Stage to PageLook Back at Liliane Montevecchi in Her Tony-Winning Role in Nine on BroadwayMontevecchi—the Paris-born dancer, actor, and singer—passed away June 29.
Tony winner Liliane Montevecchi—the Paris-born dancer, actor, and singer—passed away June 29 at her Manhattan home at the age of 85.
Although she had made her Broadway debut in 1958 in La Plume de Ma Tante and appeared in the 1964 musical revue Folies Bergère, Montevecchi's breakthrough role was playing producer Liliane La Fleur in Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's Nine, which was directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune and won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Musical. Montevecchi, who stopped the show with the appropriately titled “Folies Bergeres,” was also honored with the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical—a category that included two of her Nine co-stars, Karen Akers and the late Anita Morris.
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Look Back at Liliane Montevecchi and the Cast of Nine on Broadway
Look Back at Liliane Montevecchi and the Cast of Nine on Broadway
Nine opened May 9, 1982, at the 46th Street Theatre.
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(Back) Louise Edeiken, Liliane Montevecchi, Rita Rehn, and Camille Saviola; (Front) Jeanie Bowers, Laura Kenyon, Kate Dezina, and Kim Criswell
Camille Saviola, Raul Julia, Rita Rehn, Jeanie Bowers, Louise Edeiken, Cynthia Meryl, and Kim Criswell
Stephanie Cotsirilos, Liliane Montevecchi, and cast
Colleen Dodson and Raul Julia
Liliane Montevecchi
Karen Akers and Anita Morris
Kate Dezina and cast
Laura Kenyon, Cameron Johann, Raúl Juliá, and Liliane Montevecchi
Anita Morris
Shelly Burch and Raúl Juliá
Cast
Shelly Burch and Raúl Juliá
(Back) Taina Elg and Liliane Montevecchi; (Middle) Louise Edeiken, Shelly Burch, Anita Morris, and Colleen Dodson; (Center) Tommy Tune; (Front ) Patrick Wilcox and Cameron Johann; (on floor) Jadrien Steele and Evans Allen
Surrounded by period accurate 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
