Ken Page
Nascimento : 1954-01-20, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
História
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
Effie White, Deena Jones e Lorrell Robinson moram em Chicago e formam um grupo musical, as Dreamettes. As três começam a fazer sucesso graças ao manipulador empresário Curtis Taylor Jr., que consegue fazer com que elas acompanhem um cantor de "soul". Os conflitos começam quando Curtis sonha em transformar as Dreamettes em Dreams. Sua ideia é trocar Effie por Deena e fazer dela a vocalista principal do grupo, o que deixa evidente seu interesse romântico pela jovem.
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
Nova York. Jabez Stone (Alec Baldwin) é um escritor desesperado, que faz um acordo com o diabo (Jennifer Love Hewitt) no qual cede sua alma em troca de se tornar um conceituado autor de best-sellers. Durante 10 anos Jabez pôde saborear uma carreira de sucesso, mas a proximidade cada vez maior de cumprir sua parte no acordo o amedronta. Jabez decide então procurar Daniel Webster (Anthony Hopkins), advogado e chefe de uma poderosa editora, para que o retire do acordo firmado. Daniel aceita o desafio, tendo que enfrentar o diabo em uma batalha jurídica na Corte do Inferno.
Old Deuteronomy
Cats is a pop-cultural phenomenon that has been performed on stage for more than 50 million patrons in 26 countries for almost 18 years, resulting in more than two billion dollars in ticket sales. Now that Cats has finally made it to the small screen, attention must be paid not just by fans of this critic-proof show, but also by those entertainment mavens who have somehow avoided it until now.
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 é um ator respeitável, que vive uma má-fase profissional. As coisas se complicam quando sua mulher decide abandonar o casamento e sua filha de 6 anos, fazendo-o mudar completamente de vida.
Oogie Boogie (voice)
Jack Skellington é o Rei das Abóboras na cidade de Halloween mas está entediado após anos a repetir sempre as mesmas coisas na Noite das Bruxas. Certo dia, por acaso, descobre a cidade do Natal e fica tão impressionado que decide trazer o espírito natalício para as festas do Halloween.
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)
Essa animação conta a história de Charlie um cão pastor alemão que, após fugir da carrocinha, sai em busca de seu parceiro Malone. Com ele, Charlie pretende dividir os lucros dos golpes. Mas Malone não está disposto a repartir o dinheiro e arma uma cilada para o amigo. No paraíso, os anjos dizem a Charlie que ele somente poderá entrar no céu, quando realizar, na Terra, algumas boas ações.
Murray
A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.
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.
