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Monday, May 25, 2015

Bruno S., 78, Actor Who Played Kaspar Hauser, Dies by DOUGLAS MARTIN

The actor starred in “The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser” and “Stroszek,” which was based on his life.

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Marshall Flaum, Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 85 by DOUGLAS MARTIN

He appeared on Broadway in small parts in “Julius Caesar” in 1950 and “Romeo and Juliet” in 1951.

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Charles Reynolds, Magicians’ Magician, Dies at 78 by DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Reynolds belonged to the circumspect, virtually invisible world of “backroom boys” who help magicians refine their acts. In “Merlin,” a 1983 Broadway musical star…

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Noel Taylor, Creator of Costumes for Stage, Dies at 97 by DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Taylor created costumes for more than 100 stage shows, including more than 70 on Broadway, and for countless TV shows and movies.

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Jerry Tallmer, Theater Critic and Creator of Obies, Dies at 95 by Douglas Martin

Mr. Tallmer, the first theater critic for The Village Voice, also conceived its award for Off Broadway theater, the Obie.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Stephen Porter, Theater Director, Dies at 87 by Douglas Martin

Mr. Porter was a theater director who dusted off classic plays by the likes of Molière and Shaw and honed them as “the realism of another time.”    

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Jacqueline Brookes, Actress, Dies at 82 by Douglas Martin

In a 60-year career, Ms. Brookes appeared in films and on television but drew her widest notice for performances in stage productions of Shakespeare, Pirandello and Edward Albee.  …

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Herbert Blau, Iconoclastic Theater Director, Dies at 87 by Douglas Martin

Mr. Blau, a champion of the new and avant-garde, was a founder of the seminal Actor’s Workshop in San Francisco.    

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Milo O’Shea, an Actor of the Stage and Screen, Dies at 86 by Douglas Martin

Mr. O’Shea was an Irish actor known for his roles in films like “Ulysses,” “Barbarella” and “The Verdict” and plays like “Staircase” and “Mass Appeal.”

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Billy Barnes Dies at 85; Helped Revive Revues by Douglas Martin

Mr. Barnes’s comic revues in the late 1950s and early ’60s skewered beatniks, television and other contemporary targets.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Judith Martin, a Founder of Paper Bag Players, Dies at 93 by Douglas Martin

Ms. Martin was a founder and artistic director of the Paper Bag Players, which has been entertaining children since 1958.

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Jack Richardson, New York Playwright, Dies at 78 by Douglas Martin

Mr. Richardson won Obie and Drama Desk awards for his first play produced off Broadway in 1960. He turned to writing magazine articles and books after two of his plays failed on Broadway.

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Cris Alexander, Actor and Photographer, Dies at 92 by Douglas Martin

Mr. Alexander had a major part in Broadway’s “On the Town” in 1944, but eventually made his name as a photographer.

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Istvan Csurka, Hungarian Politician, Dies at 77 by Douglas Martin

Mr. Csurka, the founder of a far-right political party and a fierce anti-Semite, appealed to older Hungarians with his evocation of the nation’s glory days before World War I.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Yuri Rasovsky, Radio and Audio Book Dramatist, Dies at 67 by Douglas Martin

Mr. Rasovsky was an award-winning maker of audio books and founder of the Hollywood Theater of the Ear.

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Fran Landesman, Lyricist With a Bittersweet Edge, Dies at 83 by DOUGLAS MARTIN

Ms. Landesman was best known for the jazz standards “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” and “The Ballad of the Sad Young Men.”

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Joseph Brooks, a Maker of Jingles, Songs and Films, Dies at 73 by DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Brooks carved out a glittering career as author of famous jingles and as the composer of a huge hit, “You Light Up My Life,” before tumbling into scandal with sexual assault charges …

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Noel Taylor, Creator of Costumes for Stage, Dies at 97 by Douglas Martin

Mr. Taylor created costumes for more than 100 stage shows, including more than 70 on Broadway, and for countless TV shows and movies.

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards