1. Ann Morrison's family co-created a summer theater company called The Banner Players performing on the shores of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when Morrison was a teenager.
11 Facts About Ann Morrison
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Ann Morrison was admitted to an apprentice program that Burt Reynolds was sponsoring at his Jupiter, Florida dinner theater.
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Ann Morrison was given an opportunity when it was decided she would play the Girl in The Fantasticks.
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Ann Morrison sang "I Can Cook Too" wearing a 1940s style costume with hat and gloves.
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Ann Morrison was flown to New York for a first audition for the casting director, then returned to GEVA to finish her run.
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Ann Morrison recalls in interviews that Prince walked down to the stage and offered her the role of Mary.
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The next spring, Ann Morrison received a Theatre World Award for her performance as Mary Flynn.
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Ann Morrison impersonated Mary Martin, Julie Andrews, Carol Channing and appeared on TV on The Merv Griffin Show as Patti LuPone in Evita.
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Ann Morrison cast Morrison after her London audition and back in New York she began a series of backers auditions while working with composer David Heneker.
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Heneker completed the song Manhattan Hometown while he and Ann Morrison were staying at Hager's Cooperstown, NY home.
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Ann Morrison was welcomed by her British cast of West End stars Sian Phillips, Edward Duke, and Patricia Michael, in a small production giving them a modest run through the summer.