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Vatican's
interests and hobbies are almost all centered around theatre and entertainment.
He is an avid collector of cast recordings from all kinds of productions;
Broadway, West End, Off-Broadway, Regional, so-called 'flop' musicals,
and others. He also maintains a collection of programs from the Golden
Age of Radio. With his partner, Edward R. Cox, he collects animated
features and soundtracks, as well as an extensive library of theatre and
animation. Vatican's other interests include working on his car,
writing, cooking, and computer graphic design.
He is also given to
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Favorite Musicals
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Favorite 'Flop' Musicals
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Favorite Plays
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Guys & Dolls
Gypsy
Bells Are Ringing
Wonderful Town
Working
Grand Hotel, The Musical
Romance! Romance!
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Falsettos
Follies
Nine
Lizzie Borden
Into The Woods
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Triumph of Love
Oh Brother!
Merrily We Roll Along
Seussical-The Musical
Goodtime Charley
Snoopy!
Minnie's Boys
The Wild Party (Lippa)
The Sweet Smell of Success
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The Importance of Being
Earnest
The Lion In Winter
The Women
The Front Page
The Diviners
The Tempest
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"With my partner of 10 years, award-winning
director/designer Edward R. Cox.
This shot was taken after a performance of
our first show together, Applause at Le Petit Theatre.
This was also my first show at Le Petit, and
a lovely experience all around. We are both very active in creating
and promoting quality family theatre,
and formed Treehouse Players for that purpose."
Edward R. has nearly 4 decades of experience designing
for theatre, Carnival krewes, and animation. Click on our picture
to visit his site!
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Favorite Musical Performers
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Favorite Composers
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Favorite Playwrights
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Alison Fraser
Mary Testa
Rebecca Luker
John Raitt
Susan Eagan
Elaine Paige
Alix Korey
Brian D'Arcy James
Christianne Noll
David Carroll
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Rose Marie Jun
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Irving Berlin
Aaron Copeland
Stephen Sondheim
William Finn
Christopher McGovern
George Gershwin
Cy Coleman
Stephen Flaherty
Stephen Schwartz
Andrew Lippa
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Peter Stone
Larry Gelbart
Clare Booth Luce
Marsha Norman
Oscar Wilde
Tennessee Williams
William Shakespeare
Edward Albee
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Favorite Films
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Favorite Animated Films
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Favorite Disney Animated Films
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The Lion In Winter
The Quiet Man
Voleré Volaré
Steppin' Out
Waiting for Guffman
The Women
Topsy-Turvy
Hocus Pocus
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Cats Don't Dance
The Iron Giant
Anastasia
Ferngully
Gulliver's Travels
Hoppity Goes to Town
Arabian Nights
Les Triplettes de Belleville
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Lady and the Tramp
Pocahontas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Song of the South
Dumbo
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Like many performers,
Vatican has had to do a lot of odd jobs during his career.
Among the more unusual:
A "carnival barker"
for a shoe store
Playing Mrs.
Claus
Emcee for a retirement
home talent show
Window dresser for
a convenience store
Lumberjack for an
outdoor theatre
Preacher for jazz
funerals
Facepainter
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Favorite Authors
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Favorite Books
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Favorite Television Shows
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Edgar Allen Poe
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Charles Dickens
Athene Seyler
Anne Rice
Erma Bombeck
Jean Kerr
Irene Kampen
C.S. Lewis
Ken Mandelbaum
J.K. Rowling
Gregory Maguire
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The Chronicles of Narnia
Not Since Carrie
The Harry Potter series
Grand Hotel
The Pickwick Papers
The Craft of Comedy
The Darling Buds of May
The Treasure is the Rose
The Mayfair Witches
Footnotes
The Passion of Artemesia
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The Lovely Bones
Wicked
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Frasier
Biography
Six Feet Under
Oz
Black Adder
Absolutely Fabulous
Just Shoot Me
Whose Line is it Anyway?
Strong Medicine
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Favorite Classic Television
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Favorite Animated Series
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Favorite Classic Radio Series
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Burns & Allen
I Married Joan
The Jack Benny Program
The Dick van Dyke Show
The Darling Buds of May
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Dave Allan Show
I Love Lucy
Mad About You
St. Elsewhere
The Nanny
The Golden Girls
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The Simpsons
Family Guy
The Critic
Futurama
The Fairly Oddparents
Danny Phantom
Animaniacs
Spawn
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The Burns & Allen Show
Fibber McGee & Molly
The Fred Allen Show
The Jack Benny Program
The Shadow
The Whistler
Inner Sanctum
X Minus One
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