Paul Ford, a self-described Broadway "piano-thumper" and a vital presence in the rehearsal room and the pit for Broadway musicals for three decades, including several works by Stephen Sondheim, has died. News of his passing was confirmed by his extended family. He was 71. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1953, Ford started playing piano"a Wurlitzer spinet piano that his grandmother had willed to his older brother"at the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PM on February 20, 2025