A 1976 book of photographs and text traced her year at the School of American Ballet and made her famous. But a darker story lay underneath.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:26PMA hit on the television variety-show circuit of the 1950s and ’60s, she also sang to packed crowds for many years at Carnegie Hall for St. Patrick’s Day
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMHe played a role in producing more than 100 plays and musicals. And while he kept an eye on the bottom line, he could be seduced by sheer artistry.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMA man of many talents, he led Freedom Theater, one of the nation’s top African-American companies, for more than a decade.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMShe was one of the first black women to make the transition, propelled by the musical “Sweet Charity.” She also broke ground playing a black lesbian on TV.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:48PMAs a photographer and a playwright, she helped document the rise of a generation of theater artists who wanted to tell their own stories their own way.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMHe held high-profile positions at the Metropolitan Opera and the National Endowment for the Arts, battling critics who wanted to abolish the agency.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMShe and her husband fled Cuba under Castro, giving up their prominence in theater there. In the North, she had a steady diet of ethnic roles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:59PMHis novel of generational and cultural conflict among Chinese immigrants became a hit Broadway musical and then a film that earned five Oscar nominations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PMHe cut an unlikely figure in the 1960s milieu of “Hair,” not smoking pot and never having met a hippie. But his rock style and beat-driven sound fit right in.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMIn performances in Boston, Michael Mack talks about being sexually abused by a priest at the age of 11 and the effect it has had on his life.
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