Len Cariou
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Len Cariou
Leonard Joseph "Len" Cariouis a Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He currently plays the patriarch, Henry Reagan, NYPD Police Commissioner, in the multi-generational television series Blue Bloods on CBS...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth30 September 1939
CityWinnipeg, Canada
CountryCanada
artistic asked canada centre copy director manager musical prince running season send stage theatre written
I was in Canada running the Manitoba Theatre Centre as artistic director and I had written to Mr. Prince and asked him if he would give me his stage manager copy of the musical 'Company,' which I was going to do in my season there, ... He said, 'Yes,' and then said, 'By the way, Stephen's written you a musical and I'm going to send you the book.'
amused
I said, 'Fine.' I was amused by that 'Oh, by the way,'
When we did the first preview, we weren't ready. We hadn't teched the show.