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Monday, September 9, 2024

James Earl Jones, Actor Whose Voice Could Menace or Melt, Dies at 93 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.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Terry Carter, Barrier-Breaking Actor and Documentarian, Dies at 95 by Robert D. McFadden

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.

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Don Murray, a Star in Films That Took on Social Issues, Dies at 94 by Robert D. McFadden

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.

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Chita Rivera, Electrifying Star of Broadway and Beyond, Is Dead at 91 by Robert D. McFadden

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.”

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Sally Ann Howes, Star of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,’ Dies at 91 by Robert D. McFadden

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.

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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96 by Robert D. McFadden

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.

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Friday, January 15, 2021

Philip J. Smith, a Power on Broadway, Is Dead at 89 by Robert D. McFadden

As head of the Shubert Organization, he was one of New York City’s most influential real estate and cultural entrepreneurs.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Herbert Kretzmer, Lyricist for ‘Les Misérables’ Dies at 95 by Robert D. McFadden

A London theater critic, he turned a little-known French musical into a global blockbuster, earning $20 million in royalties.

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Herbert Kretzmer, Who Wrote Lyrics for ‘Les Misérables,’ Dies at 95 by Robert D. McFadden

A London theater critic, he turned a little-known French musical into a global blockbuster, earning $20 million in royalties.

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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Orson Bean, free-spirited actor, dies at 91 by Robert D. McFadden

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…

SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 12:47PM
Friday, December 27, 2019

Jerry Herman, Composer of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and Other Hits, Dies at 88 by Robert D. McFadden

His rich melodies h powerful lyrics, also heard in “Mame” and “La Cage aux Folles,” dazzled critics and kept audiences returning for more.

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Jerry Herman, Composer of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and Other Hits, Dies at 88 by Robert D. McFadden

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…

SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 12:15PM
Monday, November 25, 2019

John Simon, Critic With a Cutting Pen, Dies at 94 by Robert D. McFadden

Prolific, erudite and caustic in his wit, he surveyed the entire cultural landscape — films, plays, books, art — and saw little that he liked.

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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Donald Moffat, 87, a Top Actor Who Thrived in Second Billings, Dies by Robert D. McFadden

For a half-century Mr. Moffat, a transplanted Briton, was a lauded figure on stages and screens, whether performing Shakespeare or Tom Clancy.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Paul Gregory, Risk-Taking Showman in a Golden Age, Is Dead at 95 by Robert D. McFadden

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.

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Friday, September 28, 2018

Joe Masteroff, Playwright of ‘Cabaret’ Fame, Is Dead 98 by Robert D. McFadden

The winner of a Tony for his evocation of decadent prewar Berlin, he is also remembered for another acclaimed Broadway musical, “She Loves Me.”

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Monday, October 16, 2017

Roy Dotrice, Veteran Actor and Tony Winner, Dies at 94 by Robert D. McFadden

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.”

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Barbara Cook, Broadway Star Who Became a Cabaret Mainstay, Dies at 89 by Robert D. McFadden

Ms. Cook, a Tony Award-winning leading lady in Broadway musicals of the 1950s and ’60s, grappled with alcoholism and obesity before reinventing herself.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Anne Jackson, Stage Star With Her Husband, Eli Wallach, Dies at 90 by Robert D. McFadden

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.”

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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Frank D. Gilroy, Playwright Behind ‘The Subject Was Roses,’ Dies at 89 by Robert D. McFadden

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.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Mary Healy, Actress and Singer, Dies at 96 by Robert D. McFadden

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.

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Joan Rivers, a Comedic Stiletto, Dies at 81 by Robert D. McFadden

From the stage and the red carpet, Ms. Rivers reveled in cutting down the rich and famous with cutting remarks and a caustic wit.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Sidney Harman, Newsweek Chairman, Is Dead at 92 by Robert D. McFadden

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 Hou…

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2011-2012 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 14: Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark - Foxwoods Theater
Jul 07: Master Class - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Jul 13: Hair - St. James Theatre
Sep 12: Follies - Marquis Theatre
Oct 09: Man and Boy - American Airlines Theatre
Oct 13: The Mountaintop - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Oct 20: Relatively Speaking - Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Oct 27: Chinglish - Longacre Theatre
Nov 03: Other Desert Cities - Booth Theatre
Nov 07: Godspell - Circle In The Square
Nov 08: Venus in Fur - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Nov 10: Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway - Broadhurst Theatre
Nov 17: Private Lives - Music Box Theatre
Nov 20: Seminar - John Golden Theatre
Nov 21: An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin - Barrymore Theatre
Dec 01: Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Dec 08: Stick Fly - Cort Theatre
Dec 11: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - St. James Theatre
Dec 14: Lysistrata Jones - Walter Kerr Theatre
Jan 12: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Richard Rodgers Theatre
Jan 17: The Road to Mecca - American Airlines Theatre
Jan 26: Wit - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Feb 16: Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It - Music Box Theatre
Mar 15: Death of a Salesman - Barrymore Theatre
Mar 18: Once - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Mar 22: Jesus Christ Superstar - Neil Simon Theatre
Mar 29: Newsies - Nederlander Theatre
Apr 01: Gore Vidal's The Best Man - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Apr 02: End of the Rainbow - Belasco Theatre
Apr 05: Evita - Marquis Theatre
Apr 11: Magic/Bird - Longacre Theatre
Apr 15: Peter and the Starcatcher - Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Apr 18: One Man, Two Guvnors - Music Box Theatre
Apr 19: Clybourne Park - Walter Kerr Theatre
Apr 22: A Streetcar Named Desire - Broadhurst Theatre
Apr 23: Ghost The Musical - Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Apr 23: The Lyons - Cort Theatre
Apr 24: Nice Work If You Can Get It - Imperial Theatre
Apr 25: The Columnist - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 26: Don't Dress for Dinner - American Airlines Theatre
Apr 26: Leap of Faith - St. James Theatre
Jun 10: 66th Annual Tony Awards
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