According to a Deadline article, acclaimed costume and set designer Tony Walton has passed away at the age of 87. He died on March 2nd from issues related to a stroke. Bridget LeRoy, his stepdaughter, released the news of his death on Facebook, writing, “A fond and loving farewell to the most fabulous stepdad and human being in the world. Love you forever, Tony Walton. Have a great trip.” 

Stage and screen actor Ned Eisenberg has passed away at the age of 65.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that playwright Arthur Giron passed away February 2, 2022. He co-wrote the Broadway musical Amazing Grace (2015) with Christopher Smith.

Hall served as Production Stage Manager for several Broadway shows, beginning with Beyond the Fringe in 1962. Other notable productions include Promises, Promises; Private Lives; The Misanthrope; Sweeney Todd; Camelot; Much Ado About Nothing; Cyrano de Bergerac; Chess; Damn Yankees; and many more.

Gary McAvay, former President of Columbia Artists Theatricals has passed away at age 68. 

The influential Chicago theater critic Richard Christiansen has passed away at 90. 

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that playwright Kenneth H. Brown has died at age 86. Brown is a playwright, actor, director and producer who has been active in theatre since 1971. He is best known for his play The Brig, based on his experiences as a U.S. Marine. 

Carleton Upham Carpenter, Jr. (95) an American film, television and stage actor, songwriter, and novelist died Monday, January 31, 2022 in Warwick, NY.  He had been in declining health for some years.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that singer and actor Meat Loaf has died at 74. His 'Bat Out of Hell' album trilogy was the inspiration behind the musical of the same name.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that conductor Everett Lee has died at age 105. Lee became the first African-American conductor to lead a production on Broadway in 1945's On The Town. He was also among the first Black conductors to lead a major opera company, conducting the New York City Opera's production of Verdi's 'La Traviata' in 1955.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that playwright and theatre professor, Paul Carter Harrison, has died at 85.While teaching at California State University, Sacramento (1970–1972), Harrison conceived and directed Melvin Van Peebles’ “Ain’t Supposed To Die a Natural Death” prior to its Broadway production, and wrote his play The Great MacDaddy which was produced by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1973, and won an Obie Award.

Terry Teachout, biographer, playwright, director, and drama critic for The Wall Street Journal, has passed away. He was 65 years old.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that opera singer Maria Ewing has died at age 71. Ewing sang soprano and mezzo-soprano, and was also the mother of actress Rebecca Hall. 

Vincent J. Sainato, a veteran of entertainment advertising on Broadway and beyond, passed away January 8, 2022 in Ipswich after a prolonged battle with cancer.

According to TMZ and Variety, comedian and actor Bob Saget has died at 65. He was found in a hotel room in Orlando, where he appeared on Saturday night as part of a comedy tour and no cause of death has been released.

According to TMZ and Variety, comedian and actor Bob Saget has died at 65. He was found in a hotel room in Orlando, where he appeared on Saturday night as part of a comedy tour and no cause of death has been released.

According to deadline.com, Marilyn Bergman passed away at 1:15 this morning in her Los Angeles residence. Her husband and musical collaborator, Alan Bergman, and daughter, Julie Bergman, were at her bedside. At the age of 93, the award-winning lyricist and seventeen-time Oscar nominee died of non-Covid related respiratory problems.

Poitier made history as the first African American actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field in 1963. Poitier was seen on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun, Anna Lucasta, and Lysistrata. His life is set to be the subject of an upcoming play, titled Sidney, directed by Tony-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Joan Copeland, stage and screen actress, and sister of playwright Arthur Miller, has died at age 99.

Allan, along with his late wife Nanette, and daughter Julie, created the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation following the playwright’s death in 1996. From 1997 to 2008, the foundation awarded grants to musical theatre composers, lyricists and book writers. Following the 2008 grants, the program was shifted to the American Theatre Wing, where it continues as the Jonathan Larson Grants.

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that legendary star Betty White has died at 99 years old this morning at her home, just weeks short of her 100th birthday. 

Valleé was nominated for an Academy Award for directing the hit 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto. He also helmed Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, with whom he would later reunite with on Big Little Lies, for which he earned an Emmy Award for directing. 

This weekend, BroadwayWorld was saddened to report the passing of beloved Broadway veteran Harvey Evans, who passed away at 80 years old. We're rounding up some of Evans' interviews and performances over the span of his extensive career.