Richard Seff has spent 60 years in the theatrical jungle as actor, playwright, librettist, agent, investor and now memoirist. He first acted professionally in 1946 and his last engagement onstage was in 2006. He took a 22 year leave of absence from the stage after a long run on Broadway in support of Claude Rains and on tour with Edward G. Robinson in the prize winning Darkness At Noon. During those 22 years he represented artists in the musical theatre. He left the talent agency in 1974 at the height of his career to return to the stage. In the 30 years that have followed, he's appeared...
Richard Seff has spent 60 years in the theatrical jungle as actor, playwright, librettist, agent, investor and now memoirist. He first acted professio...
Comedy / 6m, 5f / Interior Across the street from the mad men of Madison Avenue live the Ten Percenters of the National Talent Agency. It s the same time, 1962, a secretary is still a toy, boys will still be boys, but the times they are a changin . Audiences will love to hear what s happening on The Whole Ninth Floor First impression is that it is a string of jokes tied together rather loosely. A moment s concentration brings home however the basic fact that Seff weaves a story based on the young man s intense and insistent desire to do the right thing. The laughs come fast, and they are...
Comedy / 6m, 5f / Interior Across the street from the mad men of Madison Avenue live the Ten Percenters of the National Talent Agency. It s the same t...
Various sets. Winner 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival Award for ExcellenceWinner National Music Theatre Network Award
This charming rags to riches romp with a melodic score follows Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger's first best selling hero, from penniless bootblack to budding Wall Street entrepreneur. His adventures bring him face to face with scheming ex convicts, vicious comic villians, kind benefactors and a world of colorful street characters. Set in the New York Centennial summer of 1876, this full of hopes and dreams musical is perfect for the...
Characters: 13 male, 6 female.
Various sets. Winner 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival Award for ExcellenceWinner National Music Theatre ...
RICHARD SEFF remembers the excitement of his early days in the radio industry, when 85 million radios were blaring away in American homes, while a mere 1.3 million TV sets were moving in. Everyone in the nation turned those AM dials seeking financial advice, weather reports, news of the world, news of the city, mood music, heavy and light drama; they could even have the comic strips read to them by the Mayor of New York. Many actors did their best acting only from the neck up, and some became well paid stars, who never needed to sign an autograph because no one had a clue what they looked...
RICHARD SEFF remembers the excitement of his early days in the radio industry, when 85 million radios were blaring away in American homes, while a mer...
RICHARD SEFF remembers the excitement of his early days in the radio industry, when 85 million radios were blaring away in American homes, while a mere 1.3 million TV sets were moving in. Everyone in the nation turned those AM dials seeking financial advice, weather reports, news of the world, news of the city, mood music, heavy and light drama; they could even have the comic strips read to them by the Mayor of New York. Many actors did their best acting only from the neck up, and some became well paid stars, who never needed to sign an autograph because no one had a clue what they looked...
RICHARD SEFF remembers the excitement of his early days in the radio industry, when 85 million radios were blaring away in American homes, while a mer...
