Producer, theater owner, actress and benefactor, Lucille Lortel, was born Lucille Wadler in New York City on December 16, 1900. He resides in New York City.įrom the guide to the Donald Saddler papers, 1920-2010, 1940-2001, (The New York Public Library. In 2011 Saddler recieved the 1st Annual Duke Ellington "Beyond Category" award. The two subsequently took up rehearsal space together, and their partnership was featured in the documentary Keep Dancing, released in 2010. In 2001 at the age of 81, Saddler was featured in the Broadway revival of Follies, performing with fellow dance veteran Marge Champion.
He was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1997. Saddler received the 1984 Dance Magazine Award and the Astaire Award for Lifetime Achievement. His film work included three films with Doris Day, as well as work on televised programs such as The Bell Telephone Hour. He choreographed The Dream of Valentino and directed Die Fledermaus, Abduction from the Seralgio, and Wiener Blut. Saddler choreographed operas all over the country, and worked extensively with the Washington Opera.
His choreography for the New York Shakespeare Festival includes Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream and A Doll's House. Other theatrical choreography includes My Fair Lady, Teddy and Alice, Milk and Honey, The Robber Bridegroom, No, No Nanette and Hellzapoppin. Saddler continued to create ballets throughout his career, working with the American Ballet Theatre and the Harkness Ballet, for whom he served as artistic director from 1964-1970. When he returned to New York in 1945, he decided to forego ballet in favor of Broadway musicals, appearing in High Button Shoes (1947) and two 1950 revues, Dance Me a Song and Bless You All, before obtaining his first appointment as a choreographer for Wonderful Town in 1953, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Choreography.
Saddler was an original member of Ballet Theatre, and danced with the company from 1940-1943 before heading to Alaska for service in World War II. He spent his high school vacations dancing in the chorus of MGM musicals such as the 1937 production, Rosalie.
He was born in 1920 in Van Nuys, California and took up dancing in order to recover his strength after a bout of scarlet fever. Donald Saddler is a choreographer, director, and dancer in the disciplines of film, stage, ballet, and opera.
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