Theresa Rakov

Terry Rakov (aka Theresa Rakov) appeared on Broadway with Carol Channing in the revival of Hello, Dolly!, and with Joel Grey in Jerry Herman’s The Grand Tour. She toured nationally as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls with Maureen McGovern and in Zorba with Anthony Quinn, serving as Quinn’s vocal coach as well as appearing with him on stage. Off Broadway, Rakov appeared in Romance Is at the Perry Street Theatre and in Bittersuite at the Quaigh Theater. She shared the stage with Faith Prince as the Ugly Stepsisters in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at the CLO in Pittsburgh, and then returned as Julie in Showboat, Marge MacDougal in Promises, Promises, and The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz with Cathy Rigby. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman brought Rakov to the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. to appear in a production of their off-Broadway hit Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Other regional credits include Man of La Mancha with John Raitt, A Little Night Music at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Gypsy at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Annie Get Your Gun at Artpark, and Kate in three separate productions of Kiss Me Kate. In addition to her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, Rakov completed a Voice Teaching Apprenticeship with Laura Thomas and teaches privately in New York City.
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Theresa Rakov
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