Loni Ackerman
{{short description|American actress}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|4|10}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
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| occupation = Actress, singer
| yearsactive = 1968–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Steve Canyon Kennedy|1983|}}
| children = 2
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- Cyma Rubin (mother)
- Martin Ackerman (father)
- Samuel Rubin (stepfather)
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Loni Ackerman (born April 10, 1949) is an American musical theatre performer and cabaret singer.
Career
Ackerman was born in New York City to Cyma Rubin, a theatre and film producer, and Martin Ackerman, an ophthalmologist. Her stepfather was Samuel Rubin.{{Cite web |title=Cyma Rubin Papers, 1942-2016 |url=https://lib.ncsu.edu/findingaids/mc00543 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=lib.ncsu.edu}} She made her Broadway debut in George M! in 1968, then starred as a replacement in the off-Broadway production of Dames at Sea in 1970.[http://www.iobdb.com/production/544 "Dames at Sea"], IOBDB. Retrieved October 5, 2023 Ackerman's other Broadway credits include the roles of Betty Brown in the 1971 revival of No, No, Nanette, Charmin in The Magic Show (1974), and Wanda in So Long, 174th Street (1976).{{Cite web |title=Loni Ackerman (Playbill) |url=https://playbill.com/person/loni-ackerman-vault-0000090973}} In 1977, she was in the original cast of Starting Here, Starting Now.{{Cite web |title=Starting Here, Starting Now (off-Broadway Commercial Transfer, 1977) |url=https://ovrtur.com/production/2894792 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=ovrtur.com}}
She played the title role in the first U.S. national tour of Evita (1980–1983).{{Cite web |title=Evita (1st National Tour, 1980) {{!}} Ovrtur |url=https://ovrtur.com/production/2896666 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=ovrtur.com}} She was later a replacement in the title role of the Broadway production (from April to May 1983).{{Cite web |title=PHOTO SPECIAL: The Evita Files — Loni Ackerman |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-special-the-evita-files-loni-ackerman-com-189096}} The following year she was in the off-Broadway show Diamonds.{{Cite news |title=THEATER: 'DIAMONDS,' A REVUE ABOUT BASEBALL|work=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.comhttp//timesmachine.content-tagging.us-east-1-01.prd.dvsp.nyt.net/timesmachine/1984/12/17/155452.html?pageNumber=52 |access-date=2023-10-07}} Her last Broadway credit was as Grizabella in Cats as a replacement in September 1991.{{Cite web |title=Cast of Cats (Playbill) |url=https://playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea6-d936-a7fd-eef6dd910003&type=cp#cc}} She appeared in the off-Broadway production of The Petrified Prince in 1994.{{Cite web |title=Harold Prince Papers: Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress (Page 8) |url=https://findingaids.loc.gov/exist_collections/ead3pdf/music/2014/mu014005.pdf}} She then retired to raise her two sons.
In 2011, she returned to performing at Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, Long Island, starring as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard In 2012, Ackerman debuted her cabaret show Next To Ab-normal in NYC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/loni-ackerman-next-to-abnormal-broadway-new-york-cabaret_n_1939825|title=Broadway Diva's Latest Act Includes Theme Song To X-Rated French Film|last=Wong|first=Curtis M.|date=October 5, 2012|website=HuffPost| access-date=November 13, 2019}} She later starred in two plays, My Mother, My Sister, and Me (2016),{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/new-jersey/article/Cast-Creative-Team-Set-for-MY-MOTHER-MY-SISTER-ME-at-Morris-Museums-Bickford-Theatre-20160310 |title=Cast, Creative Team Set for MY MOTHER, MY SISTER & ME at Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com| access-date=November 13, 2019}} and 'To Life'' (2019).{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Broadways-Loni-Ackerman-Stars-In-TO-LIFE-At-Theater-For-The-New-City-20190914 |title=Broadway's Loni Ackerman Stars In TO LIFE At Theater For The New City|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com| access-date=November 13, 2019}}
Personal life
Ackerman is married to sound designer Steve Canyon Kennedy. They have two sons, Jack and George.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IBDB name|29295}}
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:20th-century American women singers
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American women singers
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:American musical theatre actresses