18 stories by "Jacques Kelly"
Stanley Weiman, an actor who played Tevye in 'Fiddler on the Roof' and was a 'pillar' of Everyman Theatre, died of heart failure Jan. 8. He was 90.
Anthony M. "Tony" Carey, an attorney and legal ethics specialist who was a founder of the Baltimore School for the Arts, died on Christmas at his Inner Harbor home. He was 89.
Ruth Walsh, an actress who appeared on local stages but was instantly recognized for her voice on the "More Parks Sausages, Mom" commercial, died Dec. 12 at Roland Park Place. She was 99.
David Schweizer, a theater director who championed emerging playwrights and worked at Baltimore Center Stage, died Dec. 5 in New York City. He was 74.
Milton A. Dugger Jr. keeps alive the legacy of West Baltimore's iconic Royal Theater, where he witnessed legendary performances in the 1960s, through annual musical events celebrating its ri…
Philip Arnoult, the founder of Baltimore's Theatre Project who went on to champion global performing arts troupes, died of multiple system failure Sunday at the Sanctuary, a senior living co…
Carol Baish, managing director of Baltimore's Theatre Project, died May 3 at her Chinquapin Park home. She was 85.
Not all plays and musicals that came to Baltimore before they reached Broadway caught the success as "The Wiz."
Harriet Lynn, a dancer and singer who appeared in the first production at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in 1967 and went on to testify against its demolition more than 40 years later, died …
Elizabeth Mary Schaaf, the retired Peabody Institute archivist who rescued the grace notes of Baltimore's musical history, died Thursday at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
David D. Crandall, a musician and technical designer active in the independent theaters in Baltimore and Washington, died July 16 following a swimming accident while vacationing with his fam…
John Van Meter, a retired McDonogh School English and drama director recalled for his bold and imaginative interpretations of theater, died of complications of hypertension and sepsis Feb. 2…
Thomas Brown, who refers to himself as a "Renaissance Mechanic" designed and built a Shakespearean theater stage for the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, located in the old St. Mary's Church i…
Gordon Becker, who created a business that decorated scores of malls for the holidays and who was a leader on the early boards of Center Stage and Everyman theaters, died of cancer June 4 at…
Rodney Orange Jr., managing director of the Arena Players who was credited with helping to save the theater company, died of heart disease April 22 at the University of Maryland Medical Cent…
Rosemary Knower, an actress who played roles from Lady Macbeth to a schoolteacher in John Waters' "Hairspray," died of a stroke Wednesday at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pa. The for…
Donald N. Walls, a retired film and theater critic who appeared on radio and television for nearly three decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 19 at Storey Oaks Memory Care in Oklahom…
Ticket buyers formed a line outside the just-completed Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in early January 1967 for movie star Betty Grable's performances in the title role of "Hello, Dolly!" Baltim…
