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Actor Eddie Jones passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eddie-jones-dead-pa-kent-lois-clark-stage-veteran-was-84-1222901
ReplyCopy URLActor/mime/director/theater critic Richmond Shepard passed away. https://variety.com/2019/legit/obituaries-people-news/richmond-shepard-mime-dies-1203261922/
ReplyCopy URLRip Torn, who received a Tony nomination in 1960 for his performance in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth, has died at the age of 88.
ReplyCopy URLRip Torn Dies: ‘Larry Sanders Show’ Emmy Winner & Broadway Veteran Was 88
Actor Freddie Jones, who made his sole Broadway appearance in the play Marat/Sade, passed away. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/freddie-jones-death-emmerdale-sandy-thomas-actor-age-cause-tributes-a8998781.html
ReplyCopy URLActress Denise Nickerson passed away. Before she became known for playing Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, she appeared on Broadway twice, as an ensemble member of the 1967 musical Sherry!, and as Rebecca Gibbs in the 1969 revival of Our Town. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/denise-nickerson-dead-willy-wonka-chocolate-factory-violet-actress-was-62-1223701
ReplyCopy URLActor Charles Levin, who appeared on Broadway as a replacement Irwin S. Irving/Buddy Fidler in City Of Angels, passed away. https://deadline.com/2019/07/remains-seinfeld-night-court-charles-levin-oregon-1202646193/
ReplyCopy URLActress and playwright E. Katherine Kerr has died at the age of 82.
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https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Actress-and-Playwright-E-Katherine-Kerr-Dies-at-82-20190717Actress Mona Malden, whose sole Broadway credit was the 1943 play I’ll Take The High Road, passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mona-malden-dead-actress-widow-karl-malden-was-102-1224614
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Actor David Hedison. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-hedison-dead-voyage-bottom-sea-actor-was-92-1226038
Former Theatre Development Fund executive Hugh Southern. http://www.playbill.com/article/hugh-southern-former-executive-director-of-tdf-and-tkts-booth-co-conceiver-dies-at-87
ReplyCopy URLThe legendary 21-time Tony-winning director/producer Hal Prince has died at the age of 91.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Hal-Prince-Legendary-Broadway-Producer-and-Director-Passes-Away-at-91-20190731After having started out as a stage manager on Tickets, Please!, Call Me Madam, and Wonderful Town, Hal Prince started to climb up the ladder when he produced the original Broadway productions of The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, New Girl in Town, West Side Story, Fiorello!, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Fiddler on the Roof, and Flora, The Red Menace. In 1963, he made his Broadway directorial debut with the original production of She Loves Me. Prince’s future directing credits would include the original Broadway productions of Cabaret, Zorba, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, On the Twentieth Century, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Merrily We Roll Along, The Phantom of the Opera, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Parade. He also directed Broadway revivals of Candide and Show Boat. I had the great pleasure of being in the audience for the 2013 Tony Awards, where Hal Prince made an appearance (to a well deserved standing ovation) to introduce a special 25th anniversary performance from The Phantom of the Opera.
ReplyCopy URLHal Prince actually did get his own tribute at the 2006 Tonys when he received his Lifetime Achievement Award.
@1:18:51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4uaiFEnZCkI won’t be surprised if he ends up being the centerpiece of next year’s In Memoriam segment like Marin Mazzie was this year.
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