Broadway - "the Great White Way"

[charon 4,938]

Bernard Bragg dead at 90.

 

A deaf actor, playwright, producer, poet etc, he won a Tony in 1977 for being deaf.

 

Co founded the Nation Theatre of the Deaf.

 

I said HE COFOUNDED THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF THE DEAF.

 

https://deafanthology.blogspot.com/2018/10/bernard-bragg.html

 

[gcreptile 10,211]

8 minutes ago, charon said:

Bernard Bragg dead at 90.

 

A deaf actor, playwright, producer, poet etc, he won a Tony in 1977 for being deaf.

 

Co founded the Nation Theatre of the Deaf.

 

I said HE COFOUNDED THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF THE DEAF.

 

https://deafanthology.blogspot.com/2018/10/bernard-bragg.html

 

Should have been on the Deaflist.

[charon 4,938]

[Skinny kiltrunner 552]

5 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Should have been on the Deaflist.

Deafinetly!

[Sir Creep 7,011]

You see what's wrong?  The original post was what was funny.  It gets 2 (now 3) likes.  Smarmy response 6 likes.  Smarmier response to smarmy response 4 likes. 
You see what's wrong???

[Joey Russ 7,118]

3 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

You see what's wrong?  The original post was what was funny.  It gets 2 (now 3) likes.  Smarmy response 6 likes.  Smarmier response to smarmy response 4 likes. 
You see what's wrong???

Wait, can you repeat that? I can’t seem to hear you at the moment...

[alt obits guy 3,090]

Jerry Frankel, a nine-time Tony-winning producer whose credits include 'Come From Away' and 'August: Osage County', has died.  He was 88. 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/obituaries/jerry-frankel-dead.html

 

[charon 4,938]

Tony Award winner Philip Bosco, dead at 88.

 

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/12/04/philip-bosco-tony-winning-actor-dies-88/2210799002/

 

[charon 4,938]

Part of the original Broadway "waiting for Godot" cast , Alvin Epstein, dead at 93.

http://www.playbill.com/article/alvin-epstein-a-frequent-interpreter-of-samuel-beckett-dies-at-93

 

 

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Just now, charon said:

Part of the original Broadway "waiting for Godot" cast , Alvin Epstein, dead at 93.

http://www.playbill.com/article/alvin-epstein-a-frequent-interpreter-of-samuel-beckett-dies-at-93

 

 

Ah, he's kicked the Beckett!

[charon 4,938]

On 05/12/2018 at 04:11, charon said:

Tony Award winner Philip Bosco, dead at 88.

 

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/12/04/philip-bosco-tony-winning-actor-dies-88/2210799002/

 

 

 

^^^^ starred in A couple of White Chicks, penned by John Ford Noonan, who follows him off Stage Left aged 77

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/obituaries/john-ford-noonan-dead.html

 

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Don McKay, actor who appeared on Broadway in Make A Wish, Top Banana and more notably Tony in the revival of West Side Story (a part he played on the London stage), dead at 93.  http://www.playbill.com/article/actor-don-mckay-original-star-of-londons-west-side-story-dies-at-93

 

Uncredited role in the original A Star Is Born.

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2204871/

IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/don-mckay-107014

[alt obits guy 3,090]

Mark Bramble, a three-time Tony Award nominee for his work as a librettist for the musical comedies 'Barnum' & '42nd Street' and as a director of a 2001 revival of 42nd Street', has died.  He was 68.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-mark-bramble-20190222-story.html

 

[Bibliogryphon 8,615]

There is so little happening so I present to you a short list of the nine surviving competitive EGOTs

 

Mel Brooks (1926)

Rita Moreno (1931) 

Jonathon Tunick (1938)

Tim Rice (1944)

Andrew Lloyd-Webber (1948)

Whoopi Goldberg (1955)

Scott Rudin (1958)

Robert Lopez (1975)

John Legend (1978)

 

Will this list get any more members before it loses one?

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,001]

Good question. So Rita Moreno is still in sterling health as the One Day at a Time reboot shows (best fixed-camera sitcom since the genre's golden days?) and Mel Brooks could make 100, so we could be looking at the health-issued ALW or Whoopi going first. As for the one-off-an-EGOTters.... Cher is one off, needing a Tony to complete the quartet, and a jukebox musical based on her songs will be eligible for the 2019 Tonys....

[Bibliogryphon 8,615]

Lin Manuel Miranda is only missing an Oscar and I am sure it is only a matter of time.

[gcreptile 10,211]

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park and that Mormon musical, were nominated for an Oscar but didn't win it. That's all they are missing.

[Spade_Cooley 9,001]

This is the complete one-off list, including the already dead.

 

 

Other than Cher, the most likely "next up" surely has to be recurrent skin-cancer's very own Hugh Jackman?

[JQW 228]

34 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Other than Cher, the most likely "next up" surely has to be recurrent skin-cancer's very own Hugh Jackman?

 

There is a spoken word Grammy category which any of the living actors could easily win.

[ajlposh 448]

I think Liza Minnelli winning a Grammy is somewhat possible

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Not putting in the Widow thread, because....

 

Anyhow, Jo Sullivan Loesser, Broadway musical star and widow of Frank Loesser, dead at 91 reportedly: https://deadline.com/2019/04/jo-sullivan-loesser-dead-broadway-frank-loesser-actress-most-happy-fella-guys-and-dolls-obituary-1202603717/

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1692989/

IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jo-sullivan-61452

[alt obits guy 3,090]

Harlan Bengel, a Broadway actor who'd performed in Phantom of the Opera and War Hourse, has died.  He was 35. 

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Actor-Harlan-Bengel-Dies-in-Central-Park-of-Apparent-Suicide-20190504

 

 

 

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Report of the death of Martin Charnin, lyricist and director of Annie: The Musical: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Martin-Charnin-Lyricist-and-Director-Best-Known-For-ANNIE-Dies-at-84-20190707

 

Another of those original actors from the Broadway run of West Side Story too.

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153377/

IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/martin-charnin-7570

[The Old Crem 3,164]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-harold-prince-dead-broadway-18806602

RIP to a legend.

[alt obits guy 3,090]

Ken LeRoy, who played the role of Bernando in the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story, died recently.  He was 92. (Article is from August 31st.)

 

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ken-LeRoy-Original-Bernardo-in-WEST-SIDE-STORY-Dies-at-92-20190831