LC control no. | no2006082212 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Dandridge, Merle |
Birth date | 1975-05-31 |
Place of birth | Okinawa-shi (Japan) |
Field of activity | Musical theater |
Profession or occupation | Singers Actors |
Found in | Collins, P. Tarzan [SR] p2006: insert (Merle Dandridge) Once on this Island, 2018: container (Merle Dandridge, singer) IMDb, February 27, 2019 (Merle Dandridge; actress; born May 31, 1975 in Okinawa, Japan to a mother of Korean and Japanese descent and an African-American father serving in the U.S. Air Force; after graduating high school in Papillion, Nebraska, she attended the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University in Chicago, graduating with a BFA in Theatre; she starred on Broadway as The Lady of the Lake in the Mike Nichols-directed Spamalot, as Aida in Aida, Kala in Tarzan, Joanne in Rent and in Jesus Christ Superstar; she has toured the U.S. and Europe 5 times; regionally, she has appeared at Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, and Pasadena Playhouse) |