Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett was an American choreographer, musician, actor and director (1943–1987). He was born in Buffalo and died in Tucson.
Michael Bennett
- Born
- 1943. · Buffalo.
- Died
- 1987. · Tucson.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- choreographer, musician, actor, director, dancer and producer.
- Education
- Bennett High School and Hutchinson Central Technical High School.
- Honours
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
- Languages
- English.
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Michael Bennett was an American choreographer, musician, actor and director (1943–1987). He was born in Buffalo and died in Tucson.
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Identity
Bennett worked between 1943 and 1987 across choreographer, theatre director, music director, musician and stage actor and 3 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 2 catalogued compositions, 83 published texts and 29 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Michael Bennett is recorded with the occupation theatre director. Recorded with the occupation stage actor. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 16555260h. Recorded as choreographer, musician, actor, director and dancer. Established in Library of Congress under n85185137. Established in FAST under 1807612. Bennett received Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 1976. Bennett received Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 3 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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1943
Michael Bennett was born on 8 April 1943.
1972
Receives Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
1976
Receives Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
1976
Receives Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
1976
Michael Bennett received Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 1976.
1976
Michael Bennett received Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976.
1987
Dies at Tucson.
1987
Michael Bennett died on 2 July 1987.
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Buffalo.
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Tucson.
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scholarly publication
- Bennett, Michael (1943-1987), musical theater director and choreographer, American National Biography Online, 2000
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2000
- Bennett, Michael (1943–1987), The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, 2023
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2023
institutional register
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1289541: Michael Bennett
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Bennett, Michael (1943-1987), musical theater director and choreographer, American National Biography Online, 2000Crossref registry
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