LARRY KERT Actor • Singer • Dancer • The original Tony in West Side Story
1930–1991A Broadway life remembered
Selected theatre chronology

Larry Kert's Stage Career

A career that stretched from Broadway revues in 1950 to concert, cabaret and musical-theatre work at the end of the 1980s.

YearsProductionLarry Kert's connection
1950Tickets, Please!Broadway debut; performer with the Upstarts.
1953–54John Murray Anderson's AlmanacBroadway revue; performer and understudy.
1956Mr. WonderfulReplacement stagehand/dancer; the period immediately before West Side Story.
1957–60West Side StoryOriginal Tony on Broadway; returned to the role in later Broadway engagement.
1962A Family AffairBroadway musical.
1962–63I Can Get It for You WholesaleStarring role as Harry Bogen.
1966Breakfast at Tiffany'sCarlos in the musical that closed before an official Broadway opening.
1968–69CabaretCliff Bradshaw in the Broadway run, documented in the Larry Kert research archive.
1969La StradaBroadway musical.
1970–72CompanyBobby on Broadway and in London; 1971 Tony nominee.
1973–74Two Gentlemen of VeronaNational/touring and stage work as Proteus.
1977–78Side by Side by SondheimBroadway revue.
1986RagsBroadway appearance.
1987Of Thee I Sing / Let 'Em Eat CakeGershwin concert productions.
1987–88La Cage aux FollesGeorges in touring/regional production.
1989Nymph ErrantTheatre Royal, Drury Lane; live charity recording.
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