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Wayne Lamb was born on 24 October, 1920, is a dancer. Discover Wayne Lamb's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Born 24 October 1920
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2010

He was honored posthumously at Purdue University Theatre's October 2010 Legacy weekend. Purdue University Theatre's website explains: (This is an honor) 'recognizing and honoring professionals and professors who have had a profound impact upon Purdue Theatre and the professional theatre.' It was also a way for our current and future students – and the faculty and staff of Purdue Theatre – to know of our history, know about the careers of these individuals and the ways in which their contributions have shaped the lives and careers of so many others.' In an evening of memories, former students Dr. Anne Fliotsos and Rev. Donald Stikeleather offered dance steps and memories of Wayne. A plaque with his name was placed adjacent to a theater on campus.

2001

After his retirement from Purdue, Lamb and partner Angelo Mango continued to live part time in Augusta and New York City, until his death on June 5, 2001, in Augusta, Michigan. Lamb's companion, Angelo Mango, died in New York on May 12, 2013, at the age of 89.

1987

He received the title of Professor Emeritus of Theatre in 1987.

1974

For Purdue, Lamb directed a 1974 USO Show touring the United States Pacific Command, playing 52 shows to approximately 10,678 troops in Alaska, Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan, the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii.

1971

In 1955, Lamb's interest in choreography led him to the Barn Theatre, a summer stock theatre in Augusta, Michigan, where he began directing musicals and plays alongside his companion, Angelo Mango, who was also an actor. His first assignment for the Barn was choreography for Jack Ragotzy's South Pacific. The Holland, Michigan Evening Sentinel from June 1971 states that Lamb's first show for the 1971 summer season was Hello Dolly, which opened June 29, 1971 with Jack Ragotzy as producer and Lamb as Associate Producer. The cast included Angelo Mango. A 1978 Barn Theatre program bio states that Lamb had been with the Barn for 23 years and shares "top artistic and managerial decisions with Jack Ragotzy" (artistic director). Lamb was Associate Producer at that time. Lamb worked with many acclaimed actors, including Kim Zimmer and Tom Wopat. In 2002, Joe Stockdale, a longtime Purdue Theatre colleague, wrote Man in the Spangled Pants: Jack Ragotzy and the first fifty years of the Barn Theatre. Lamb’s name is etched in a granite stone for the Barn Theatre’s Wall of Fame.

1960

His teaching relationship with Purdue University began in 1960 and lasted until 1986. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1971, and is listed as an associate professor in a 1978 Barn Theatre program bio. He taught ballet, broadwayjazz dance, allroom] and tap dance, his specialty.

1959

Lamb taught dance for Eureka College (Illinois) in 1959, Williams College in 1962 and the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1964 to 1966.

1956

Lamb is listed in the Broadway World Internet Database as the choreographer for two Off-Broadway productions of Shakespeare, including A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1956 at the Jan Hus Playhouse and Twelfth Night in 1957 at the Shakespearewrights Theatre.

1951

Lamb toured internationally from 1948 to 1950 as a concert dancer with the Elena Imaz International Dance Trio, presenting Spanish dances created by Imaz, who was originally from Argentina. They also appeared in the Carnegie Hall Summer Concerts. A picture of Lamb with the trio is featured in the January 10, 1951 edition of the Sarasota Herald Tribune.

1950

Lamb performed as a regular dancer on The Admiral Broadway Review which became Your Show of Shows in 1950, working with Buddy Hacket, Nancy Walker and Imogene Coca. From 1952 to 1955, other appearances included Toast of the Town (later called The Ed Sullivan Show), Stop the Music with Bert Parks, The Tony Martin Show, The Ezio Pinza Show, the Bob Hope television specials, and The Colgate Comedy Hour. Wayne himself declared that he was the first one to wear a dance belt on television in an early version of 'The Burl Ives Show. Lamb elaborated for the Kalamazoo Gazette: "They wouldn't allow me to stand up straight for fear the American public would see my crotch!"

Lamb was instructor of ballet classes for the New Dance Group in New York City and director of the ballet department for seven years, from 1950–57, 'teaching whenever I was in town.' In 1958, he was Director of the School of Dance and Fine Arts in Hastings, Michigan. In 1967, he taught dance classes for Diamond Head Theatre in Hawaii.

1947

After his discharge and the GI bill, he went to New York City, where he immediately enrolled at the former Alviene School for the Dramatic Arts, where Fred Astaire studied. He was also a student at the American Theatre Wing from 1947–50, studying dance with Russian ballet teachers Helena Platova and Edward Caton, English ballet teachers Antony Tudor and Margaret Craske, Modern dance pioneers Martha Graham, Hanya Holm and Doris Humphrey, Japanese modern teacher Yeichi Nimura, and African-American modern dance innovator Katherine Dunham.

1945

Lamb appeared in six Broadway musicals. He first appeared as a solo dancer in the 1946 revival of the Franz Lehár operetta Yours is My Heart at the Shubert Theatre, lasting two months; Bloomer Girl, also at the Shubert Theatre starring Celeste Holm with choreography by Agnes Demille, and the musical revue Make Mine Manhattan (1948–1949) at the Broadhurst Theatre with Sid Caesar, which ran for 429 performances. Other Broadway shows included The Day Before Spring, which opened on November 22, 1945, at the National Theatre, where it ran for 167 performances, and the national company of Call Me Mister, which included Bob Fosse, Carl Reiner and Buddy Hackett in the cast. Wayne was the ballet dancer and Bob Fosse the tap dancer in this production. The show ran 15 months in venues all over the country. Lamb was in the Pre-Broadway tryout of Bonanza Bound, choreographed by Jack Cole and included Gwen Verdon in the chorus with Lamb. Writer/Director Joe Stockdale recalls Jack Ragotsy's first impression of Lamb in Call Me Mister in Chicago: "As a young dancer he had an animal grace that was electric in its force and energy."

1920

Michael "Wayne" Lamb (October 24, 1920 – June 5, 2001) was a Broadway dancer, choreographer, theatre director and professor of dance.