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Myra Carter

Birth Place: Chicago, IL, USA

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Myra Carter STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert, 1997
Hester Van Doren Day

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1970
Health Officer (Understudy)

Peg (Understudy)

[Broadway]
1958
Mildred

[Broadway]
1956
Sarah Undershaft


Myra Carter Awards and Nominations


winner
The Lortels - 1995 - Outstanding Lead Actress

Myra Carter, Three Tall Women


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1994 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Myra Carter, Three Tall Women


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1994 - Best Actress - Play

Myra Carter - , Three Tall Women

Myra Carter News


New Federal Theatre Presents Annual Ntozake Shange Readings Series


Woodie King's New Federal Theatre has set four plays for the June, 2019 edition of its Annual Ntozake Shange Readings Series. The series will run four Tuesdays--June 4, 11, 18 and 25--with all readings at Castillo Theatre, 543 W 42nd Street.

Myra Carter, Who Starred in Edward Albee's THREE TALL WOMEN, Dies at 86


BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Myra Carter, winner of the 1994 Drama Desk, Obie, Outer Critics Circle, and Lucille Lortel Awards for her acclaimed performance in Edward Albee's THREE TALL WOMEN, passed away on Saturday, January 9th, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Myra was a long time resident of New York City's West Village. She was 86 years old.

WAKE UP with BWW 1/14/2016 - NOISES OFF Opens and More!


Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Roundabout's NOISES OFF, starring Megan Hilty and more, opens tonight on Broadway, and a starry cast leads industry readings of DEATH - THE MUSICAL this week!

Redgrave & Jones Open DRIVING MISS DAISY at John Golden Theatre on Broadway Oct. 7, 2010


Producers Jed Bernstein and Adam Zotovich announced today that Tony Award-winners James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave will return to the New York stage this Fall to star opposite one another in the Broadway Premiere of Alfred Uhry‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy. Directed by David Esbjornson (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?), Driving Miss Daisy will begin performances on October 7, 2010, at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), with an official opening on Monday, October 25, 2010.

Photo Flash: NIGHT SKY Opening Night At Baruch Performing Arts Center


Off-Broadway's NIGHT SKY explores what the noted author and physicist Stephen Hawking has called the two remaining mysteries -- the brain and the cosmos -- as the play looks at what happens to a bright, articulate astronomer, her family and her career when she is struck by a car and loses her ability to speak conventionally, a condition known as 'aphasia.'

NIGHT SKY Previews Tonight 5/22 At Baruch PAC, Official Opening 6/2


NIGHT SKY, a play by Susan Yankowitz, will be presented Off-Broadway this spring with previews beginning May 22 prior to its official opening June 2 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.) in Manhattan.

Yankowitz's NIGHT SKY Previews Off-Broadway 5/22 At Baruch PAC


NIGHT SKY, a play by Susan Yankowitz about a brilliant astronomer who loses her ability to speak, will be presented Off-Broadway this spring with previews beginning May 22 prior to its official opening June 2 in the Rose Nagelberg Theatre at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.) in Manhattan.

Photo Flash: NIGHT SKY At Baruch Performing Arts Center


NIGHT SKY, a play by Susan Yankowitz, will be presented Off-Broadway this spring with previews beginning May 22 prior to its official opening June 2 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.) in Manhattan.

Yankowitz's NIGHT SKY Previews Off-Broadway 5/22 At Baruch PAC


NIGHT SKY, a play by Susan Yankowitz about a brilliant astronomer who loses her ability to speak, will be presented Off-Broadway this spring with previews beginning May 22 prior to its official opening June 2 in the Rose Nagelberg Theatre at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.) in Manhattan.

Photo Coverage: Vineyard Theatre All-Star Gala Celebrates Ed


On Monday, February 4 The Vineyard Theatre - where Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Three Tall Women debuted in 1994 - celebrated Albee's 50-year career as one of the world's leading dramatists, as he turns 80 during this theatrical season. Co-hosts for the evening were Tony Award-winners Tyne Daly and Bill Irwin plus international artist Eartha Kitt.

Eartha Kitt Joins Hosts Irwin & Daly at Vineyard's Albee Tribute


International singing sensation Eartha Kitt - one of only a handful of performers to be nominated for a Tony (three times), a Grammy (twice) and an Emmy Award - is set to join previously announced co-hosts Tony Award-winners Tyne Daly and Bill Irwin with a special performance at The Vineyard Theatre's 80th birthday tribute to Edward Albee on Monday, February 4 beginning at 6pm at The Rainbow Room

Albee Directs 'Sandbox' & 'American Dream' at Cherry Lane, with Ivey


Playwright Edward Albee directs 'The Sandbox' and 'The American Dream' at The Cherry Lane Theatre; to star Judith Ivey, Myra Carter and George Bartenieff.

Madwoman of Chaillot featuring Marian Seldes changes venue


Due to popular demand for tickets, the venue for the Acting Company's Benefit Reading has changed.

Marian Seldes to become The Madwoman of Chaillot


Marian Seldes, directed by Brian Murray will lead a cast for a benefit reading on Monday, January 17th at 7pm

Myra Carter FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Myra Carter been in?

Myra Carter has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Myra Carter been in?

Myra Carter has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Myra Carter been nominated for?

Myra Carter has been nominated for several awards for her role in the play Three Tall Women, including Outstanding Lead Actress at The Lortels, Outstanding Actress - Play at the Drama Desk Awards, and Best Actress - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards.

What awards has Myra Carter won?

Myra Carter has won several awards for her role in "Three Tall Women," including Outstanding Lead Actress at The Lortel Awards, Outstanding Actress - Play at the Drama Desk Awards, and Best Actress - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards.

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