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Saturday, April 22, 2023

Barry Humphries, a.k.a. Dame Edna, Is Dead at 89 by Margalit Fox

Bewigged, bejeweled and bejowled, Mr. Humphries’s creation was one of the longest-lived characters ever channeled by a single performer.

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 87 by Margalit Fox

Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”

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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 by Margalit Fox

One of the 20th century’s most renowned opera singers, the soprano was known for the timeless beauty of her voice and the ardent fervor of her fans.

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Brenda Lewis, Versatile American Soprano, Is Dead at 96 by Margalit Fox

A singing actress known for performing work by contemporary composers, Ms. Lewis originated signal roles in the opera house and on the Broadway stage.

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Marni Nixon, the Voice Behind the Screen, Dies at 86 by Margalit Fox

Ms. Nixon was the ghost singer for actresses in many of Hollywood’s most famous musicals, from “The King and I” to “West Side Story” to “My Fair Lady.”

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Joe Patten, Atlanta Theater Caretaker Known as ‘Phantom of the Fox,’ Dies at 89 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Patten, who first became smitten with the theater on a visit to the city in the mid-1940s, lived there for more than 35 years.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Frankie Michaels, Who Won a Tony Award at 11, Dies at 60 by Margalit Fox

He was the youngest Tony winner, and “Mame” was his only Broadway credit. As an adult, he was a lounge singer, voice and piano teacher and electronics repairman.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Patty Duke, Child Star and Oscar Winner, Dies at 69 by Margalit Fox

Ms. Duke came to wide public notice when she starred as Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker.”

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Monday, February 15, 2016

Warren Manzi, Author of New York’s Longest-Running Play, Dies at 60 by Margalit Fox

“Perfect Crime” logged its 11,824th performance, despite the fact that critics often did not like it and theatergoers often did not understand it.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Frank Finlay, Actor Who Played Iago to Laurence Olivier’s Othello, Dies at 89 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Finlay, an English actor, was often cast as a rogue or villain and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the 1965 film version of “Othello.”

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Richard Libertini, Character Actor With a Memorable Turn in ‘The In-Laws’, Dies at 82 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Libertini, a ubiquitous presence on stage, screen and television, was best known for his antic turn as the deranged General Garcia in the 1979 film comedy.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Sheri M. Goldhirsch, Who Nurtured Young Playwrights, Dies at 55 by Margalit Fox

Ms. Goldhirsch, the artistic director of Young Playwrights Inc., was responsible for helping along the careers of generations of American dramatists.

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Friday, July 24, 2015

George Coe, Actor and Director of a Bergman Parody, Dies at 86 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Coe was also a grown-up presence in the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” appearing in the very first episode.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Paul Ryan Rudd, 70, Stage, Film and TV Actor, Dies by MARGALIT FOX

Mr. Rudd, who came to his profession late and left early, won praise for his work on Broadway and in the New York Shakespeare Festival.

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George David Weiss, Writer of Hit Pop Songs, Dies at 89 by MARGALIT FOX

Mr. Weiss was a songwriter whose credits include "The Lion Sleeps Tonight' and "What a Wonderful World."

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Norman Wisdom, Funnyman, Dies at 95 by MARGALIT FOX

Mr. Wisdom was for six decades one of Britain’s most celebrated comics, appearing in nearly 20 films and many television shows as well as in live performances.

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Jill Clayburgh Dies at 66; Starred in Feminist Roles by MARGALIT FOX

Jill Clayburgh, an Oscar-nominated actress known for portraying strong, independent women, died on Friday at her home in Lakeville, Conn. She was 66.

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Peter Hofmann, Singer of Rock, Opera and Musicals. Dies at 66 by MARGALIT FOX

Mr. Hofmann, a versatile singer, was known for his good looks, nimble acting and sensitive phrasing.

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Susannah York, British Actress, Dies at 72 by Margalit Fox

Ms. York was an Academy Award-nominated actress known for her portrayals of exquisite, often fragile young women in British and American films of the 1960s and ‘70s.

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Bruce Gordon, TV Mobster, Dies at 94 by MARGALIT FOX

Mr. Gordon, a chiseled character actor, played tough guys, most memorably the mob boss Frank Nitti on the television series “The Untouchables.”

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Sam Chwat, Dialect Tutor for Film Stars, Dies at 57 by MARGALIT FOX

The founder of a speech therapy center in Manhattan taught Robert De Niro to sound Southern, and Julia Roberts not to.

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Audree Norton, Who Paved Way for Deaf Actors, Dies at 88 by Margalit Fox

Ms. Norton, a deaf actress, sacrificed her own career in a fight that demonstrably helped the careers of the generation that followed, including Marlee Matlin.

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Rachel Rosenthal, Bold Performance Artist, Dies at 88 by Margalit Fox

Ms. Rosenthal’s work melded dance, theater, dramatic monologues, improvisation and visual art to illuminate her abiding concerns: feminism, environmentalism and animal rights.

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Monday, February 23, 2015

Alan Howard, Actor With Royal Shakespeare Company, Dies at 77 by Margalit Fox

An English actor whose regal bearing and imposing voice gave life to Shakespearean kings, Mr. Howard was a mainstay of the Royal Shakespeare Company for decades.

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Michael Brown, Whose Industrial Musicals Gave Wings to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 93 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Brown wrote industrial musicals for American corporations, which were meant to rally employees, and used some of his earnings to support Harper Lee while she wrote “To Kill a Mockingbi…

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Amiri Baraka, Polarizing Poet and Playwright, Dies at 79 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Baraka’s work was widely anthologized, and he was also long famous as a political firebrand, with critical opinion divided in every arena.    

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Friday, September 20, 2013

D. J. R. Bruckner, Columnist and Critic, Dies at 79 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Bruckner, who was a longtime editor for The New York Times Book Review, landed on Nixon’s enemies list over his syndicated columns for The Los Angeles Times.    

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Slawomir Mrozek, Leading Polish Playwright, Dies at 83 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Mrozek’s plays were periodically banned in Poland for ridiculing the postwar Eastern bloc’s political and social climate. He had plays produced in cities worldwide, including New Yor…

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Ashton Springer, Producer of Broadway Shows, Dies at 82 by Margalit Fox

Mr. Springer went from owning a laundromat to producing nearly a dozen shows on Broadway.    

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Maxine Stuart, 94, Dies; Acted on Stage, Film and TV by Margalit Fox

Ms. Stuart had a recurring role on the soap opera “The Edge of Night” and starred in two nonfiction books by the writer Helene Hanff.    

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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