Norman Jewison, the genre-spanning director of the movie adaptations of Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ Superstar, as well as a number of non-musical stage-to-screen adaptations, died on January 20 at his home in Los Angeles. The death was confirmed by his publicist Jeff Sanderson. Jewison was 97. The recipient of seven Oscar nominations, Jewison never won a competitive Oscar, though his film In the Heat of the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:32PM on January 22, 2024