2020-2021 Theater Memoriam (Arthur Kopit, Biff McGuire, Paul Ritter)

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Publicist Claire Segal, who represented many theater venues in Los Angeles, passed away, only a few months after her husband and fellow publicist, Maurice Segal. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/claire-segal-longtime-pr-and-marketing-exec-for-the-arts-in-los-angeles-dies-at-94

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Louis St. Louis, Music Director and Composer Best Known For GREASE, Has Passed Away

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Freddie Redd, Jazz Pianist and Composer, Is Dead at 92

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Scenic designer Evelyn Sakash, who worked on several Off-Broadway productions from the 1980s as well as the 1991 Broadway production The Big Love, passed away. https://deadline.com/2021/03/evelyn-sakash-dead-emmy-winning-production-designer-between-the-lions-1234725785/

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Playwright Arthur Kopit has died at the age of 83. He had earned 2 Tony nominations for his plays Indians (in 1970) and Wings (in 1979) as well as a third in 1982 as book writer for the musical Nine. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Award-Winning-Dramatist-Arthur-Kopit-Dies-at-83-20210403

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Two-time Tony-nominated actor Biff McGuire passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/william-biff-mcguire-two-time-tony-nominated-actor-dies-at-94

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Tony-nominated actor Paul Ritter passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paul-ritter-dead-british-screen-and-stage-star-was-54

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Anne Beatts passed away. While she was best known for being one of the original writers of Saturday Night Live, she also wrote the book and lyrics for the 1973 Off-Broadway production of National Lampoon’s Lemmings as well as the book for the 1979 Broadway production of Gilda Radner–Live From New York. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-beatts-snl-writer-and-square-pegs-creator-dies-at-74

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