Broadway - "the Great White Way"

[YoungWillz 19,007]

9 minutes ago, charon said:

Gary Beach at 70.

 

http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-gary-beach-star-of-broadways-the-producers-and-beauty-and-the-beast-dies-at-70

 

Another The Producers death. Played Roger Elizabeth De Bris in the 2005 film remake - and thus Hitler also.

[msc 17,755]

39 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Another The Producers death. Played Roger Elizabeth De Bris in the 2005 film remake - and thus Hitler also.

 

Hitler in the original was Dick Shawn who died aged 63 in the middle of a comedy set. Ala Tommy Cooper, audience thought it part of the act at first.

[charon 4,938]

On 18/07/2018 at 20:55, YoungWillz said:

Another The Producers death. Played Roger Elizabeth De Bris in the 2005 film remake - and thus Hitler also.

 

Have another, although he died a week or so afore Beach and we seemed to have missed him.

 

Alan Johnson at 71.

 

Was the choreographer behind Springtime for Hitler, and Young Frankenstein's "Putting on the Ritz" and Blazing Saddles etc.

 

3 Emmy's under his belt.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WEST-SIDE-STORY-Choreographer-Alan-Johnson-Passes-Away-20180708

 

[alt obits guy 3,094]

John Glines, a Tony Award-winning producer and playwright, has died.  He was 84.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/John-Glines-Tony-Winning-Producer-and-Playwright-Passes-Away-20180808

 

 

[Thatcher 2,124]

Brian Murray (IBDB) (IMDB), veteran South African broadway actor, has died aged 80. Besides broadway, he also appeared in TV shows and films including The Angry Silence, League of Gentlemen and Disney's Treasure Planet.

[YoungWillz 19,007]

3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Barbara Harris no longer a possibility: https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/barbara-harris-dies-second-city-actress-freaky-friday-nashville/

 

Because she's dead.

 

DDP pick.

Cross-posting here.

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364455/

IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/barbara-harris-15039

[drol 10,043]

5 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Brian Murray (IBDB) (IMDB), veteran South African broadway actor, has died aged 80. Besides broadway, he also appeared in TV shows and films including The Angry Silence, League of Gentlemen and Disney's Treasure Planet.

Proper obit for Brian Murray.

[Thatcher 2,124]

Vivian Matalon (IBDB) (IMDB), British theatre director who won a Tony Award for Best Direction with Morning's at Seven, has died aged 88. 

[Sir Creep 7,011]

19 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Vivian Matalon (IBDB) (IMDB), British theatre director who won a Tony Award for Best Direction with Morning's at Seven, has died aged 88. 

Popular boys name, that.  

[Thatcher 2,124]

8 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Popular boys name, that.  

Once upon a time, relatively. 

[drol 10,043]

Clive James's real name is Vivian.

[Toast 14,824]

I never knew Viv Stanshall wasn't really a Vivian.

[Death Impends 7,364]

1 hour ago, drol said:

Clive James's real name is Vivian.

 

Yup, he went by Clive due to sharing similar sentiments with Sir Creep. He felt that Vivian could no longer be seen as a masculine name after Vivien Leigh.

[John Robinson 68]

Carole Shelley, the actress who played Madame Morrible in the original broadway production of Wicked, has died aged 79 according to a post on twitter.

[markb4 794]

9 hours ago, John Robinson said:

Carole Shelley, the actress who played Madame Morrible in the original broadway production of Wicked, has died aged 79 according to a post on twitter.

 

So sad! If you're a Disney fan like me, you'll know her as the voice of Amelia (one of the geese) in The Aristocats, Lady Kluck in Robin Hood, and one of the fates in Hercules.

[gcreptile 10,221]

On 31/12/2015 at 16:22, gcreptile said:

Marin Mazzie talks about her ovarian cancer:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/theater/marin-mazzie-on-cancer-and-songs-in-the-key-of-life.html?_r=0

 

There were complications, but for the moment, she feels "normal".

Marin Mazzie has died aged 57:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Marin-Mazzie-Has-Passed-Away-at-Age-57-20180913

Would-be QO: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/marin-mazzie-dead-57-broadway-13240936

[Sir Creep 7,011]

Merle Debuskey, a press agent who was an influential force on and off Broadway for decades, especially as chief promoter of the Public Theater and counselor to the man who ran it, Joseph Papp, died on Tuesday at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 95.
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[alt obits guy 3,094]

Roger Robinson, a 2009 Tony Award winner for 'Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play', for the revival of Joe Turner's 'Come and Gone', has died.  He was 78.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Award-Winner-Roger-Robinson-Passes-Away-Age-78-20180928

 

[Sir Creep 7,011]

3 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Roger Robinson, a 2009 Tony Award winner for 'Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play', for the revival of Joe Turner's 'Come and Gone', has died.  He was 78.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Award-Winner-Roger-Robinson-Passes-Away-Age-78-20180928

 

cmon alt obits guy, you're allowed to have some fun with these.  This one was on a tee, all you had to do was hit it....

[alt obits guy 3,094]

1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

cmon alt obits guy, you're allowed to have some fun with these.  This one was on a tee, all you had to do was hit it....

I whiffed.  Golf was never my game.  My father is a left handed golf shot so I could never borrow his clubs.  Never even registered the 'Come and Gone' title was as ripe for commentary as it was.  Will stop and smell the (dead) flowers next time. 

 

[JoeMoneypenny 55]

Stephen Sondheim is now in his 90's,the Light won't be on Broadway the day he kicks the bucket in a few years

[gcreptile 10,221]

3 hours ago, JoeMoneypenny said:

Stephen Sondheim is now in his 90's,the Light won't be on Broadway the day he kicks the bucket in a few years

88 "only", but routinely plagued with ill health. He's a bit on injury time.

[gcreptile 10,221]

Tony-Nominated Lyricist Ira Gasman Passes Away at 76:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Nominated-Lyricist-Ira-Gasman-Passes-Away-at-76-20181010

 

(sorry for copying the format of the headline and not being able to adjust)

[msc 17,755]

Carol Hall, who wrote the music and songs for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas among others, has sidestepped for the last time aged 82.

 

She lasted slightly over 3 years with Primary Progressive Aphasia, which you might recall is the thing Terry Jones has.

 

Woody Durham and Samuel Bodman also died after 3 years with it this year. Perhaps Terry should be on the 2019 list, alas.

[alt obits guy 3,094]

2 hours ago, msc said:

Carol Hall, who wrote the music and songs for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas among others, has sidestepped for the last time aged 82.

 

She lasted slightly over 3 years with Primary Progressive Aphasia, which you might recall is the thing Terry Jones has.

 

Woody Durham and Samuel Bodman also died after 3 years with it this year. Perhaps Terry should be on the 2019 list, alas.

Perhaps he should.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6268349/Monty-Pythons-legend-Terry-Jones-struggles-recognise-comedy-troupe-friends.html