Robin Wagner, a set designer who worked on more than 50 Broadway plays and musicals over a 50-year career and won three Tony Awards for best scenic design, has died. He was 89.
Wagner died in his sleep on Monday in New York City, publicist Matt Polk told The Hollywood Reporter after receiving confirmation from Wagner’s daughter Christie Wagner Lee.
His Broadway play and musical design credits between 1961 and 2012 included the original productions of Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Angels in America, Victoria/Victoria, The Producers, The Boy From Oz, A Chorus Line, 42nd Street and Dreamgirls. Wagner also designed Crazy For You and Chess for London’s West End.
Rather than a stage designer with a painterly style, Wagner was a pioneer of mobile, automated sets on Broadway with productions like On the Twentieth Century and Dreamgirls. Because of his innovations, the large-scale use of technology to smoothly move and shift...
Wagner died in his sleep on Monday in New York City, publicist Matt Polk told The Hollywood Reporter after receiving confirmation from Wagner’s daughter Christie Wagner Lee.
His Broadway play and musical design credits between 1961 and 2012 included the original productions of Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Angels in America, Victoria/Victoria, The Producers, The Boy From Oz, A Chorus Line, 42nd Street and Dreamgirls. Wagner also designed Crazy For You and Chess for London’s West End.
Rather than a stage designer with a painterly style, Wagner was a pioneer of mobile, automated sets on Broadway with productions like On the Twentieth Century and Dreamgirls. Because of his innovations, the large-scale use of technology to smoothly move and shift...
- 5/30/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Todd Haimes, the widely respected artistic director and CEO of Roundabout Theatre Company, has died. He was 66.
Haimes died in New York City from complications of osteosarcoma, spokesman Matt Polk confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Haimes had been living with cancer for a number of years.
During his 39-year tenure as the leader of Roundabout, Haimes led the organization from near bankruptcy and one 150-seat basement space in a Chelsea grocery store to a company operating five theaters in Manhattan, that is a major player in New York’s cultural scene and one of America’s largest and most influential not-for-profit theatre companies.
Under Haimes, Roundabout married commercial growth with stunning critical and awards success, with the company winning 38 Tony Awards, 59 Drama Desk Awards, 73 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 21 Lucille Lortel Awards, 14 Audelco Awards, 14 Obie Awards and 5 Olivier Awards under his tenure.
Bernard Todd Haimes was born on May 7, 1956, in New York City.
Haimes died in New York City from complications of osteosarcoma, spokesman Matt Polk confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Haimes had been living with cancer for a number of years.
During his 39-year tenure as the leader of Roundabout, Haimes led the organization from near bankruptcy and one 150-seat basement space in a Chelsea grocery store to a company operating five theaters in Manhattan, that is a major player in New York’s cultural scene and one of America’s largest and most influential not-for-profit theatre companies.
Under Haimes, Roundabout married commercial growth with stunning critical and awards success, with the company winning 38 Tony Awards, 59 Drama Desk Awards, 73 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 21 Lucille Lortel Awards, 14 Audelco Awards, 14 Obie Awards and 5 Olivier Awards under his tenure.
Bernard Todd Haimes was born on May 7, 1956, in New York City.
- 4/20/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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“Making of a Broadway Show” is the last stop in the newly opened Museum of Broadway, but its contents and design are pivotal to understanding the intimate and intricate human realities — and possibilities — behind everything floors above it.
“You go to a show and see this performance, and it’s so many people’s blood, sweat and tears. It’s several years, sometimes, for a show to even get to Broadway. That wasn’t on my radar growing up. I had no idea I didn’t have to be the actor,” says Tony-winning producer and museum co-founder Julie Boardman about the inspiration for the exhibit. “But the whole world opens up to you in this. You walk through this stage door and get to learn about these different people’s jobs. You learn how a show goes from a blank page.”
It’s an effort,...
“Making of a Broadway Show” is the last stop in the newly opened Museum of Broadway, but its contents and design are pivotal to understanding the intimate and intricate human realities — and possibilities — behind everything floors above it.
“You go to a show and see this performance, and it’s so many people’s blood, sweat and tears. It’s several years, sometimes, for a show to even get to Broadway. That wasn’t on my radar growing up. I had no idea I didn’t have to be the actor,” says Tony-winning producer and museum co-founder Julie Boardman about the inspiration for the exhibit. “But the whole world opens up to you in this. You walk through this stage door and get to learn about these different people’s jobs. You learn how a show goes from a blank page.”
It’s an effort,...
- 11/16/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bob Avian, the dancer-turned-choreographer who played an integral role in such pivotal Broadway musicals as A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Company, Follies and Miss Saigon, died of cardiac arrest yesterday at a hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was 83.
His death, which was not Covid-related, was announced by spokesperson Matt Polk.
Born in New York City and a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts, Avian also studied at Boston Ballet School, and would begin his professional career as a dancer in more than a dozen Broadway musicals. Among them were the seminal 1960s productions of West Side Story and Funny Girl.
In 1968 Avian began a collaboration that would prove central to his legacy and Broadway history: On Promises, Promises he served as assistant choreographer to choreographer Michael Bennett, launching a creative partnership that would last for 20 years. Avian was associate choreographer and assistant director on such productions as Coco...
His death, which was not Covid-related, was announced by spokesperson Matt Polk.
