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Saturday, July 22, 2023

Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death

by Michael Portantiere

Original Broadway Cast, 1971 (A&R, 2LPs; no CD) Onstage, this piece by Melvin van Peebles was intensely theatrical; I was actually frightened when cast member Minnie Gentry looked straight at me and vowed t…

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Saturday, September 3, 2022

A Labor Day Salute to Stage Managers

by Jan Simpson

Monday is Labor Day, which means that it’s time for my annual tribute to some of the people whose labor makes the theater we all love work. I’ve been doing this for 15 years now and I can’t tell you how e…

Linked From Broadway & Me at 14:43

Thursday, June 2, 2022

50 YEARS AGO ON BROADWAY

by Ron Fassler

During the height of my teenage theatergoing years, which occurred between 1969 and 1973, I was never happier than when I would pore over the New York Times’ ABC’s Directory in order to plan out my schedule…

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Sunday, January 30, 2022

‘Brothers and sisters getting their groove on’: Melvin Van Peebles’ house-party musical

by Chris Wiegand

Known for his pioneering blaxploitation cinema, the late film director also created Don’t Play Us Cheap, a goofy but soul-stirring Broadway hit that should not be forgotten When Melvin Van Peebles died last a…

Linked From The Guardian at 19:54

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Playwright and Theatre Professor Paul Carter Harrison Dies at 85

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that playwright and theatre professor, Paul Carter Harrison, has died at 85.While teaching at California State University, Sacramento (1970–1972), Harrison conceived and d…

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Friday, August 6, 2021

Broadway Veteran Actor Arthur French Has Died at Age 89

French's many Broadway credits include The Trip To Bountiful, Dividing The Estate, Mule Bone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Design For Living, You Can’t Take It With You, Death Of A Salesman, The Iceman Cometh,…

Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:57

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Don’t Play Us Cheap

by Michael Portantiere

Original Broadway Cast, 1972 (Stax, 2LPs) This Melvin Van Peebles musical is as different from his earlier Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death as it could be. Though plotless, the earlier show is dramatic a…

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