Kirk Browning
Directing
Born 1921-03-28
Died 2008-02-10
New York City, New York, USA
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Kirk Browning (March 28, 1921 – February 10, 2008) was an American television director and producer who had hundreds of productions to his credit, including 185 broadcasts of Live from Lincoln Center.
Born in New York City, Browning dropped out of Cornell University after attending for only one month and moved to Waco, Texas, where he was hired as a newspaper reporter. Because of a childhood injury, he was rejected by the United States Army when he tried to enlist during World War II, so he worked as an ambulance driver in England and France. In the late 1940s, he was a chicken farmer operating an egg route in Ridgefield, Connecticut when one of his customers offered him a job in the music library at NBC. The clerical position led to his directing live televised performances by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Soon after he was made a stage manager of the network's newly formed opera company, and he later became its Director.
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Directing
59 credits
Great Performances
American Playhouse
Shirley Temple's Storybook
The United States Steel Hour
Startime
NET Playhouse
Producers' Showcase
La Bohème
Hallmark Hall of Fame
June Moon
Tartuffe
Lucia di Lammermoor
The Gospel at Colonus
The Letter
Big Blonde
The Grapes of Wrath
The House of Blue Leaves
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Turandot
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Elixir of Love
Il trittico
Show Boat
Our Town
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
The Violent Universe
Enemies
Working
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Damn Yankees
You Can't Take it With You
Alice in Wonderland
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Candide
The Rules of the Game
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Noah and the Flood
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
The Time of Your Life
New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Horowitz at the White House
A Touch of the Poet
Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera
The Taming of the Shrew
The Royal Family
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Copland Conducts Copland
Death of a Salesman
Fifth of July
The Prince of Homburg
Rigoletto
La Forza del Destino
Tosca
Mayerling
The Christmas Tree
New York City Opera: The Merry Widow
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