92 stories by "Richard Sandomir"
A favorite of actors like Maggie Smith, he produced dozens of plays, including "The Audience," about Queen Elizabeth II, which was made into the Netflix show "The Crown."
Entranced by traditional Balinese puppet theater, he developed a modern, multicultural version that he performed around the world.
In a distinguished career in classical and contemporary plays, she drew acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic for her dramatic portrayal of the French singer Édith Piaf.
A Disney fan who once "flew" off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.
She was a founder and the longtime artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, a repertory theater in western Massachusetts, and directed all his plays.
He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of "Company," "Titanic" and "Six Degrees of Separation" and numerous film and TV appearances.
She won the award for her performance as Linda Loman in a 1999 Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman" and played the matriarch Kate Jerome in two Neil Simon comedies.
She also had leading roles in "Doctor Dolittle" with Rex Harrison, "Walk, Don't Run" with Cary Grant and "The Molly Maguires" with Sean Connery.
He staged a revival of "The Crucible" in a Manhattan hotel ballroom in 1958, helped run Circle in the Square and oversaw the operations of Jujamcyn Theaters.
He is believed to have been the first Asian to dance with New York City Ballet when he was cast in George Balanchine's production of "The Nutcracker."
He sang arias on the streets of San Francisco, performed on Broadway and collaborated on a musical about Al Jolson, which he also starred in.
As a young immigrant from the Philippines, he had roles on Broadway in "The King and I" and "Flower Drum Song." He was later a familiar face on TV.
Like Nichols and May before them, Monteith and Rand had their own Broadway show. Unlike Nichols and May, they faded from view after they broke up.
After more than 40 years as a stage and television actor, he broke through in "Heisenberg" as a butcher who has a romance with a much younger woman.
An operatic soprano, she had high-profile roles on film and stage in the 1950s. But after that, she mostly spent her career away from the limelight.
She originated roles in four of his Broadway musicals between 1959 and 1987, and won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in "Sweeney Todd."
The show, with music by Marvin Laird, portrayed a schoolgirl's murderous theatrical ambition. Paley also performed in the parody dance group Les Ballets Trockadero.
He directed the playwright's "The House of Blue Leaves," and they helped turn "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" into a hit musical.
He was a regular at the mountain resorts where many comedians honed their acts, then had a star turn in the long-running revue "Catskills on Broadway."
South Coast Repertory, which he founded with a partner, was a major force in Southern California theater. He directed more than 100 of its productions.
He conducted Broadway shows and worked with Bernadette Peters. But he was probably best known for writing the music for the darkly comic "Ruthless!"
She was honored on Broadway for roles in "Pal Joey" and "No, No, Nanette" and then turned to TV, where she won three Daytime Emmys for her work on "Ryan's Hope."
He left a career in tech and found success as a producer, winning four Tonys. His mission: staging productions about underrepresented communities.
She was a successful designer. But she was probably best known for being duped in a scheme that inspired the play "Six Degrees of Separation."
He won awards for his roles in "Sophisticated Ladies," "The Tap Dance Kid" and "Miss Saigon" " the most ever in the category of best featured actor in a musical.
