23 stories by "Robert D. McFadden"
He gave life to characters like Darth Vader in "Star Wars" and Mufasa in "The Lion King," and went on to collect Tonys, Golden Globes, Emmys and an honorary Oscar.
He was the only Black actor on "Combat!" and "The Phil Silvers Show," then made well regarded documentaries on luminaries like Duke Ellington and Katherine Dunham.
An Oscar-nominated role opposite Marilyn Monroe in "Bus Stop" led to a long career in film and TV and onstage, in productions that grappled with race, drugs, homosexuality and more.
Appearing in scores of stage productions, she dazzled audiences for nearly six decades, most memorably starring as Anita in "West Side Story" and Velma Kelly in "Chicago."
The English-born actress captivated children in the 1968 film, which became a holiday favorite. It was one of around 140 productions she appeared in during a six-decade career.
In a remarkable career of many decades, she refused to take parts that demeaned Black people and won a Tony, Emmys and an honorary Oscar.
As head of the Shubert Organization, he was one of New York City's most influential real estate and cultural entrepreneurs.
A London theater critic, he turned a little-known French musical into a global blockbuster, earning $20 million in royalties.
A London theater critic, he turned a little-known French musical into a global blockbuster, earning $20 million in royalties.
Orson Bean, the free-spirited television, stage and film comedian who stepped out of his storybook life to found a progressive school, move to Australia, give away his possessions and wander…
His rich melodies h powerful lyrics, also heard in "Mame" and "La Cage aux Folles," dazzled critics and kept audiences returning for more.
Jerry Herman, the Broadway composer-lyricist who gave America the rousing, old-fashioned musicals "Hello, Dolly!" and "Mame" in the 1960s and Broadway's first musical featuring gay lovers, "…
Prolific, erudite and caustic in his wit, he surveyed the entire cultural landscape " films, plays, books, art " and saw little that he liked.
For a half-century Mr. Moffat, a transplanted Briton, was a lauded figure on stages and screens, whether performing Shakespeare or Tom Clancy.
His star rose in the 1950s and '60s, when Broadway was ripe for experimentation. But he died in 2015 far from the limelight, and little notice was taken.
The winner of a Tony for his evocation of decadent prewar Berlin, he is also remembered for another acclaimed Broadway musical, "She Loves Me."
Mr. Dotrice, who began acting in a P.O.W. camp, had a long career in movies, on TV and onstage, winning his Tony in "A Moon for the Misbegotten."
Ms. Cook, a Tony Award-winning leading lady in Broadway musicals of the 1950s and '60s, grappled with alcoholism and obesity before reinventing herself.
Ms. Jackson, half of one of America's best-known acting couples, was nominated for a Tony for her performance in Paddy Chayefsky's "Middle of the Night."
Mr. Gilroy won a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony and a Drama Critics' Circle Award for that play, his 1964 Broadway debut, but it was his only major theatrical success.
Ms. Healy and Peter Lind Hayes were a husband-and-wife comedy team on TV in the 1950s and '60s and portrayed their New Rochelle, N.Y., suburban life on radio.
From the stage and the red carpet, Ms. Rivers reveled in cutting down the rich and famous with cutting remarks and a caustic wit.
He donated $20 million for the Shakespeare Theater Company's Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, and was a trustee of the Aspen Institute, the California Institute of Technology, Freedom House…
