He was seen on “Quincy, M.E.” and “The Sopranos.” He also memorably played John Travolta’s father in “Saturday Night Fever.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:32PMFor decades her performances at the Stratford Festival drew acclaim. She gave her last performance just days before her death.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMHis songs from “Stop the World,” “Willy Wonka,” “Goldfinger” and other shows and movies became hits for a range of performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:03PMHe directed works by Sam Shepard, Amiri Baraka and others at La MaMa and similar theaters known for experimentation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMHe was a central figure in the experimental theater movement for decades. His best-known work, a trilogy of one-acts, opened in 1966 and ran for more than 630 performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54PMA popular comic in the Catskills’ heyday as a resort area, he brought borscht belt humor to audiences all over the country, including on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PMHis productions, vivid and fanciful, played all over the world, including at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:03PMMs. McCauley often put race at the center of plays and other works that sought to alter perspectives and foster dialogue.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PMMs. Hayes had quite a cackle, and it served her well in a number of witchy roles, beginning in 1969 on a short-lived but much remembered TV series.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMMs. Pollock was best known for dramas inspired by historical events that examined racial tensions and other volatile issues.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMHe was a star of the HBO series “Oz” under the name muMs, which he also used on the poetry circuit both before and after finding success on television.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMHe was an unknown playwright in his 20s when his comic drama about a priest and a seminarian drew raves off and on Broadway. It was turned into a movie.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMHe took his British brand of satire to nightclubs, TV, film (“Spinal Tap”) and National Lampoon. But a memoir led to a sex-abuse accusation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PMHe was a favorite of Luis Buñuel and other top filmmakers. He also had a fruitful collaboration with the stage director Peter Brook.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMHis collaborations with Michael Bennett included “A Chorus Line.” He later worked on “Miss Saigon” and other hits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMMr. Horovitz found success Off Broadway, working with actors who later became household names. But his career was tarnished when women came forward to describe a pattern of sexual misconduct…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMHis work in theater, dance and opera helped redefine American stage design.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24PMThe theater she founded, the 13th Street Repertory Company, has been an eclectic presence on the New York scene for almost half a century.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMThe actor appeared in numerous productions of Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle plays, including four on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMHe was involved with the Brooklyn Philharmonic for many years and performed both on Broadway and off. He died of the novel coronavirus.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PMA versatile writer and actor as well as a director, he was also Littlechap in a film version of “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PMHis 1966 feature, “Closely Watched Trains,” won an Academy Award and was part of a burst of creativity in Czech filmmaking.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PMAn in-demand lighting designer, he won Tony Awards for “Hamilton” and “Jersey Boys.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:48AMHis experimental works, staged by the Playhouse of the Ridiculous and other groups, challenged audiences and sometimes baffled them.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMShe specialized in supporting roles, including an attention-getting recurring character in “The Big C.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMShe performed some of the most powerful songs in that show, which ran for more than four years in Greenwich Village and became a theater staple.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMHer methods went beyond mere diction and emphasized getting the whole body (and inner self) involved in speaking the words.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24PMHe built a luxury catalog business, then sold it and used the proceeds to mount the Tony-winning hit musical “Crazy for You.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PMHe took part in the storied San Francisco reading where Allen Ginsberg unveiled a version of “Howl.” He went on to have his own moments of fame and notoriety.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:48PMThe musical about the founding fathers, his Broadway directorial debut, scored three Tonys. He was also a mainstay of the Williamstown Theater Festival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:24PMShe burst onto the scene with an Oscar-nominated performance in the 1960 film “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” and went on to a long career in film, on television and on the stage.
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