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Oscar-nominated documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, whose connections to theater included directing the iconic documentary Original Cast Album: Company as well as Elaine Stritch At Liberty, passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/da-pennebaker-dead-documentary-legend-was-94-817392
ReplyCopy URLTheatre Talk has uploaded some old episodes to their YouTube channel in honor of some recently deceased people:
Here’s their episode with Rip Torn when he was appearing on Broadway in The Young Man From Atlanta in 1997. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KL2Xgayueo
Here’s their episode with D.A. Pennebaker and his wife Chris Hegedus promoting their 1998 documentary Moon Over Broadway, a behind-the-scenes look at the run of the play Moon Over Buffalo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o26lJD5Wv94&t=72s
ReplyCopy URLPress agent Robert Ullman passed away. http://www.playbill.com/article/veteran-theatrical-press-agent-robert-ullman-dies-at-94
ReplyCopy URLLawyer Marc H. Glick, whose Broadway clients included the likes of Peter and Lucas Hedges, Ann Roth, and Suzy Benzinger, passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marc-h-glick-dead-entertainment-lawyer-was-71-1230920
ReplyCopy URLActress Ningali Lawford-Wolf tragically passed away while on tour in Edinburgh with Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Secret River. http://www.playbill.com/article/australian-actor-ningali-lawford-wolf-dies-during-edinburgh-run-of-the-secret-river
ReplyCopy URLTwo-time Academy Award nominated actor/screenwriter Peter Fonda, whose one Broadway credit was Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole back in 1961, has died at the age of 79.
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https://variety.com/2019/film/people-news/peter-fonda-dead-star-of-easy-rider-ulees-gold-dies-at-79-1203305078/Writer Patricia Louisianna Knop, who wrote the book for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Whistle Down The Wind, passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/screenwriter-patricia-louisianna-knop-known-9-1-2-weeks-dies-at-78-1232778
ReplyCopy URLCostume designer Isabel Toldeo, who received a Tony Award nomination in 2014 for her work on After Midnight, has died at the age of 59.
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https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Costume-Designer-Isabel-Toledo-Passes-Away-20190826Valerie Harper has died just a week after turning 80.
Valerie Harper Dies: Beloved Star Of TV’s ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ And ‘Rhoda’ Was 80
While she was best remembered for her Emmy-winning role as Rhoda Morgenstern on Mary Tyler Moore and Rhoda, she was also a Broadway veteran with 8 production credits to her name. Valerie’s final appearance on the Great White Way was Looped, which earned her a Tony nomination, back in 2010.
ReplyCopy URLKen LeRoy, who originated the role of Bernardo in the 1957 original Broadway production of West Side Story, has died at the age of 92.
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https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ken-LeRoy-Original-Bernardo-in-WEST-SIDE-STORY-Dies-at-92-20190831Actress/opera singer Rosemary Kuhlmann passed away. http://www.playbill.com/article/rosemary-kuhlmann-soprano-star-of-television-opera-amahl-and-the-night-visitors-dies-at-97
ReplyCopy URLActress Carol Lynley passed away. https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/carol-lynley-dead-dies-the-poseidon-adventure-1203325524/
ReplyCopy URLActor John Wesley passed away. https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/john-wesley-dead-dies-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-1203328013/
ReplyCopy URLPeter Nichols, who was the two-time Tony nominated playwright behind A Day in the Life of Joe Egg and The National Health, has died at the age of 92.
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https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Playwright-Peter-Nichols-Dies-at-Age-92-20190909
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