Tony Award Winning Stage Veteran Jane Lapotaire Passes Away at 81

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen veteran Jane Lapotaire, who won Olivier and Tony Awards for portraying French singer Édith Piaf in the play Piaf, passed away on March 5. She was 81 years old. A mainstay of the British theatre, Lapotaire's career of over six decades included performances with prestigious theatre companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bristol Old Vic, a…

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