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Elizabeth Josephine "Jo" Sullivan Loesser (born August 28, 1927) 〔(Jo Loesser Public Record ) retrieved 2/27/2015〕is an American soprano and the widow of composer Frank Loesser. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1957 for her performance as Rosabella in ''The Most Happy Fella''. ==Life and career== Born in Mounds, Illinois, Jo Sullivan played Polly Peachum in Marc Blitzstein's legendary English-language adaptation of ''The Threepenny Opera'' by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht off-Broadway in 1954. She married Loesser on April 29, 1959; they had two children, Hannah (1962–2007) and Emily (born 1965). Her daughter, Emily Loesser, is also a singer-actress. 〔Thomas L. Riis, ''Frank Loesser'' (Yale University Press, 2008: ISBN 0300110510), p. 12.〕 She also appeared as herself in an "original special" on Broadway, called ''Let's Make An Opera'' (1950), which boasted music by Benjamin Britten, a libretto by Eric Crozier, musical direction by Norman Del Mar, and was directed by Marc Blitzstein. In the summer of 1951 she played Dorothy Gale in The Municipal Opera Association of St. Louis production of ''The Wizard of Oz'', opposite Margaret Hamilton, who reprised her film role of the Wicked Witch of the West. In 1992, Jo Loesser's daughter, Emily, played the same role at The Municipal Opera Association of St. Louis, the first time in Muny history a role has been played by both mother and daughter. Sullivan later reprised her role in the 1953 production at the Kansas City Starlight Theatre. She has also appeared on numerous recordings, such as ''Loesser by Loesser'' (alongside her daughter, Emily) as well as several albums for Ben Bagley's celebrated "Revisited" series on Painted Smiles Records (most notably ''Kurt Weill Revisited'', ''Leonard Bernstein Revisited'', and ''Frank Loesser Revisited''.) Since her husband's death in 1969, she has managed the Frank Loesser estate, which has included guiding production of all of his musicals, including ''Guys and Dolls'', ''How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying'' and ''The Most Happy Fella''. 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「Jo Sullivan Loesser」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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