Frank Corsaro

Francesco Andrea "Frank" Corsaro (born December 22, 1924 in New York City , † November 11, 2017 in Suwanee , Georgia ) was an American theater, opera and film director, librettist and writer.

Corsaro attended the Yale School of Drama from 1945 to 1948 , then studied at the City College of New York and the Actors Studio . In the 1950s, he directed performances on Broadway of Roald Dahl's The Honeys (with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy ), Michael V. Gazzo's A Hatful of Rain (with Ben Gazzara , Anthony Franciosa and Shelley Winters ) and Tennessee Williams ' Night of the Iguana (with Bette Davis and James Farentino ).

From 1958 Corsaro worked for the New York City Opera ; he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1984 with Georg Friedrich Handel's Rinaldo . For the television series Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater , he produced a short version of William Inges Out on the Outskirts of Town with Anne Bancroft , Jack Warden , Fay Bainter and William Inge himself in 1964. In addition, Corsaro wrote several opera libretti and the play A Piece of Blue Sky , which he performed with Roland Winters , Nancy Marchand , Marian Seldes and Morgan Sterne , as well as a novel and his memoirs. As an actor, he appeared in Paul Newman's Rachel, Rachel opposite Joanne Woodward . Corsaro died in November 2017 at the age of 92.

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SURNAME	Corsaro, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Corsaro, Francesco Andrea (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American theater, opera and film director, librettist and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH	December 22, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	November 11, 2017
Place of death	Suwanee , Georgia