MSUM to Hold Memorial Service for Jan Maxwell on Tuesday

Minnesota State University Moorhead will hold a memorial for the late Jan Maxwell on Tuesday night, according to Inforum.

As previously reported, Broadway star Jan Maxwell passed away at age 61 in February on this year.

Jan Maxwell, a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner, was last seen on stage in City of Conversation at Lincoln Center, for which she was nominated for 2015 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and Scenes From an Execution in the Potomac Theatre Project revival at Atlantic Theater's Stage II.

Maxwell made her Broadway debut in 1989, as an understudy in the musical City of Angels. She received her first Tony nomination in 2005 for the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Her other nominations were for Coram Boy in 2007, Lend Me a Tenor and The Royal Family both in 2010, and Follies in 2012. Her nominations in two separate categories in 2010, made her only the fourth actress to achieve two nominations in a single year. Her 2012 nomination for Follies made her only the second actress to receive a Tony nomination in all four acting categories. Her other Broadway credits include, Dancing at Lughnasa (1992), A Doll's House (1997), The Sound of Music (1998) and The Dinner Party (2001).

The work Maxwell did at MSUM pushed her to Broadway. Right before her big break, in the 1980s, Maxwell worked as a guest artist with MSUM's Straw Hat Players. Chris Deutsch, who starred opposite Maxwell in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evita" will attend the memorial service, which starts at 7pm.

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