PARIS " Jerome Savary, a director who broadened the appeal of theater to French audiences and helped popularize musicals, has died at age 70.Known for joyous, entertaining productions, the prolific Savary staged everything from Shakespeare to a play about comic book hero Asterix. He also embraced musical theater, considered an Anglo-Saxon genre.Savary's name was synonymous with theater in France after a career that i…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:26AM on March 5, 2013