Born in New York City and a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts, Avian also studied at Boston Ballet School, and would begin his professional career as a dancer in more than a dozen Broadway musicals. Among them were the seminal 1960s productions of West Side Story and Funny Girl.
In 1968 Avian began a collaboration that would prove central to his legacy and Broadway history: On Promises, Promises he served as assistant choreographer to choreographer Michael Bennett, launching a creative partnership that would last for 20 years. Avian was associate choreographer and assistant director on such productions as Coco...
- 1/22/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Bob Avian, the two-time Tony Award-winning choreographer who worked on A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls and Promises, Promises in a Broadway career that spanned six decades, has died. He was 83.
Avian, who often collaborated with famed Broadway choreographer and director Michael Bennett, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, publicist Matt Polk announced.
In 1976, Avian received his first Tony as co-choreographer of A Chorus Line and won his second three years later for co-choreographing Ballroom (he produced that as well). He was also a lead producer on the original and national companies of Dreamgirls, winner of six Tonys.
Born ...
Avian, who often collaborated with famed Broadway choreographer and director Michael Bennett, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, publicist Matt Polk announced.
In 1976, Avian received his first Tony as co-choreographer of A Chorus Line and won his second three years later for co-choreographing Ballroom (he produced that as well). He was also a lead producer on the original and national companies of Dreamgirls, winner of six Tonys.
Born ...
- 1/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bob Avian, the two-time Tony Award-winning choreographer who worked on A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls and Promises, Promises in a Broadway career that spanned six decades, has died. He was 83.
Avian, who often collaborated with famed Broadway choreographer and director Michael Bennett, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, publicist Matt Polk announced.
In 1976, Avian received his first Tony as co-choreographer of A Chorus Line and won his second three years later for co-choreographing Ballroom (he produced that as well). He was also a lead producer on the original and national companies of Dreamgirls, winner of six Tonys.
Born ...
Avian, who often collaborated with famed Broadway choreographer and director Michael Bennett, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, publicist Matt Polk announced.
In 1976, Avian received his first Tony as co-choreographer of A Chorus Line and won his second three years later for co-choreographing Ballroom (he produced that as well). He was also a lead producer on the original and national companies of Dreamgirls, winner of six Tonys.
Born ...
- 1/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Terrence McNally, a pioneer of American theater and multiple Tony Award-winning playwright, has died from complications due to coronavirus at the age of 81, according to his representative Matt Polk. McNally passed away on Tuesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, according to ABC News. He was a cancer survivor and lost parts of his lungs to his battle against...
- 3/25/2020
- by John Thomas Didymus
- Monsters and Critics
Acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally has died of complications due to coronavirus. The author of Master Class, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Love! Valour! Compassion!, among many other major works, was a lung cancer survivor with chronic pulmonary disease, and died Tuesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fl. He was 81.
McNally’s death was confirmed by his spokesperson Matt Polk. The Tony Award-winning playwright is survived by his husband, Broadway producer Tom Kirdahy.
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One of the greatest American playwrights of his generation, McNally was a four-time Tony Award winner, recipient of the 2019 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, and 1994 Pulitzer Prize nominee.
McNally’s death was confirmed by his spokesperson Matt Polk. The Tony Award-winning playwright is survived by his husband, Broadway producer Tom Kirdahy.
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One of the greatest American playwrights of his generation, McNally was a four-time Tony Award winner, recipient of the 2019 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, and 1994 Pulitzer Prize nominee.
- 3/24/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Terrence McNally, the admired playwright and librettist who received five Tony Awards while bringing his perspective on the world to such productions as Kiss of the Spider-Woman, Master Class, Ragtime and Love! Valour! Compassion!, has died. He was 81.
McNally died Tuesday at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida, due to complications from coronavirus, publicist Matt Polk told The Hollywood Reporter. McNally battled lung cancer since the late 1990s, and the disease cost him portions of both lungs. He had lived with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ever since.
With 25 Broadway productions, nearly 40 plays and 10 musicals, McNally was a prolific writer whose work ...
McNally died Tuesday at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida, due to complications from coronavirus, publicist Matt Polk told The Hollywood Reporter. McNally battled lung cancer since the late 1990s, and the disease cost him portions of both lungs. He had lived with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ever since.
With 25 Broadway productions, nearly 40 plays and 10 musicals, McNally was a prolific writer whose work ...
- 3/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Terrence McNally, the admired playwright and librettist who received five Tony Awards while bringing his perspective on the world to such productions as Kiss of the Spider-Woman, Master Class, Ragtime and Love! Valour! Compassion!, has died. He was 81.
McNally died Tuesday at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida, due to complications from coronavirus, publicist Matt Polk told The Hollywood Reporter. McNally battled lung cancer since the late 1990s, and the disease cost him portions of both lungs. He had lived with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ever since.
With 25 Broadway productions, nearly 40 plays and 10 musicals, McNally was a prolific writer whose work ...
McNally died Tuesday at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida, due to complications from coronavirus, publicist Matt Polk told The Hollywood Reporter. McNally battled lung cancer since the late 1990s, and the disease cost him portions of both lungs. He had lived with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ever since.
With 25 Broadway productions, nearly 40 plays and 10 musicals, McNally was a prolific writer whose work ...
- 3/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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