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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Micky Lay, Source for Falstaffian Lead in ‘Jerusalem,’ Dies at 73 by Daniel E. Slotnik

Mr. Lay’s hard-drinking, rebel persona was the inspiration for Jez Butterworth’s play “Jerusalem” and Mark Rylance’s Tony- and Olivier-winning performances.    

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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Honey Waldman, Producer Who Created 2 Theaters, Dies at 87 by Daniel E. Slotnik

Ms. Waldman was a stage producer who teamed up with her husband to convert a dilapidated movie house in the Hudson Valley and a bank in the East Village into distinguished theaters. &nb…

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Friday, December 6, 2013

Christopher Evan Welch, 48, Stage and Screen Actor, Dies - NYTimes.com by Daniel E. Slotnik

Mr. Welch, recognizable to many by his unruly mop of brown hair, first performed in New York as Silvestre in a hyperkinetic 1997 production of Molière’s comedy “Scapin,” starring Bill…

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Christopher Evan Welch, 48, Stage and Screen Actor, Dies by Daniel E. Slotnik

Mr. Welch’s New York debut in “Scapin” led to many roles on New York stages, as well as high-profile film work.    

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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Snoo Wilson, Surrealistic British Playwright, Dies at 64 by Daniel E. Slotnik

Mr. Wilson’s plays often had a satirical edge and included real people from history, like Darwin, Eichmann and Aleister Crowley.    

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

David Rogers, Stage Adapter of Offbeat Material, Dies at 85 by Daniel E. Slotnik

Among the works Mr. Rogers produced was the book for a musical based on “Flowers for Algernon” and plays based on “Brave New World” and “The Sting.”    

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Phyllis Love, ‘Rosa’ in ‘Rose Tattoo,’ Dies at 85 by Daniel E. Slotnik

Ms. Love, who often played ingénues on Broadway in the 1950s, originated the part of Rosa in a Tennessee Williams play.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Allan Jefferys, Drama Critic for WABC-TV, Dies at 88 by Daniel E. Slotnik

Mr. Jefferys also had a show on ABC radio that was broadcast nationwide as an alternative to Top 40 rock ’n’ roll stations in the early 1960s.

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Randall L. Wreghitt, 55, Broadway and Off Broadway Producer, Dies - NYTimes.com by DANIEL E. SLOTNIK

Randall L. Wreghitt, who used skills from a successful marketing career to produce Broadway and Off Broadway shows, died on Wednesday in Hoboken, N.J. He was 55 and lived in Union City, N.J.

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