Working with his fellow writer and actor Gerome Ragni and the composer Galt MacDermot, he jolted Broadway into the Age of Aquarius.
Category: Actors and Actresses
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Star of Celebrated European Films, Dies at 91
For 50 years, in movies like “A Man and a Woman” and “My Night at Maud’s,” his specialty was playing the flawed Everyman.
Shauneille Perry Ryder, Pioneering Theater Director, Dies at 92
As a Black woman, she blazed a path Off Broadway with an intuitive grasp of “how a story should be told, particularly a Black story,”
Philip Baker Hall, Character Actor in Roles of Authority, Dies at 90
He appeared in “Secret Honor,” “Boogie Nights,” “Seinfeld” and dozens of other movies and television shows.
George Shapiro, Talent Manager Who Pushed for ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 91
He left his job as an agent in the 1970s to guide the careers of Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner and other comics.
Marvin Josephson, Who Scored Big Deals for Stars, Dies at 95
He started small as a talent agent in 1955, with an unknown kiddie TV performer who would soon become Captain Kangaroo.
Remembering Ray Liotta in ‘Goodfellas’
His performance as Henry Hill includes many touches that weren’t in the script. But the producer didn’t want to cast him originally.
Ray Liotta, of ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams,’ Dies at 67
The actor died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming a movie.