Other works
1999: Print ads for National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board (Milk Moustache)
1993: Books on Tape: reads "Suffer the Little Children" on "Stephen King's Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume #1," Penguin Audio.
Book (with
John Rocco): "Alice," Random House Children's Books ISBN 0-553-08990-0, 1992.
Book (with
Brian Gleeson and Reynold Ruffins): "Koi and the Kola Nuts," Rabbit Ears Books ISBN 0-887-08282-3, 1992.
Album: "Original
Broadway Show Recording," Geffen/Warner Bros. Records GHS 24065, 1985.
Music video for
Aretha Franklin: "Jumping Jack Flash"
Music video for
Bonnie Raitt: "You Got It"
Music video for
Michael Jackson: "Liberian Girl"
1995:
TV commercial for MCI Friends & Family long distance service.
Active in the HBO specials Comic Relief with
Billy Crystal and
Robin Williams.
1999: Print ads for the "Get Caught Reading" campaign
Replaced
Nathan Lane as Pseudolus in the recent
Broadway revival of
Stephen Sondheim's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."
1999:
TV commercial for flooz.com
Did a voice over for one of
Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse cartoons on
"Saturday Night Live" (1975).
2001:
TV commercial for Entenmann's
2/03: Plays
Ma Rainey in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by
August Wilson (Royale Theater, New York City).
2004: Print ads for Slim-Fast Weight Loss Plan.
2004:
TV commercials for the Slim-Fast Weight Loss system.
Music video: "David Duchovny" by
Bree Sharp (1999)
2004: Print ads for Slim-Fast New Low-Carb weight loss food line.
Book: "Book," William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0-688-15252-X, 1997.
Album: "Fontaine: Why am I Straight?" MCA Records MCA-42243, 1988.
Appears in the "Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 2" DVD Introduction, providing historical context for the character of "Mammy Two-Shoes".
2007: Print ads for the LA Weight Loss system
2007:
TV commercials for QVC Shopping Network
Active on
Broadway in the following productions (as of Oct 24, 2007):
Children and Art (2005). Benefit/special (75th Birthday Tribute to
Stephen Sondheim). New Amsterdam Theatre: 21 Mar 2005 (1 performance). Ms. Goldberg appeared with:
Betty Buckley,
Mia Farrow,
Harvey Fierstein,
Neil Patrick Harris,
Cynthia Nixon,
David Hyde Pierce,
Harold Prince, Ann Van Cleave,
B.D. Wong.
Whoopi (2004). Solo performance + playwright. Lyceum Theatre: 17 Nov 2004- 30 Jan 2005 (72 performances + 12 previews). Produced by
Mike Nichols, Hal Luftig, Leonard Soloway, Steven M. Levy, Tom Leonardis, Eric Falkenstein and Amy Nederlander.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2003). Drama (revival). Royale Theatre: 6 Feb 2003- 6 Apr 2003 (68 performances + 14 previews). As "Ma Rainey." Cast included:
Charles S. Dutton, Louis Zorich, Heather Alicia Simms.
Funny Girl (2002). New Amersterdam Theatre: 23 Sep 2002 (1 performance/benefit; Ms. Goldberg was one of 17 actresses to perform as Ms. Brice). Cast included:
Kaye Ballard,
Ricki Lake,
Andrea Martin,
Bebe Neuwirth.
Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002). Musical comedy. Based on material by Dick Scanlan and
Richard Morris (based upon his original screenplay). Co-producer. Directed by Michael Mayer. Marquis Theatre: 18 Apr 2002- 20 Jun 2004 (903 performances + 32 previews).
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996). Musical comedy (revival). Written by
Burt Shevelove and
Larry Gelbart. Music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim. Directed by Jerry Zaks. St. James Theatre: 18 Apr 1996- 4 Jan 1998 (715 performances + 35 previews). As "Prologus" and "Pseudolus" (replacement actor).
Whoopi Goldberg (1984). Solo performance. Lyceum Theatre: 24 Oct 1984- 10 Mar 1985 (156 performances + 18 previews). Produced by
Mike Nichols (also production supervisor), Emanuel Azenberg and the Shubert Organization.
Music video for Garth Brooks: "We shall be free"
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