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The Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (LACLO) was an American theatre/opera company in Los Angeles, California. Founded under the motto "Light Opera in the Grand Opera manner" in 1938 by impresario Edwin Lester, the organization presented fifty seasons of theatre before closing due to financial reasons in 1987. Typically the LACLO presented four to ...
Billings was born in Illinois into a multiracial family; she is of European American, African American, and Native American ancestry. [4] Billings's father, Robert Billings, was a music teacher at Los Angeles Harbor College and the musical director for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, which influenced her interest in theater. [5]
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Bea Arthur) on the sitcom Maude (1972–1978). [1]
Brenda Benet (born Brenda Ann Nelson; August 14, 1945 – April 7, 1982) was an American actress.She is best known for her roles on the soap operas The Young Marrieds (1965–1965) and Days of Our Lives (1979–1982).
The theatre's inaugural event was held on April 12, 1967, with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association sponsoring the national cast production of Man of La Mancha, starring Richard Kiley and Joan Diener. [4]
Lynnie Godfrey was born in 1952 in New York City. [1] She began performing as a child, singing with her mother and family members in Pentecostal churches in Harlem and Brooklyn. [2] As a child, Godfrey attended The Modern School, [3] a private school for black children in Harlem (Sugar Hill).
Edwin Lester (30 March 1895 – 13 December 1990) was an American theatre director, impresario, and producer.. He was the longtime general director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, which he founded in 1938.
During her mid-career, Bell also sang at the St. Louis Municipal Opera, the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, and the Sacramento Music Circus. [1] In 1951, she was performing in Three Wishes for Jamie with John Raitt and Cecil Kellaway , a production tried out at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium and then moved to the Curran Theatre in San ...