Stage and Screen Character Actor Ned Beatty Dies at 83by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2021He has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and a Golden Globe Award. Some of Beatty's most notable films included Deliverance (1972), Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Hear My Song (1991), and Toy Story 3 (2010). Dance Legend Jacques d'Amboise Passes Away at 86by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2021BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that dance legend Jacques d'Amboise, father of Tony nominee Charlotte d'Amboise, has passed away, according to ABT's Robert La Fosse. He was 86 years old. Paul Kellogg, Glimmerglass Artistic Director Emeritus, Has Passed Away at 84by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021Paul Edward Kellogg came to Cooperstown, New York, in 1975 to write, but stayed to develop one of the premiere summer opera and music-theater festivals in the United States. He leaves as a beloved member of the greater Cooperstown community. Paul Kellogg died in Cooperstown at Bassett Hospital on April 28, 2021, of natural causes. He was 84. Award Winning Dramatist Arthur Kopit Dies at 83by BWW News Desk - April 3, 2021Throughout a career spanning seven decades, Arthur Kopit authored several award-winning stage works, beginning with Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, which Jerome Robbins directed on Broadway while Kopit was still an undergraduate at Harvard. Louis St. Louis, Music Director and Composer Best Known For GREASE, Has Passed Awayby BWW News Desk - March 30, 2021St. Louis served as musical director or arranger for several Broadway productions, including Soon (1971), Grease (1972 and 2007), Over Here! (1974), Truckload (1975), Raggedy Ann (1986), Roza (1987), and Smokey Joe's Cafe (1995). Former Met Opera Conductor James Levine Has Passed Away At 77by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2021Conductor James Levine has passed away at age 77 in Palm Springs, California. His distinguished tenure was in recent years overshadowed by allegations of sexual abuse and harassment which effectively ended his career and resulted in litigation between him and The Met. Tony-Nominated Set and Costume Designer G.W. Mercier Has Passed Away at 66by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2021G.W. “Skip” Mercier (1954 – 2021) of Rowayton, CT—Skip to his many loving friends, students, and relations—died at home March 11th in the company of his family, of pancreatic cancer. He was born July 20th, 1954 in Methuen, MA to George and Margaret Condon Mercier and was raised in Haverhill, MA.
|