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Seattle’s Intiman Theatre Finally Finds A New Home

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: October 18 2020 @ 10:30 am

After nearly dying – twice – and eight long deracinated years, the battered company has joined forces with Seattle Central College. – Seattle Times

Celebrate the Life of Misérables Lyricist Herbert Kretzmer on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 18 2020 @ 10:00 am

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige is honoring the work of lyricist Herbert Kretzmer, who died on October 14 at the age of 95. Known for this Tony-winning Les Misérables lyrics, Kretzmer also wrote the 1960s West End shows Our Man Crichton and The Four Musketeers. Hear Kretzmer's work, and other fan-favorite show tunes, by clicking below to listen to the full episode!

Aching For The Return Of Live Theatre

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: October 18 2020 @ 8:30 am

Mary-Louise Parker isn’t unhappy about her Tony nomination. But it’s poking at some of the profession’s pandemic wounds. “I just want to see a ghost light. I want to hear someone call, ‘Places!’ I want to walk through the stage door. There’s just something about theater — even nights when I feel like I’ve only […]

Doreen Montalvo of In the Heights, Mrs. Doubtfire & More, Dies at 56

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 17 2020 @ 9:13 pm

Doreen Montalvo, who was last seen on Broadway in Mrs. Doubtfire, has passed away at the age of 56. According to The Hollywood Reporter, her manager Steve Maihack confirmed that she passed away on October 17 after a sudden ailment.

Born and raised in the Bronx, Montalvo grew up idolizing Rita Moreno and Chita Rivera in movie musicals. Prior to pursuing theater professionally, she focused on a career in broadcast journalism. "I was ready to become the Latina Barbara Walters. I loved it, but there was something missing in my soul," she told Broadway.com earlier this year.

Montalvo made her Broadway debut in Lin-Manuel Miranda's first Tony-winning smash, In the Heights. She will be seen and heard in the forthcoming big screen adaptation of the show, which is scheduled to premiere in theaters on June 18, 2021. Montalvo is also part of the cast of the upcoming West Side Story film.

In addition to In the Heights, Montalvo also appeared in On Your Feet! Prior to the Broadway shutdown, she had performed in Mrs. Doubtfire as TV executive Janet Lundy—a role originated by Robert Prosky in the beloved 1993 film starring Robin Williams.

Her …

Tony Nominee Anthony Chisholm, Acclaimed for August Wilson Plays, Dies at 77

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 17 2020 @ 9:08 pm

Anthony Chisholm, who received a 2007 Tony Award nomination for his performance in August Wilson's Radio Golf and had a longtime collaboration with the prolific playwright, died on October 16 at the age of 77.

Chisholm appeared on Broadway four times, every appearance as a cast member in one of Wilson's plays. In 1992, he made his Broadway debut as Wolf in Two Trains Running, before playing Solly Two Kings in Gem of the Ocean (2004), Elder Joseph Barlow in Radio Golf (2007) and Fielding in Jitney (2017), a role he first played off-Broadway run at Second Stage Theatre in 2000 and took on the road in the show's national tour after the Broadway run. His other off-Broadway credits include King Lear at the Public Theater's New York Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte Theatre, Ice Bridge and Tracers at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre and The Happiest Song Plays Last at Second Stage Theatre.

Born on April 9, 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio to Edith Amilia and Victor Chisholm, Chisholm was drafted by the United Sates Army, serving as platoon leader for the fourth Armored Calvary, first Infantry Division in the Vietnam War. Upon returning from the war, Chisholm performed in The Boys from Syracuse …