![]() Edward Page Mitchell 1871, editor-in-chief of The New York Sun (1903–26).New York Times Justice Department reporter Katie Benner (1999).Charles Beecher 1834, author, minister, and abolitionist brother of the author Harriet Beecher Stowe, the minister Henry Ward Beecher, and educator Catharine Beecher.John Brown Russwurm 1826, third black college graduate in the United States founder of Freedom's Journal, America's first black newspaper (1827) governor of the Republic of Maryland (later part of Liberia) (1836–41).John Stevens Cabot Abbott 1825, biographer of Napoleon Bonaparte (1855).Anthony Doerr 1995, novelist author of All the Light We Cannot See (2014), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2015) and was nominated for the National Book Award writer-in-residence of the state of Idaho (2007–2010).Meredith Hall 1993, best-selling author of Without a Map (2007).Martha McPhee 1987, novelist, nominated for the National Book Award (2002).Taylor Mali 1987, slam poet and teaching activist.Robin McKinley 1975, fantasy author of the Newbery Medal-winning The Hero and the Crown (1985).Paul Batista 1970, trial lawyer, television personality, and author.Willis Barnstone 1948, four-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet.Richard Hooker 1945, doctor and author of the novel M*A*S*H (1968).Lawrence Sargent Hall 1936, novelist, short-story writer, and Bowdoin professor who won the O.James Bassett 1934, journalist and author of the best-selling novel In Harm's Way (1962).John Gould 1931, novelist, humorist, and columnist.Artine Artinian 1931, French literature scholar.Coffin 1915, Rhodes Scholar, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1936), and Bowdoin professor (1934–55) Arlo Bates 1876, novelist, poet, and professor at MIT.Charles Asbury Stephens 1869, prolific author of children's stories for The Youth's Companion.Nathaniel Hawthorne 1825, acclaimed author of classic novels The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851) namesake, along with Longfellow, of Bowdoin's main library.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1825, world-renowned poet professor at Bowdoin (1829–31) and Harvard University (1831–54) memorialized in the Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey namesake, along with Hawthorne, of Bowdoin's main library.Jacob Abbott 1820, academic and author of 180 books, primarily children's books.Seba Smith 1818, humorist, creator of the fictional character Major Jack Downing.Walker Jr., Katie Webber, and Michelle West.Arts and letters Note: individuals who belong in multiple sections appear in the most relevant section. Rounding out the ensemble are Juliet Benn, Steven Booth, Gerald Caesar, Julius Chase, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Holli' Conway, Leandra Ellis-Gaston, Charlie Franklin, Judith Franklin, Josiah Gaffney, Matthew Griffin, Ari Groover, Sheldon Henry, David Jennings, Ross Lekites, Robert Lenzi, Rob Marnell, Jhardon DiShon Milton, NaTonia Monét, Phierce Phoenix, Deon Releford-Lee, Justin Schuman, Allysa Shorte, Eric Siegle, Carla R. The Broadway cast of Tina currently stars Nkeki Obi-Melekwe as Tina, Nick Rashad Burroughs as Ike, Kayla Davion as Tina (at some performances), Tony nominee Myra Lucretia Taylor as Gran Georgeanna, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Zelma, and Jessica Rush as Rhonda. Tony nominee Phyllida Lloyd directs the biomusical, with choreography by Tony nominee Anthony van Laast. The musical is written by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins. The production reopened at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on October 8, 2021, following the 18-month industry wide shut down. The musical opened on Broadway on November 7, 2019, earning nominations for 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Tina is based on the life of 12-time Grammy Award winner Tina Turner and presented in association with Tina Turner herself. Her other Broadway credits include Wicked, Memphis, Rock of Ages, Catch Me If You Can, Jersey Boys, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Webber is an original Broadway cast member of Tina, and currently performs in the ensemble and as an understudy for the role of Rhonda. Jessica Rush, who originated the role of Rhonda in the production, will play her final performance on Sunday, April 10. It was announced this morning that Katie Webber will take over the role of Rhonda (Tina Turner's friend and personal assistant) in Broadway's Tina: The Tina Turner Musical beginning Tuesday, April 12 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
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