Jerry Orbach Prince of the City: His Way from The Fantasticks to Law and Order (Applause Books)

About this book

Today the late actor Jerry Orbach (1935-2004) is best remembered as the world-weary New York City Detective Lennie Briscoe from the Emmy Award-winning NBC television series Law and Order. But that work only accounts for 12 years of a 50-year career that spanned stage screen and television. From the moment he landed the role of the Street Singer in the 1955 off-Broadway revival of The Threepenny Opera he distinguished himself as a major performer in popular musicals and plays including The Fantasticks Carnival Scuba Duba Promises Promises 6 RMS RIV VU Chicago and 42nd Street. Jerry Orbach also appeared in over 40 films with Crimes and Misdemeanors; Prince of the City; Dirty Dancing; and the voice of the candlestick Lumire in Disneys Beauty and the Beast topping the list. From the 60s through the 90s he was a guest or featured actor on major TV hits like The Defenders; Love American Style; Murder She Wrote; The Golden Girls; and Frasier. Jerry Orbach Prince of the City is the story of this versatile performer his triumphs and tragedies public and private. Most of all it is a study of a gifted actors craft as told through the observations insights and reminiscences of those who knew him best. Listen to John Anthony Gilvey live at Book Expo America on the BEA Podcast.