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Rita McKenzie Dies: Star Of One-Woman Show 'Ethel Merman's Broadway' Was 76 by Bruce Haring

Rita McKenzie, known for staging the longest-running one-woman show in theatrical history, died Feb. 17 in Los Angeles days before her 77th birthday. She succumbed to what her family described as a long-term illness. A powerhouse stage voice and theatrical personality, McKenzie's 1988 off-Broadway one-woman show, Ethel Merman's Broadway, became the longest-running one- woman show in […]

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:53PM on February 18, 2024

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