid.
Page also sang in his animated voice roles, performing the duet "Let's Make Music Together" in All Dogs Go to Heaven and "The Oogie Boogie Song" in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
Max Washington
Ambientada en los años sesenta y setenta, narra La historia de del ascenso de un trío de mujeres: Effie, Deena y Lorrell, que han formado un grupo prometedor llamado The Dreamettes. El ambicioso agente Curtis Taylor (Jamie Foxx) las descubre durante un concurso musical, y les ofrece la oportunidad de su vida: hacer los coros para el famosísimo James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy). Poco a poco, Curtis empieza a controlar el aspecto físico y la música de las chicas para acabar lanzándolas como The Dreams. Pero los focos no tardan en centrarse en Deena, olvidando e incluso apartando a la menos atractiva Effie. A pesar de que The Dreams se convierten en un auténtico fenómeno de costa a costa, no tardan en darse cuenta de que el precio de la fama y de la fortuna es mucho más elevado de lo que imaginaban...
Performer (segment "Ain't Misbehavin'")
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of stars and performances. Hosts Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jerry Orbach introduce these one-of-a-kind performances and share their personal Broadway and Tony memories.
Old Deuteronomy (segment "Cats")
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, were the producers of the show. This film offers a compilation of performances from Tony Award broadcasts during those years. They are presented with color-corrected footage and digitally re-mastered sound.
Clerk
Un escritor sin éxito profesional ni personal hace un pacto con el diablo para cambiar su suerte. Luego de probar la fama y el éxito, conoce a Daniel Webster, un editor que le ofrece la única oportunidad que tiene de romper el contrato con el diablo.
Old Deuteronomy
Grabación del legendario musical creado en 1981 por Andrew Lloyd Webber, basado en la obra "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" de T. S. Eliot. El argumento narra la vida de una comunidad de gatos comunes que, una vez al año, de noche, se escapan de sus casas y se reúne en el basurero del barrio a esperar la llegada de su líder, el anciano Old Deuteronomy. Este gato es el padre y abuelo de muchos de los gatos Jellicles y es quien cada año da el nombre del felino que va a pasar a una nueva vida en el Heaviside Layer, una especie de paraíso para los gatos. Pero, mientras se da el nombre del afortunado felino un miembro del clan se da cuenta que hay un humano mirando y escuchando con cara de sorpresa a los gatos, y por ese motivo, se proponen aclarar quienes son los Jellicles a través de la presentación de los felinos más característicos de esta peculiar familia.
Chief Magruder
Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Described by theater historian Ken Mandelbaum as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane," the show tells a story of an economically-depressed town whose corrupt Mayoress, in an attempt to draw tourists, decides to create a fake "miracle" - which draws the attention of Fay Apple, an emotionally inhibited nurse, a crowd of inmates from a local asylum called "The Cookie Jar," and a "doctor" with secrets of his own.
Ken
Matt Hobbs, un actor con indudable talento pero sin éxito, está pasando uno de sus peores momentos profesionales: no tiene trabajo y, para colmo, se ve obligado a cuidar a su hija de seis años; pero es que además la niña lo eclipsa cuando es descubierta por un productor de Hollywood que le propone protagonizar una popular serie de televisión.
Oogie Boogie (voice)
Cuando Jack Skellington, el Señor de Halloween, descubre la Navidad, se queda fascinado y decide mejorarla. Sin embargo, su visión de la festividad es totalmente contraria al espíritu navideño. Sus planes incluyen el secuestro de Santa Claus y la introducción de cambios bastante macabros. Sólo su novia Sally es consciente del error que está cometiendo.
Dwight McReady
In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom is killed in an auto accident and his traveling musician dad is deemed unfit to care for him, being on the road too much. Now, the only thing that can help is if a cold, bureaucratic adoption agency caseworker sees the error of her ways and allows them to be together.
King Gator (voice)
Todos los perros van al cielo... o al menos hasta ahora. A las puertas del cielo es donde se encuentra Charlie, un pastor alemán granuja y estafador, asesinado por su antiguo socio, el malvado Carafea, para hacerse con el control del negocio de apuestas ilegales más importante de Nueva Orleans. Con la inestimable ayuda de su fiel amigo Richie y de María, una niña huérfana que puede hablar con los animales, Charlie tendrá una oportunidad para demostrar que merece su entrada en el cielo.
Murray
Muestra la vida de Arnold Beckoff (Harvey Fierstein), una drag queen profesional, desde 1971 hasta 1980: su obsesión por encontrar el amor, los problemas sociales a los que se enfrenta por su condición sexual, la aceptación de sí misma, sus relaciones sentimentales con los hombres y su lucha personal para que su madre (Anne Bancroft) la acepte tal y como es.
Performer
Ain't Misbehavin' is the televised version of the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation celebrating the music, life and times of Thomas "Fats" Waller — featuring 29 songs written or inspired by him. The telecast won Emmy Awards for Nell Carter and André De Shields.
