Thursday, October 28, 2021
He was seen on “Quincy, M.E.” and “The Sopranos.” He also memorably played John Travolta’s father in “Saturday Night Fever.”
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For decades her performances at the Stratford Festival drew acclaim. She gave her last performance just days before her death.
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His songs from “Stop the World,” “Willy Wonka,” “Goldfinger” and other shows and movies became hits for a range of performers.
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He directed works by Sam Shepard, Amiri Baraka and others at La MaMa and similar theaters known for experimentation.
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He 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.
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A popular comic in the Catskills’ heyday as a resort area, he brought borscht belt humor to audiences all over the country, including on Broadway.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Ms. McCauley often put race at the center of plays and other works that sought to alter perspectives and foster dialogue.
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Ms. 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.
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Ms. Pollock was best known for dramas inspired by historical events that examined racial tensions and other volatile issues.
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He 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.
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He 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.
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He was a favorite of Luis Buñuel and other top filmmakers. He also had a fruitful collaboration with the stage director Peter Brook.
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His collaborations with Michael Bennett included “A Chorus Line.” He later worked on “Miss Saigon” and other hits.
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Mr. 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…
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Saturday, October 24, 2020
The theater she founded, the 13th Street Repertory Company, has been an eclectic presence on the New York scene for almost half a century.
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The actor appeared in numerous productions of Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle plays, including four on Broadway.
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He was involved with the Brooklyn Philharmonic for many years and performed both on Broadway and off. He died of the novel coronavirus.
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A 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.”
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His 1966 feature, “Closely Watched Trains,” won an Academy Award and was part of a burst of creativity in Czech filmmaking.
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
His experimental works, staged by the Playhouse of the Ridiculous and other groups, challenged audiences and sometimes baffled them.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020
She 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.
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Her methods went beyond mere diction and emphasized getting the whole body (and inner self) involved in speaking the words.
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He built a luxury catalog business, then sold it and used the proceeds to mount the Tony-winning hit musical “Crazy for You.”
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He 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.
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The musical about the founding fathers, his Broadway directorial debut, scored three Tonys. He was also a mainstay of the Williamstown Theater Festival.
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She 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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