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[Ulitzer95 12,419]

Facebook post reporting the death of Michael Butler (wiki) at the age of 95.

 

Theatre producer behind “Hair”.

 

Edit: I see he was on Richard Nixon’s enemies list. Can’t be many survivors from that list surely? Would make an interesting thread if anyone can be bothered.

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8 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Facebook post reporting the death of Michael Butler (wiki) at the age of 95.

 

Theatre producer behind “Hair”.

 

Edit: I see he was on Richard Nixon’s enemies list. Can’t be many survivors from that list surely? Would make an interesting thread if anyone can be bothered.

 

Off the top of my head, Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers fame is still alive, born 1931. A few theme teams have him on the DDP, cert obit when he goes. He was def on the master list of political foes that made Gerald Ford quip that "anyone who needs to keep a list of their enemies has too many"!

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Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Gene Hackman, Joe Namath, Barbra Streisand and Tom Smothers are all still alive from Nixon's "showbiz" enemies list.

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[Ulitzer95 12,419]

21 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Facebook post reporting the death of Michael Butler (wiki) at the age of 95.

 

Theatre producer behind “Hair”.

 

Edit: I see he was on Richard Nixon’s enemies list. Can’t be many survivors from that list surely? Would make an interesting thread if anyone can be bothered.

Deadline obit as confirmation.

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Quentin Oliver Lee, best known for his role as the Phantom in the US tour of “The Phantom of the Opera” and an off-Broadway role in “Oratorio for Living Things,” has died. He was 34. Lee had battled colon cancer for the past several months.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/12/02/broadway-star-quentin-oliver-lee-dead-at-34/

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11555263/Mean-Girls-Musical-star-Stephanie-Bissonnette-dies-age-32-brain-cancer.html

 

Star of Mean Girls the musical  Stephanie Bissonnette dies from brain cancer age 32.

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Peter Kelley, a stage actor who was part of the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'South Pacific', and who later went on to a long career as a talent agent, helping to launch the careers of the likes of Denzel Washington, has died. He was 97.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/peter-kelley-dead-william-morris-1235348109/

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On 11/03/2023 at 02:43, alt obits guy said:

Peter Kelley, a stage actor who was part of the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'South Pacific', and who later went on to a long career as a talent agent, helping to launch the careers of the likes of Denzel Washington, has died. He was 97.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/peter-kelley-dead-william-morris-1235348109/

Can’t be that many adults from any of the original productions of the five main Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals. Imagine they are a fair few kids from South Pacific and particularly the Sound of Music and King and I still around through.

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1 minute ago, The Old Crem said:

Can’t be that many adults from any of the original productions of the five main Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals. Imagine they are a fair few kids from South Pacific and particularly the Sound of Music and King and I still around through.

Wiki doesn't have a list of the other children from the 1959 cast of SoM, but Lauri Peters is apparently alive. I have the cast recording album somewhere in my collection...

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4 hours ago, Comped said:

Wiki doesn't have a list of the other children from the 1959 cast of SoM, but Lauri Peters is apparently alive. I have the cast recording album somewhere in my collection...

It’s on Apple and Amazon music but I couldn’t get the full listings to show. After a google search it seems Kathy a Dunn was Louisa. Evanna Lien was Gretl, :Mary Susan Locke was Marta, Marylyn Rodgers was Brigitta, William Snowden was Friedrich and Joseph Stewart was Kurt. 

Lauri Peters could well get a Q/O when she goes for her role in Summer Holiday and being the ex wife of Jon Voight. 

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57 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

It’s on Apple and Amazon music but I couldn’t get the full listings to show. After a google search it seems Kathy a Dunn was Louisa. Evanna Lien was Gretl, :Mary Susan Locke was Marta, Marylyn Rodgers was Brigitta, William Snowden was Friedrich and Joseph Stewart was Kurt. 

Lauri Peters could well get a Q/O when she goes for her role in Summer Holiday and being the ex wife of Jon Voight. 

I know all the IRL Vonne Trappe kids are dead - I met the (then) living ones probably close to 15 years ago under awkward circumstances.

