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Famous People Players is a black light puppetry theatre company. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and tours worldwide. It is a non-profit organization which employs people with physical and intellectual disabilities. Those individuals share duties in dining room management, arts administration, and theatrical and visual arts performances. Since inception, the company has paid homage to the works of famous people within its own theatrical context, hence the name ''Famous People'' Players. ==History== The Famous People Players was founded on June 1, 1974, by Diane Dupuy of Hamilton. At inception, the company consisted of Dupuy and an assistant, eleven performers, and Dupuy's mother Mary Thornton; Thornton designed and built the costumes and props. The company's original piece was ''Aruba Liberace'', in which a life-size character of Liberace plays the piano. It is still the company's signature performance. Liberace attended a showing of ''Aruba Liberace'', and was so impressed he invited Famous People Players to perform with him in Las Vegas. The company debuted in Las Vegas in October 1975; over the subsequent ten years, the company performed with Liberace both in Las Vegas and internationally. As a result of the increasing popularity of Famous People Players, the company was featured as regulars on CBC Television's 1976-1977 variety series, ''The Wolfman Jack Show''; the network also later produced and aired ''Carnival of the Animals''. In 1982, Famous People Players was invited to perform in the People's Republic of China. The company's first Broadway Show, ''A Little Like Magic'', opened at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City and ran for 49 performances in 1985.〔(Playbill Vault: A Little Like Magic ), accessed April 17, 2014〕 A second Broadway show, ''A Little More Magic'', opened at the Belasco Theatre in March 1994 and ran for 19 performances.〔(Playbill Vault: A Little More Magic ), accessed April 17, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Famous People Players」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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