Layton, Joe, 1931-

Joe Layton (1931-1994) was an Emmy and Tony award-winning American choreographer, director, and producer of stage productions, television specials, and live concerts. The Joe Layton papers (1931-1992) document his professional career and his marriage to actress Evelyn Russell. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, production binders, scrapbooks, and scripts.

Joe Layton (1931-1994) was born Joseph Lichtman in Brooklyn, New York to James and Sadie Lichtman. As a child, Layton took singing and dancing lessons, and performed in school plays, local theater productions, and at resorts in the Catskills. When Layton was sixteen, he had his first break as a dancer, appearing in Oklahoma! on Broadway. He went on to dance in High Button Shoes (1947), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949), Miss Liberty (1949), Michael Todd's A Night in Venice (1952), and Wonderful Town (1953).

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