Walter Willison made his Broadway musical debut in Richard Rodgers TWO BY TWO (1970-71), directed by Joe Layton, for which he received a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award. Also on Broadway in NORMAN, IS THAT YOU? ('70) with Maureen Stapleton and Lou Jacobi, directed by George Abbott; Bob Fosse's PIPPIN ('72); WILD AND WONDERFUL ('71); GRAND HOTEL:The Musical by 'Robert Wright', George Forrest and Luther Davis, directed by Tommy Tune; Alan Menken and 'Lynn Ahrens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Madison Square Garden ('94 & '95); Stephen Sondheim's ANYONE CAN WHISTLE IN CONCERT at Carnegie Hall ('95); and he was the Celebrant in the original production of Leonard Bernstein's MASS which opened The Kennedy Center in Washington in 1971.Off- Broadway in THEY SAY IT'S WONDERFUL:The Music of Irving Berlin, with Andrea MacArdle; BROADWAY SCANDALS OF 1928 (which he also wrote book and lyrics for and directed) and SOUTH PACIFIC IN CONCERT directed by Joshua Logan. He starred in the NBC TV series McDUFF, THE TALKING DOG as Dr. Calvin Campbell, was Dr. Buck Wheaton on NBC TV's DAYS OF OUR LIVES, and sang "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" in the NBC TV/Columbia film ZIEGFELD:THE MAN AND HIS WOMEN. He supplied lyrics for the songs he sang in the film FANTASIES, starring Bo Derek, with music by Jefrey Silverman, and with Silverman also wrote FRONT STREET GAIETIES and BROADWAY SCANDALS OF 1928. His recordings include TWO BY TWO, FRONT STREET GAIETIES, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIRE, GRAND HOTEL: THE MUSICAL, UNSUNG SONDHEIM, COLETTE COLLAGE, LOST IN BOSTON II, LOST IN BOSTON III, UNSUNG IRVING BERLIN, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE IN CONCERT LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL Alan Menken's A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BROADWAY SCANDALS OF 1928, and he is featured on Judy Kaye's DIVA BY DIVA. He has also appeared on numerous TV talk and variety shows, and in theatre all over the country. HIS WOMEN
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