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Plummering the Depths of Words Posted on Feb 5, 2021 in Interviews Written by Harry Haun in 2012. . . Christopher Plummer Wins Oscar 2012 . . . There is a defining moment in Harold Pinter’s ”No Man’s Land” – a word, really—that betrays Christopher Plummer’s unbridled passion for the written text. Playing a shabby wannabe poet, he is taking his leave of Jason Robards in an imperious huff, bundling up against the bitter cold and blathering on in a torrent of lofty verbiage. ...

Award winning actor and playwright David Heron has completed production as the narrator of A Reggae King Rises Again, Rolling Stone Magazines new audio podcast tribute to Jamaican reggae legend and Grammy Award winning musician Frederick Toots Hibbert.

Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Channeled Mark Twain, Is Dead at 95 He carved out a substantial career in television and film but achieved the widest acclaim with his one-man stage show, playing Twain for more than six decades. Hal Holbrook on stage as Mark Twain in 2005. Mr. Holbrook was 29 when he started playing Twain at 70; as he grew older, he found he needed less and less makeup to look elderly.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times By Robert Berkvist Feb. 2, 2021 Hal Holbrook, who carved out ...

Hal Holbrook, Emmy and Tony-Winning Actor Who Portrayed Mark Twain, Dies at 95 Carmel Dagan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Holbrook’s personal assistant, Joyce Cohen, confirmed his death to the New York Times on Monday night. More from Variety Holbrook played the American novelist in a solo show called “Mark Twain Tonight!” that he directed himself and for which he won the best actor Tony in 1966. He returned to Broadway with the show in 1977 and 2005 and appeared in it more than 2,20...

Cicely Tyson, Pioneering Hollywood Icon, Dies at 96 Carmel Dagan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Emmy- and Tony-winning actress Cicely Tyson, who distinguished herself in theater, film and television, died on Thursday afternoon. She was 96. “I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing,” her manager, Larry Thompson, said in a statement. “Cicely thought of her new memoir as a Christmas tree decorated with all the ornaments of her per...

Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress whose vivid portrayals of strong African-American women shattered racial stereotypes in the dramatic arts of the 1970s, propelling her to stardom and fame as an exemplar for civil rights, died on Thursday. She was 96. Her death was announced by her longtime manager, Larry Thompson, who provided no other details. In a remarkable career of seven decades, Ms. Tyson broke ground for serious Black actors by refusing to take parts that demeaned B...

Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96 In a remarkable career of many decades, she refused to take parts that demeaned Black people and won a Tony, Emmys and an honorary Oscar. Cicely Tyson in London in 1973. She was critical of films and television programs that cast Black characters as criminal, servile or immoral.Credit...Dennis Oulds/Central Press, via Getty Images Published Jan. 28, 2021Updated Feb. 15, 2021 Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress who...

An agent for the actress confirmed her death on social media.

/ Release of Kyle Taylor Parker’s Follow-up Solo Album “Broadway Soul, Vol. 2,” Reimaging Broadway Classics with a R&B Twist! Release of Kyle Taylor Parker’s Follow-up Solo Album “Broadway Soul, Vol. 2,” Reimaging Broadway Classics with a R&B Twist! “BROADWAY SOUL, VOL.2,” eclectic array of songs from musicals as diverse as Hedwig and the Angry Inch, South Pacific, A Chorus Line, The Wiz, all filtered through the sound of a queer artist of color. Available February 12! Kyle Tay...

Tyson won many awards, including a Peabody, a Tony, and an honorary Oscar.