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by Broadway.com Staff • Jan 28, 2021 Legendary performer Cicely Tyson has died at the age of 96. The Tony and Emmy winner most recently appeared on Broadway in a revival of The Gin Game opposite James Earl Jones in 2015. Variety reports that her death was confirmed by her manager Larry Thompson. "I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing,” he said in a statement. “Cicely thought of her new memoir as a Christmas tree decorated...

In honor of the theatre's unsung heroes, take a look back at some of the performers who got their start as swings.

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For producer Cameron Mackintosh, Mr. Avian choreographed the London premiere of Follies as well as the London and Broadway productions of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublils Tony-nominated Miss Saigon. He received a 1991 Tony nomination for Best Choreography for his work on the latter. In a statement Mackintosh said Avian "was also a brilliant producer, instinctively perceptive, and collaborative and shrewdly honest in his opinions but always kind… He facilitated the genius of ...

Hamilton creator Tony, Pulitzer, Grammy, and Emmy winner Lin-Manuel Miranda ( Hamilton, In the Heights) celebrates his birthday January 16. The actor, composer, and producer, recently seen in HBOs His Dark Materials, made his Broadway his Broadway debut as the star and creator of In The Heights in 2008. Shortly therafter, Miranda returned to the Main Stem in 2009, providing Spanish translations to the Arthur Laurents-helmed revival of West Side Story. Miranda would go on to co-write the sco...

Relax with these songs from Hamilton, Into the Woods, and more.

Courtesy of Boneau/Bryan-Brown Martin “Marty” Markinson was born December 23, 1931, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. While ushering at a movie theatre during his teen years, his love of storytelling and the entertainment business took hold. Mr. Markinson enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War, where he served for three years and during which time he received his GED. In 1970, as part of Mr. Markinson and Donald Tick’s expansion of Tick & Co, they bought an...

(photo provided by the production) Since the 1960s, the songs of Jerry Herman have been heard on Broadway in such shows as Milk and Honey, La Cage Aux Folles, and Hello, Dolly! (which ran on the Main Stem five times), along with various revues and special concerts. Now, theatergoers can once again revel in Hermans timeless melodies and luscious lyrics courtesy of the Pasadena Playhouses monthlong special production of You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman, an 85-minute virtual m...

Broadway Says Black Lives Matter As the country confronted its long-upheld systems rooted in white supremacy in the wake of the losses of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other Black lives, the theatre industry faced a reckoning of its own, challenging members to question the systemically racist practices in place. Black artists and theatre workers—including performer-director Schele Williams, stage manager Cody Renard Richard, and composer Griffin Mat...

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