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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ken Page
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ken Page.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 19 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Actor, writer and director Ken Page was born on January 20, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri. Attending Fontbonne College, he received his first paid role as Stewpot in a theatrical production of South Pacific. Page made his Broadway debut in 1976 when he starred in an all-black revival of Guys and Dolls. In 1977, he played the role of the Lion in the hit musical The Wiz, and went on to become an original cast member in the Fats Waller musical revue Ain't Misbehavin' in 1978. In 1982, Page originated the role of Old Deuteronomy in the Broadway production of Cats and repeated his performance in a PBS version of the play. He starred on Broadway's Ain't Nothin' But The Blues in 2000, and appeared in the film Dreamgirls in 2006. As a voice actor, he played "Oogie Boogie" in Walt Disney productions including The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Ken Page
Ken Page
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Performers
Jacques Lesure, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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