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Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton are OLD FRIENDS! and they've got two more joining them at Pangea in November: Gretchen Cryer and Richard Maltby Jr.

Lauren Pazienza, who randomly shoved 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach Barbara Gustern to her death, will be sentenced to eight years in prison.

Long Island cesspool scion Lauren Pazienza sobbed in court Friday when she was sentenced to 8 ½ years in prison for fatally shoving a beloved vocal coach in a heartless random assault.

Diamanda Galas has penned an open letter condemning Lauren Pazienza's eight-year sentence for the killing of beloved vocal coach Barbara Gustern.

The 2022 crime shocked New York’s theater community.

Lauren Pazienza, who randomly shoved 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach Barbara Gustern to her death, will be sentenced to eight years in prison.

Major live events (Adele, Rosalía), buzzy debuts (Muni Long, Skullcrusher), energized returns (the Comet Is Coming, Kid Cudi) and a Taylor Swift LP are on the way.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 26 year-old Lauren Pazienza was arrested and charged with fatally shoving Broadway singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern. Pazienza was charged with manslaughter, and was initially released on bail. Today, it has been reported that Pazienza was ordered held without bail.

Lawyer Arthur Aidala told a judge on Tuesday that the attack that took beloved 87-year-old voice coach Barbara Maier Gustern’s life wasn’t the same as “pushing someone in front of a cliff” or “pushing someone in front of a moving train.”

Lauren Pazienza, 26, has surrendered herself to police in connection to the death of 87-year-old Manhattan voice coach Barbara Gustern.