A Joyful Noise is a musical with a script by Edward Padula and music and lyrics by Oscar Brand and Paul Nassau . The 1966 Broadway production was a flop but introduced choreographer Michael Bennett in his Broadway debut.
19-497: Joyful Noise or A Joyful Noise may refer to: Named works [ edit ] A Joyful Noise , a 1966 musical with a book by Edward Padula and music and lyrics by Oscar Brand and Paul Nassau Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices , a 1989 children's book by Paul Fleischman Joyful Noise Recordings , an independent record label founded in Indiana in 2003 Joyful Noise (album) ,
38-762: A 1996 cameo role in Season 1 (episode 12, "Frozen Dick") of 3rd Rock from the Sun in which he sings a portion of the title song from Oklahoma! From his first marriage, Raitt was the father of singer Bonnie Raitt , and former father-in-law of Michael O'Keefe . He was also the father of David Raitt and Steve Raitt. Steve played in bands and then switched to designing high-end home entertainment systems in Eden Prairie in Hennepin County , Minnesota . In 2009, Steve Raitt died of cancer. Raitt's grandson, Bay Raitt ,
57-454: A 2002 album by The Derek Trucks Band A Joyful Noise (Jo Dee Messina album) , a 2002 Christmas album by Jo Dee Messina Joyful Noise (film) , a music-driven 2012 film by Todd Graff, starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton A Joyful Noise (Gossip album) , a 2012 album by the dance-punk band Gossip A Joyful Noise (Drinkard Singers album) , 1958 "Joyful Noise", a 2008 song by Flame (rapper) see Robert Tilton , Joyful Noise
76-545: A leader in the efforts to lynch the suspect. Jim Dandy devises a scheme to find the real horse thief. Raitt also manages to sing one song in this episode. In addition, Raitt made several studio cast recordings of Broadway musicals, including Oklahoma! (as Curly), The Pajama Game (as Sid), and Show Boat (as Gaylord Ravenal). In 1945, John Raitt was one of the recipients of the first Theatre World Award for his debut performance in Carousel . In 1965, he starred in
95-523: A small Tennessee town with his fiddle under his arm. The young women of the town find the stranger attractive. One young woman in particular, Jenny Lee, falls immediately in love with him, although she is engaged to Brother Locke, the local minister. Shade gives Jenny a locket, but her father Walter Wishenant, tells him to leave town. Just then Bliss Stanley arrives, with an offer to make Shade rich through his singing. Jenny Lee ends up marrying Brother Locke, and Shade goes off to make his fortune. He returns for
114-421: A visit with Mary Texas, an extroverted blonde. Tony Award nominations went to Watson and Palmer as Best Featured Actress in a Musical and to Bennett for his choreography. John Raitt John Emmet Raitt ( / r eɪ t / ; January 29, 1917 – February 20, 2005) was an American actor and singer best known for his performances in musical theatre . His most notable roles were Billy Bigelow in
133-417: Is one of the many names listed for the satire flatulence parody videos involving his prosperity gospel sermons Joyful Noise (chorus) , a singing ensemble for people with disabilities, founded in 2000 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Joyful Noise . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
152-462: The University of Redlands in 1939. After graduating, he was initially inclined toward a classical concert career as a lyric baritone, using as his model the elegant Welsh baritone Thomas L. Thomas. However, after a consultation with Romano Romani, the composer, conductor, and coach who had shaped the career of soprano Rosa Ponselle , Raitt accepted that the timbre (or tone quality) of his voice
171-601: The Plummer to see a rehearsal, visit students and recollect his beginnings.) He is on the school's "Wall of Fame" for his accomplishments. In 1935, Raitt won the "football throw" at the California State High School Track and Field Championship ; his mark of 220 feet remains the state record in that short-lived event. He was named "Athlete of the Meet" after that accomplishment. He graduated from
190-560: The last season of NBC 's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford . Raitt appeared in the 1960 episode, "The Man on the Road", on the syndicated anthology series , Death Valley Days , hosted by Stanley Andrews . He was cast as Jim Dandy, an itinerant peddler who befriends a boy, Pete Rawson (Kevin Jones), whose father, played by House Peters, Jr., has been jailed falsely for horse theft . The episode also stars Mort Mills as Holt,
209-449: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joyful_Noise&oldid=1102494393 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages A Joyful Noise Based on Mississippi author Borden Deal 's 1959 novel The Insolent Breed ,
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#1732801301585228-470: The national touring version of Annie Get Your Gun . He set the standard for virile, handsome, strong-voiced leading men during the golden age of the Broadway musical. His only leading film role was in the 1957 movie version of The Pajama Game opposite Doris Day . Raitt also toured in productions of Man of La Mancha and The Music Man , portraying the leading roles in both. On television , he
247-630: The original Broadway cast of Carousel and Curly in the original Chicago production of Oklahoma! . Raitt was born in Santa Ana, California . He got his start in theatre as a high school student at Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton, California . While there, he played in several drama productions in Plummer Auditorium. Raitt sang in the chorus of The Desert Song . (A few years before he died, Raitt again came back to
266-499: The story centers on Shade Motley, a fiddler who arrives in a small Southern town and shocks the stern community with his exuberant love of hillbilly music and life in general. The musical underwent significant changes, both in performers and creators, during the tryout period. The book, originally written by Edward Padula, was rewritten by Dore Schary , who took over as director. However, he quit, and Padula and Michael Bennett became co-directors. Country music star Skeeter Davis
285-691: The twentieth-anniversary production of the show at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts . In January 1992, Raitt was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre, located at 6126 Hollywood Blvd. In 1981, he found out that his high school sweetheart was widowed. Having recently divorced from his second wife, he phoned her. "Having played Zorba , I believe in grabbing at life," he recalled. "So I called her and this sweet voice answered. 'I'm free now,' I told her, 'and I'm coming to dinner.'" They married. Raitt appeared in
304-405: Was originally offered the ingenue lead, but with no prior acting experience was reluctant to begin a Broadway career in such a pivotal role and declined. The part was eventually played by Donna McKechnie , later replaced by Susan Watson . Mitzi Welch and James Rado were replaced by Karen Morrow and Clifford David. It had "laughably stilted dialogue" and "an unconvincing plot." John Raitt , who
323-791: Was seen many times on the Bell Telephone Hour . A clip of a television performance of Raitt singing the final section of the song "Soliloquy" from Carousel is included in the documentary film Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There . On September 29, 1953, he joined Jackie Gleason and Phil Foster in an appearance on the CBS panel discussion This Is Show Business . In 1957, he and Mary Martin re-created their starring roles in Annie Get Your Gun on NBC. On January 26, 1961, he appeared in
342-509: Was that of a tenor rather than a lyric baritone, but without the high notes of a concert tenor. As a result, he decided upon a career in popular music. During World War II, as a Quaker he did not serve in the military. He is best known for his stage roles in the musicals Carousel , Oklahoma! , The Pajama Game , Carnival in Flanders , Three Wishes for Jamie , and A Joyful Noise , and, in 1957, he and Mary Martin starred in
361-664: Was to play Shade Motley, was aware of the show's problems, and, in an interview, he said that they "could never get by the New York critics." The musical opened on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on December 15, 1966 and closed on December 24, 1966 after 12 performances and four previews. Directed by Padula and choreographed by Michael Bennett , the cast featured John Raitt as Shade Motley, Karen Morrow, Susan Watson, Leland Palmer , Tommy Tune and Baayork Lee . A wandering minstrel, Shade Motley, arrives in
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