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John Raitt was born on January 29, 1917 in Santa Ana, California. The family’s Southern Cali fornia roots went back to 1885, when John’s grandfather arrived to work on the Newport-to-Santa Ana railroad. His father Archie stayed in the area, running a YMCA camp. Although this allowed John the opportunity to join in on campfire sing-a-longs ...
Feb 21, 2005 · John Raitt, the ruggedly handsome musical theater leading man who launched his Broadway career in Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1945 hit "Carousel" and later co-starred in "The Pajama Game" on Broadway ...
The experiences of the young musical theatre singers who attended his master classes or whose student performances were sponsored by John could add to the legend. Or maybe just John’s keen and proactive interest in performers and productions kept him a vibrant, informed, highly approachable and generous connection to a historic era of American musical theatre.
The New York Times later wrote "Mr. Raitt's performance in Carousel was so memorable that he came to epitomize a new distinctively modern breed of Broadway leading man, with a rough-hewn realism that anticipated the flawed, vulnerable characters played by Brando and Dean a decade later". John Raitt, very simply, changed Broadway history.
Raitt, John Emmett(b. 29 January 1917 in Santa Ana, California; d. 20 February 2005 in Pacific Palisades, California), singing star of musical comedy, television and film actor, recording artist, and one of the great leading men of Broadway’s golden age, who introduced a new breed of musical hero, tough and flawed.
Apr 11, 2014 · Original Broadway star of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CAROUSEL pours his heart into the song "If I Loved You"CONNECT WITH RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN :http://www.rodge...
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Feb 21, 2005 · John Raitt, the robust baritone who created the role of Billy Bigelow in the original New York production of “Carousel” and sang with Doris Day in the movie “Pajama Game,” died Sunday. He ...
