Robin Phillips, Director Who Revitalized Canada’s Stratford Festival, Dies at 75 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Phillips, a British theater director, added productions and brought in stars like Maggie Smith during his tenure as artistic director in the ’70s.

Ron Moody, Actor Best Known as Fagin in ‘Oliver!,’ Dies at 91 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Moody, a British character actor, flared to prominence in the role of Dickens’s guru of thievery, in the stage and screen adaptation of “Oliver!”.

Jim Bailey, Character Actor in Drag, Dies at 77 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Bailey, who performed in the guise of pop divas like Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand, was a Las Vegas favorite, but he also played supper clubs, cabarets, Carnegie Hall and the London …

After a Cameo on Cable, Jets Hit the Stage by BRUCE WEBER

The police stopped rush-hour traffic at Eighth Avenue and West 47th Street on Wednesday so the buses could pass through and their passengers, burly men in jackets and ties, could make the cu…

Mick Lally, Irish Actor and Founder of the Druid Theater, Dies at 64 by BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Lally's troupe has received international acclaim for its productions of works by Irish playwrights, especially J. M. Synge and Martin McDonagh.

Irving Ravetch, Screenwriter of ‘Hud,’ Dies at 89 by BRUCE WEBER

Irving Ravetch, whose playwriting career stalled on the brink of Broadway but who became half of one of Hollywood’s most successful husband-and-wife screenwriting teams, creators of th…

Joe Mantell Is Dead at 94; Played Sidekick in ‘Marty’ by BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Mantell was a character actor who, nearly 20 years apart, delivered two of movie history’s more memorable lines, one to Ernest Borgnine and one to Jack Nicholson.

Tom Bosley, ‘Happy Days’ Dad, Dies at 83 by BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Bosley played the reliably kind father on TV’s “Happy Days” and won a Tony onstage for “Fiorello!”

Shannon Tavarez, Nala in ‘Lion King’, Dies at 11 by BRUCE WEBER

Shannon spent seven months performing in the show before receiving a diagnosis of leukemia in April.

Playwright Clears His Stage and Bookcases by BRUCE WEBER

Ed Schmidt’s personal farewell to the theater, “My Last Play,” takes place in his Brooklyn living room.

Marcia Lewis, Stage Actress and Singer, Dies at 72 by BRUCE WEBER

Marcia Lewis, an actress and singer known for bringing a comic brassiness to Broadway revivals of “Grease” and “Chicago,” died on Tuesday in Nashville. She was 72.

Margot Stevenson, Prolific Broadway Actress, Dies at 98 by BRUCE WEBER

Ms. Stevenson, who appeared in a handful of movies and television shows, spent most of her career on the stage.

Romulus Linney, Wide-Ranging Playwright, Dies at 80 by BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Linney roved along many intellectual paths, refashioning classical works for modern times and adapting contemporary novels for the stage.

Len Lesser, Uncle Leo on ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 88 by BRUCE WEBER

James McLure Dies at 59; Wrote Garrulous Plays by Bruce Weber

Mr. McLure, who was best known for plays like “Lone Star” and “Pvt. Wars,” had a following in the West and in regional theaters.

Haila Stoddard, Actress and Theatrical Producer, Dies at 97 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Stoddard, after a long career onstage and in television roles, brought the works of Noël Coward, James Thurber and Harold Pinter to Broadway.

I’m Not Really a Corpse. I Just Played One Onstage. by BRUCE WEBER

An obituary writer gets a role for a night in “Play Dead,” which milks entertainment from the universal human attraction to what repels us: most of all, death.

An Obit Writer’s Chance to Think Inside the Box by Bruce Weber

A man who writes about death for a living stepped into a stage coffin for a role in “Play Dead,” an Off Broadway show.

Inventing Her Life as She Goes Along by BRUCE WEBER

Author: Doug Wright
Producers: Delphi Productions, Playwrights Horizons

Frederic Morton, Author Who Chronicled the Rothschilds, Dies at 90 by Bruce Weber

His 1962 family history “The Rothschilds” became a Broadway musical.

Judith Malina, Founder of the Living Theater, Dies at 88 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Malina, with her husband, Julian Beck, created a troupe that advanced the idea of political theater in America.

Gene Saks, Tony-Winning Director of Neil Simon Hits, Dies at 93 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Saks, who switched from acting to directing in midcareer, won three Tony Awards and became the leading interpreter of the plays of Neil Simon.

Ike Schambelan, Director Who Brought Disabled Artists to the Stage, Dies at 75 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Schambelan started the company Theater Breaking Through Barriers as a vehicle for vision-impaired actors to perform their craft.

Edward Herrmann, Actor With a Noble Air, Dies at 71 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Herrmann could be formidable or friendly and was often cast in movies and on television in affluent roles as a lawyer, judge or millionaire.

Billie Whitelaw, Longtime Beckett Muse, Dies at 82 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Whitelaw, an English actress, first encountered Samuel Beckett’s work at the National Theater in London in 1964.

Brian Macdonald, Eclectic Choreographer and Director, Dies at 86 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Macdonald worked with classical, contemporary and regional material, from Bach to Gilbert and Sullivan and on to Leonard Cohen.

Bunny Briggs, Tap Dancing Virtuoso, Dies at 92 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Briggs’s career bridged the history of tap from Bill (Bojangles) Robinson to Savion Glover.

Mike Nichols, Celebrated Director, Dies at 83 by Bruce Weber

Mike Nichols, one of America’s most celebrated directors, whose long, protean résumé of critic- and crowd-pleasing work earned him adulation both on Broadway and in Hollywood, died on We…

Donald Saddler, Dancer, and a Choreographer on Broadway, Dies at 96 by Bruce Weber

A soloist with Ballet Theater, Mr. Saddler made his Broadway musical theater debut in 1947, and he went on to win two Tonys as a Broadway choreographer.

Herb Schapiro, Playwright Behind ‘The Me Nobody Knows,’ Dies at 85 by Bruce Weber

Inspired by essays by urban children, Mr. Schapiro had the idea for what became a “dark and lovely” Broadway musical.

Sheldon Patinkin, Force in Chicago Theater, Dies at 79 by Bruce Weber

As a director at Second City and Steppenwolf and a department chairman at Columbia College, Mr. Patinkin helped to develop Chicago’s robust theatrical scene.