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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Ulu Grosbard, Broadway and Film Director, Dies at 83 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Grosbard’s work was divided evenly between the theater and the movies, and though his career stretched across nearly half a century, he was highly selective in his projects.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Tom Murrin, Performance Artist, a k a Alien Comic, Dies at 73 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Murrin, a playwright and avant-garde impresario who became known as the Alien Comic, was apt to put on performances almost anywhere.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Nicol Williamson, a Mercurial Actor, Is Dead at 75 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Williamson was a Scottish-born actor whose large, renegade talent made him a controversial Hamlet, an eccentric Macbeth, an angry, high-strung Vanya and, on the screen, a cocaine-sniffin…

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Mary C. Henderson, Scholar of the Theater, Dies at 83 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Henderson wrote books that have become standard works on America’s players and playhouses.

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

William Duell, Puckish Character Actor, Dies at 88 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Duell’s understated comic flare enlivened Broadway shows (“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”), television series (“Police Squad!) and Hollywood films (One Flew Over…

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Condola Rashad Shows Star Qualities in ‘Stick Fly’ by Bruce Weber

In her Broadway debut, in “Stick Fly,” Condola Rashad is demonstrating gifts that go far beyond her experience or her famous name.

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Paul-Emile Deiber, French Theater Director, Dies at 86 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Deiber was an actor and director with the Comédie-Française for nearly three decades who brought his dramatic expertise to a second career as an opera director.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Leo Friedman, Photographer of Broadway, Dies at 92 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Friedman was a ubiquitous presence in and around New York theaters in the 1950s and 1960s

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Judd Woldin, Pianist and Composer of ‘Raisin’ Score, Dies at 86 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Woldin also traveled with the Ink Spots and Lionel Hampton, and played in the “Hello, Dolly!” orchestra on Broadway.

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Michael Hastings, British Playwright, Dies at 74 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Hastings’s best-known work, “Tom and Viv,” about the first marriage of T. S. Eliot, created a cultural brouhaha.

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Michael Hastings, British Playwright, Dies at 73 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Hastings’s best-known work, “Tom and Viv,” about the first marriage of T. S. Eliot, created a cultural brouhaha.

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Shelagh Delaney, Playwright, Dies at 72 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Delaney, whose play “A Taste of Honey” found success in the West End and on Broadway, was just 19 when the work was first performed.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

John Neville, Shakespearean Actor and ‘Munchausen’ Star, Is Dead at 86 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Neville may be best known in the United States as the title character in “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.”

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Monday, November 21, 2011

John Neville, Shakespearean Actor, Dies at 86 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Neville may be best known in the United States as the title character in “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.”

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Ruby Cohn, Theater Scholar and Beckett Authority, Dies at 89 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Cohn, a theater scholar and drama professor, became the playwright Samuel Beckett’s friend as well as a leading authority on his work.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Liviu Ciulei, a Daring Theater Director, Dies at 88 by Bruce Weber

The Romanian-born Mr. Ciulei was best known in the United States for leading the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and for productions at Arena Stage in Washington.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Margaret Tyzack, Award-Winning Actress, Dies at 79 by BRUCE WEBER

Ms. Tyzack was the winner of a Tony Award for “Lettice and Lovage” and two London Olivier Awards.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Philip Rose, ‘Raisin’ and ‘Purlie’ Producer, Dies at 89 by BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Rose, the producer of shows like “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Purlie Victorious,” advanced the cause of black playwrights and actors and helped widen the scope of American theater.

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Friday, May 6, 2011

Sada Thompson, Actress Known for Maternal Roles, Dies at 83 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Thompson portrayed archetypal mothers, from the loving family caretaker to the brutalizing harridan and mythical adulteress.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Sidney Michaels, Playwright, Is Dead at 83 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Michaels was the author of a farce called “Tchin-Tchin,” and the musical “Ben Franklin in Paris.”

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Helen Stenborg, Actress From Theatrical Family, Dies at 86 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Stenborg’s myriad roles on Broadway ranged from the loopy Sarita Myrtle in Noël Coward’s “Waiting in the Wings” to Rebecca Nurse in “The Crucible.”

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Friday, March 4, 2011

An Obit Writer’s Chance to Think Inside the Box by Bruce Weber

A man who writes about death for a living stepped into a stage coffin for a role in “Play Dead,” an Off Broadway show.

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Friday, February 25, 2011

Haila Stoddard, Actress and Producer, Dies at 97 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Stoddard, after a long career onstage and in television roles, brought the works of Noël Coward, James Thurber and Harold Pinter to Broadway.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

James McLure Dies at 59; Wrote Garrulous Plays by Bruce Weber

Mr. McLure, who was best known for plays like “Lone Star” and “Pvt. Wars,” had a following in the West and in regional theaters.

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Michael Langham, Classical Theater Director, Dies at 91 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Langham led a formidable roster of leading men and women through the rigors of Shakespeare, Shaw, Molière, Chekhov and others.

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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Romulus Linney, Wide-Ranging Playwright, Dies at 80 by Bruce Weber

Mr. Linney roved along many intellectual paths, refashioning classical works for modern times and adapting contemporary novels for the stage.

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Margot Stevenson, Prolific Broadway Actress, Dies at 98 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Stevenson, who appeared in a handful of movies and television shows, spent most of her career on the stage.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Jill Haworth, Original Sally in ‘Cabaret,’ Dies at 65 by Bruce Weber

The British-born actress had an early start in films before being cast in the Broadway musical at 21.

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Playwright Clears His Stage and Bookcases by Bruce Weber

Ed Schmidt’s personal farewell to the theater, “My Last Play,” takes place in his Brooklyn living room.

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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