Obituaries
Obituaries of theatre professionals who have enriched the stage.
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By Barry Singer | 06/18/2018Gordon, an early champion of Thelonious Monk, helped build the Blue Note record label. -
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By Olivia Clement | 06/07/2018Pintauro was the playwright of such works as Snow Orchid, seen Off-Broadway and in London, as well as Men’s Lives, which inaugurated Bay Street Theater.
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By Andrew Gans | 06/05/2018The actor may best be remembered for his show-stopping duet with Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam.
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By Ryan McPhee | 06/03/2018Ms. McLerie appeared on Broadway in such shows as Where's Charley? and On the Town.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/29/2018The Ride the Cyclone director was tapped to helm the new adaptation of Bedknobs and Broomsticks in 2019.
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By Robert Viagas | 05/20/2018Morison achieved her greatest success as Cole Porter's handpicked leading lady in the iconic musical.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/17/2018The celebrated writer, who had 19 world premieres at Dublin's Abbey Theatre, died May 15.
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By Ryan McPhee | 05/17/2018Ms. Napolin's play bowed on Broadway in 1975, earning Tovah Feldshuh a Tony nomination.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/17/2018The veteran character actor was a Tony nominee for his performance in A Gift of Time.
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By Adam Hetrick | 04/27/2018She originated roles in Lost in the Stars and Tennessee Williams’ Vieux Carré, and is thought to be New York City’s first licensed female cab driver.
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By Ryan McPhee | 04/12/2018The Donmar Warehouse has canceled performances of The Way of the World, in which Beckett played Waitwell, for the remainder of the week.
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By Andrew Gans | 04/11/2018Mr. McKayle directed and choreographed the acclaimed 1973 Broadway musical Raisin.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 03/18/2018The Tony winner originated the role of Paul.
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By Olivia Clement | 03/12/2018The director worked with Barbra Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, and more.
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By Ryan McPhee | 03/04/2018Stiers, who starred in The Magic Show and last appeared on Broadway in White Christmas, was known to many for his performance on MASH.
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By Robert Simonson | 03/01/2018The composer of the long-running classic also wrote the scores to 110 in the Shade and I Do! I Do!.
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By Olivia Clement | 02/26/2018The actor is survived by his wife and daughter.
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By Robert Viagas | 02/23/2018The early Tony winner for Love Life also appeared in The Band Wagon and on One Day at a Time.
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By Ryan McPhee | 02/16/2018The five-time Tony nominee and Broadway favorite died February 11 at the age of 61.
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By Olivia Clement | 02/15/2018Haigh originated the part of Jimmy Porter in John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.
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By Ryan McPhee | 02/11/2018Maxwell was the beloved star of such Broadway productions as 2011’s Follies, The Royal Family, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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By Ryan McPhee | 02/05/2018Mr. Mahoney was an member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company for nearly 40 years.
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By Ryan McPhee | 02/01/2018The stage and screen performer was known to most for his seven-year stint as Burt Buchman on Mad About You.
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By Ryan McPhee | 02/01/2018Ms. Sawyer went from Broadway to film with A Hole in the Head.
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 01/30/2018His film Broadway: The Golden Age won festival awards nationwide in 2003.
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