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An operatic soprano, she had high-profile roles on film and stage in the 1950s. But after that, she mostly spent her career away from the limelight.
She originated roles in four of his Broadway musicals between 1959 and 1987, and won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in "Sweeney Todd."
The show, with music by Marvin Laird, portrayed a schoolgirl's murderous theatrical ambition. Paley also performed in the parody dance group Les Ballets Trockadero.
He directed the playwright's "The House of Blue Leaves," and they helped turn "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" into a hit musical.
He was a regular at the mountain resorts where many comedians honed their acts, then had a star turn in the long-running revue "Catskills on Broadway."
South Coast Repertory, which he founded with a partner, was a major force in Southern California theater. He directed more than 100 of its productions.
He conducted Broadway shows and worked with Bernadette Peters. But he was probably best known for writing the music for the darkly comic "Ruthless!"
She was honored on Broadway for roles in "Pal Joey" and "No, No, Nanette" and then turned to TV, where she won three Daytime Emmys for her work on "Ryan's Hope."
He left a career in tech and found success as a producer, winning four Tonys. His mission: staging productions about underrepresented communities.
She was a successful designer. But she was probably best known for being duped in a scheme that inspired the play "Six Degrees of Separation."
He won awards for his roles in "Sophisticated Ladies," "The Tap Dance Kid" and "Miss Saigon" " the most ever in the category of best featured actor in a musical.
She wrote about the leading figures in ballet and modern dance for more than 40 years. One of her books was about the brash choreographer Mark Morris.
Before the fall of apartheid, his plays, which also included "Woza Albert!" and "Asinamali," challenged the South African government's racial policies.
After an acting career that included playing the Olympic sprinter Wilma Rudolph in a TV movie, she became known as a director for her work at regional theaters.
Soon after appearing in the original Broadway production of "Fiddler on the Roof," she began a new career as a prominent casting director.
In his 25-year tenure at Actors' Equity, he helped build Equity Fights AIDS and challenged the casting of the top roles in the hit musical "Miss Saigon."
He wrote several musicals without attracting much notice. Then he struck Broadway gold with "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder."
A one-woman show that used her date with a white hipster to talk about life, race, love and sex, led an editor to sign her to write two novels.
He wrote plays that tackled big issues like the death penalty and gun violence. He also wrote for series including the superhero saga "Luke Cage."
As Val, one of the dancers in the hit Broadway musical, she sang a memorable song explaining how she got work by enhancing her body through cosmetic surgery.
He helped secure landmark status for more than two dozen theaters in the 1980s, then initiated the design competition that led to a new TKTS booth.
He created sets for more than 50 of Broadway's most celebrated productions, including "Hair," "A Chorus Line," "On the Twentieth Century" and "The Producers."
He worked with stand-up comedians to develop shows " one of which is headed for Broadway " that were more than just collections of jokes.
One of the first Black regulars on a TV variety show, he brought tap to millions of viewers on "The Lawrence Welk Show" after Betty White gave him his first big break.
After playing a critical Broadway role in "A Chorus Line," he helped start the vibrant Off Broadway MCC Theater. TV watchers knew him from "The Sopranos" and "Law and Order."
