Lee Pelty
Latest News on Lee Pelty:
William 'Bill' Pullinsi, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse Founder, Dies at 86 (May 22, 2026)
BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY Documentary Original Soundtrack Out Now (Aug 16, 2019)
Longtime Theatre at the Center Artistic Director to Step Down (Dec 2, 2015)
William 'Bill' Pullinsi, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse Founder, Dies at 86 (May 22, 2026)
BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY Documentary Original Soundtrack Out Now (Aug 16, 2019)
Longtime Theatre at the Center Artistic Director to Step Down (Dec 2, 2015)
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William 'Bill' Pullinsi, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse Founder, Dies at 86
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 22, 2026
William 'Bill' Pullinsi, the director and producer credited with pioneering dinner theatre and founding Chicago's Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, has died at 86. His venues launched the careers of Mandy Patinkin, Shelley Long, and others.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 22, 2026
William 'Bill' Pullinsi, the director and producer credited with pioneering dinner theatre and founding Chicago's Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, has died at 86. His venues launched the careers of Mandy Patinkin, Shelley Long, and others.
BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY Documentary Original Soundtrack Out Now
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 16, 2019
The soundtrack for Focus Features' award-winning, feel-good documentary, Bathtubs Over Broadway is out today!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 16, 2019
The soundtrack for Focus Features' award-winning, feel-good documentary, Bathtubs Over Broadway is out today!
Longtime Theatre at the Center Artistic Director to Step Down
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 2, 2015
Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, one of Chicagoland's leading regional theatres, announces today that as of January 1, William Pullinsi will step down after over a decade as Artistic Director to dedicate his time to pursuing other opportunities while remaining Artistic Director Emeritus. Jeff Award-winner Linda Fortunato will assume the role of Artistic Director. During Pullinsi's time at Theatre at the Center he brought to the stage World Premiere musicals including Knute Rockne, All American and The Beverly Hillbillies; and Regional and Chicago Premieres including Ring of Fire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, A Christmas Memory, Making God Laugh, Miracle on South Division Street, Fox on the Fairway, Do I Hear a Waltz, Leading Ladies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What a Glorious Feeling and Nice Work if You Can Get It (which he will be directing during TATC's 2016 season).
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 2, 2015
Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, one of Chicagoland's leading regional theatres, announces today that as of January 1, William Pullinsi will step down after over a decade as Artistic Director to dedicate his time to pursuing other opportunities while remaining Artistic Director Emeritus. Jeff Award-winner Linda Fortunato will assume the role of Artistic Director. During Pullinsi's time at Theatre at the Center he brought to the stage World Premiere musicals including Knute Rockne, All American and The Beverly Hillbillies; and Regional and Chicago Premieres including Ring of Fire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, A Christmas Memory, Making God Laugh, Miracle on South Division Street, Fox on the Fairway, Do I Hear a Waltz, Leading Ladies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What a Glorious Feeling and Nice Work if You Can Get It (which he will be directing during TATC's 2016 season).
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for January 25th, 2012
by Paul W. Thompson - Jan 25, 2012
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Doyle and Debbie and Patsy Cline, an opera company 'Oklahoma!,' 'The Hunchback Variations Opera,' 'A Catered Affair,' 'Beyond The Fringe,' a Candlelight reunion and more....
by Paul W. Thompson - Jan 25, 2012
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Doyle and Debbie and Patsy Cline, an opera company 'Oklahoma!,' 'The Hunchback Variations Opera,' 'A Catered Affair,' 'Beyond The Fringe,' a Candlelight reunion and more....
Chicago's Teyva Lee Pelty Dies at 74
by Jessica Lewis - Dec 1, 2009
Chicago thespian Lee Pelty, known for his numerous portrayals of Tevye the Milkman in 'Fiddler on the Roof,' died on Sunday of lung cancer. He was 74. Pelty was last seen in Fiddler in February 2007 at Theatre at the Center in Munster.
by Jessica Lewis - Dec 1, 2009
Chicago thespian Lee Pelty, known for his numerous portrayals of Tevye the Milkman in 'Fiddler on the Roof,' died on Sunday of lung cancer. He was 74. Pelty was last seen in Fiddler in February 2007 at Theatre at the Center in Munster.
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