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Don Sebesky, a composer, arranger and conductor, has died. Sebesky worked with such orchestras as the London Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Pops, The New York Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic of London, and the Toronto Symphony.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Don-Sebesky-Broadway-Orchestrator-of-PARADE-and-More-Has-Passed-Away-20230429?fbclid=IwAR0NQ5IF-iiAYtuDmyOd6Q0hqSXRd6F3nXphi2KSlTyW8tzNA89BDT3th7U

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British-born American actress Barbara Bryne (Wiki) dead at 94

 

Appeared in numerous Broadway productions of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (as George's mother) and Into The Woods (as Jack's mother). She also performed in Sondheim's A Little Night Music in Washington

 

Also nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 1982 as Outstanding Actress in a Drama for her role as Kath in the first American production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane.

 

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British actor Paxton Whitehead, who gained fame for his role as Professor Phillip Barbay in the 1986 film, Back to School, died at 85 years:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/paxton-whitehead-theater-veteran-back-to-school-1235518889/

In 2011, he played Rev. Canon Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest. He co-starred also with Richard Chamberlain in the Broadway production of My Fair Lady.

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10 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said:

British actor Paxton Whitehead, who gained fame for his role as Professor Phillip Barbay in the 1986 film, Back to School, died at 85 years:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/paxton-whitehead-theater-veteran-back-to-school-1235518889/

In 2011, he played Rev. Canon Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest. He co-starred also with Richard Chamberlain in the Broadway production of My Fair Lady.

I mostly remember his role in Friends, where he plays Mr Waltham, Rachel’s superior and Emily’s uncle, appearing in 2 episodes.

[YoungWillz 20,914]

Report of the death of Pamela Blair, actress who originated the role of Val in A Chorus Line (Dance 10, Looks 3) and played Angel/Amber in The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, singing the original lead on Hard Candy Christmas: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Original-A-CHORUS-LINE-Star-Pamela-Blair-Dies-at-73-20230723

 

Various soap opera roles on the tellybox and a stint as Sabrina's Mom in Sabrina The Teenage Witch.

 

She was 73.

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086322/

IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/pamela-blair-79162

 

 

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Clifton Oliver, a Broadway actor who has appeared in productions including The Lion King, Wicked and in the Heights, has died. He was 47. Oliver was reportedly battling an undisclosed illness.

 

https://people.com/broadway-actor-clifton-oliver-dead-at-47-7569753

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On 01/03/2018 at 20:12, time said:

There's no Off-Broadway thread so...

Harvey Schmidt, composer of the longest running Off-Broadway show, The Fantasticks (1960-2002) has died aged 88.

Schmidt's collaborator, lyricist and librettist Tom Jones reportedly dead aged 95: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Lyricist-and-Librettist-Tom-Jones-Has-Passed-Away-20230812

 

IDMB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429368/

IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/tom-jones-8906

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

lyricist and librettist Tom Jones reportedly dead aged 95

When I saw his death on wiki, I first thought it was Tom Jones the singer !!

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17 minutes ago, Sinbabad said:

When I saw his death on wiki, I first thought it was Tom Jones the singer !!

It`s not unusual to make that mistake.

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Everybody needs to do make a mistake, sometimes…

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https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/musical-star-chris-peluso-has-died-it-has-been-confirmed_1519125/
Broadway and West End star Chris Peluso has died after a battle with Schizophrenia. Very sad news. Saw him twice in the West End in Miss Saigon and Show Boat. 

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Michael McGrath, who won a 2012 Tony for the musical 'Nice Work if You Can Get It', has died. He was 65. Primarily a stage actor, McGrath also had sporadic TV and movie credits from 2002 to 2021.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/michael-mcgrath-actor-dead-at-65-1235591473/

[Ulitzer95 12,419]

Telegraph obit for Beth Porter (wiki), who died on 1 August, aged 81.

American actress known for her roles in The Great Gatsby and Woody Allen's Love and Death, but became more prominent in the UK as a stage actress. Became a British citizen in 2014.