Friday, August 4, 2023
She appeared in more than 60 movies and TV shows, working with acclaimed directors including Martin Scorsese, John Schlesinger and Philip Kaufman.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:37PMThursday, July 27, 2023
The four-time Oscar nominee appeared in movies including “Catch-22,” “Argo” and “Little Miss Sunshine,” which earned him the best supporting actor prize.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:33PMFriday, June 30, 2023
He rose to stardom with his comic performance in the 1966 film "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming," and won a Tony for "Enter Laughing."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:49AMTuesday, March 14, 2023
The Canadian-born dancer starred with the Royal Ballet in London, working with choreographers including Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:04PMMonday, February 6, 2023
He played stuffy characters on the stage and screen, including in Broadway musicals by Stephen Sondheim and plays by A.R. Gurney.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42PMWednesday, January 18, 2023
She was one of the last of the great Lindy Hoppers, known for her “silky smoothness” on the dance floor and ability to stop on a dime.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:50PMMonday, January 16, 2023
Championed by Betty White at the start of his career, he became one of the first Black regulars on a TV variety show. He was later idolized by younger dancers.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:00PMMonday, November 14, 2022
He helped pioneer the modern comedy club, opening venues in New York and L.A. that fostered the careers of Jay Leno, Richard Pryor, Adam Sandler and others.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18PMTuesday, October 4, 2022
His acclaimed play about a Black sergeant’s murder was performed by leading African American actors and adapted into an Oscar-nominated film.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:19PMThursday, July 28, 2022
She was celebrated for her performance in August Wilson's Pulitzer-winning drama, and also known for her screen roles in "Sparkle" and "A Different World."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:18PMTuesday, July 26, 2022
He starred as a mob boss in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" and showed his range while playing Henry Kissinger in "Nixon" and a left-wing intellectual in “Reds.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:48PMTuesday, July 5, 2022
Often described as the most influential living director, he breathed new life into Shakespeare and staged a nine-hour adaptation of the “Mahabharata.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:48PMMonday, June 27, 2022
Her school inspired the play “Charm” by Philip Dawkins, who called her “the mother of queer Chicago.” She was also the subject of a documentary, “Mama Gloria.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:33PMThursday, April 21, 2022
He launched his career in musical comedies but was later celebrated for played Truman Capote on Broadway and an eccentric adman on “Mad Men.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:03PMMonday, March 21, 2022
She was associated with Graham for more than 50 years and danced on Broadway in “The King and I” and “Flower Drum Song.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54PMMonday, March 14, 2022
He won the Academy Award for best actor for "Kiss of the Spider Woman."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54PMThursday, December 23, 2021
She also received a Tony nomination for starring in a revival of the musical "Brigadoon."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:33PMFriday, December 3, 2021
The two-time Olivier winner was considered one of Britain’s finest classical actors.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:18AMFriday, April 16, 2021
The British actress also starred onstage as Medea and was married to actor Damian Lewis.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42PMFriday, March 5, 2021
She played a headstrong daughter in the 1970s TV series and later published a frank memoir about her battle with bipolar disorder.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:06PMMr. Davis, who died of complications from covid-19, wrote a two-hander that became a staple of community theater after premiering on Broadway in 1981.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24AMFriday, January 15, 2021
He was “a Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly of street,” dancer and singer Toni Basil said.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:03PMWednesday, April 24, 2019
His breakthrough, "When You Comin Back, Red Ryder?," opened Off-Broadway in 1973 and centered on a Vietnam War veteran who holds a New Mexico diner hostage.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 07:16PM 
