He collaborated on operas with Jack Beeson and Ned Rorem and published numerous poetry books. Late in life, he was victimized by theft.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AMHe merged Eastern and Western influences in his modern dance works, and his dance center was a cultural anchor in New York’s Chinatown.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMIn projects for the director David Lynch, she brought an eerie, otherworldly style to “Falling” and other songs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33PMShe was an institution at the American Dance Festival, and also made early television dance and exercise programs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:33PMShe was a leading advocate of and expert on dance notation, helping to do for choreographed works what a score does for music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:20PMOver a long career, her pictures, whether of famed dance troupes or experimental works, reflected what one admirer called “her love affair with dance.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:26PMHis Yale Rep and American Repertory Theater productions included early work by Cherry Jones, Mark Linn-Baker and more, and he directed starry Off Broadway shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMHis reviews for The Chicago Tribune, and his encouragement of the drama crowd, helped make Chicago one of the country’s leading theater cities.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMMs. Chen, who founded the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in 1988, died while swimming in Hawaii, where she was vacationing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:31PMHis plays tended to parody American institutions. His food writing tended to be full of humor.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMShe was known for her comic work in cabarets, for her performance in the musical “Nine” on Broadway and for her role in a “Star Trek” spinoff.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54PMHe was seen on “Quincy, M.E.” and “The Sopranos.” He also memorably played John Travolta’s father in “Saturday Night Fever.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:32PMFor decades her performances at the Stratford Festival drew acclaim. She gave her last performance just days before her death.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMHis songs from “Stop the World,” “Willy Wonka,” “Goldfinger” and other shows and movies became hits for a range of performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:03PMHe directed works by Sam Shepard, Amiri Baraka and others at La MaMa and similar theaters known for experimentation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMHe was a central figure in the experimental theater movement for decades. His best-known work, a trilogy of one-acts, opened in 1966 and ran for more than 630 performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54PMA popular comic in the Catskills’ heyday as a resort area, he brought borscht belt humor to audiences all over the country, including on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PMHis productions, vivid and fanciful, played all over the world, including at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:03PMMs. McCauley often put race at the center of plays and other works that sought to alter perspectives and foster dialogue.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PMMs. Hayes had quite a cackle, and it served her well in a number of witchy roles, beginning in 1969 on a short-lived but much remembered TV series.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMMs. Pollock was best known for dramas inspired by historical events that examined racial tensions and other volatile issues.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMHe was a star of the HBO series “Oz” under the name muMs, which he also used on the poetry circuit both before and after finding success on television.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMHe was an unknown playwright in his 20s when his comic drama about a priest and a seminarian drew raves off and on Broadway. It was turned into a movie.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMHe took his British brand of satire to nightclubs, TV, film (“Spinal Tap”) and National Lampoon. But a memoir led to a sex-abuse accusation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PMHe was a favorite of Luis Buñuel and other top filmmakers. He also had a fruitful collaboration with the stage director Peter Brook.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMHis collaborations with Michael Bennett included “A Chorus Line.” He later worked on “Miss Saigon” and other hits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMMr. Horovitz found success Off Broadway, working with actors who later became household names. But his career was tarnished when women came forward to describe a pattern of sexual misconduct…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMHis work in theater, dance and opera helped redefine American stage design.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24PMThe theater she founded, the 13th Street Repertory Company, has been an eclectic presence on the New York scene for almost half a century.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMThe actor appeared in numerous productions of Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle plays, including four on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMHe was involved with the Brooklyn Philharmonic for many years and performed both on Broadway and off. He died of the novel coronavirus.
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