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« Reply #1585 on: March 26, 2020, 09:05:59 PM » |
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Another Coronavirus victim: Playwright Terrence McNally, four-time Tony winner. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/theater/terrence-mcnally-dead-coronavirus.html Mr. McNally’s Tony Awards attest to his versatility. Two were for books for musicals, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1993) and “Ragtime” (1998), and two were for plays, and vastly different ones: “Love! Valour! Compassion!” (1995), about gay men who share a vacation house, and “Master Class” (1996), in which the opera diva Maria Callas reflects on her career.
And those prize winners were only a small part of his oeuvre. With some three dozen plays to his credit, as well as the books for 10 musicals, the librettos for four operas and a handful of screenplays for film and television, Mr. McNally was a remarkably prolific and consistent dramatist. He was also a frequent panelist on the "Texaco Opera Quiz," which is a long-running feature in the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday broadcasts. Always one of the best-informed, and wittiest. R.I.P.
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« Reply #1598 on: May 11, 2020, 08:49:53 PM » |
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Surprised no one posted Roy Horn's obit here ... what with all the interest in Tiger King lately: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/obituaries/roy-horn-dead-covid.html The magicians Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn at a benefit show in Las Vegas in 2001. Their long-running production was one of the most successful in Las Vegas history.Credit...Ethan Miller/Las Vegas Sun, via ReutersRoy Horn, Who Dazzled Audiences as Half of Siegfried & Roy, Dies at 75
He and his partner mesmerized crowds for decades, using a stunning mix of magic, costumes and exotic animals. He died of complications of Covid-19.
Roy Horn, who levitated tigers, made elephants disappear, turned himself into a python and mesmerized Las Vegas audiences for decades as half of the famed illusionist team Siegfried & Roy, died on Friday in Las Vegas. He was 75.
The cause was complications of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to his publicist, Dave Kirvin. Mr. Horn, who lived in Las Vegas, tested positive for the virus last week and died at MountainView Hospital, Mr. Kirvin said. R.I.P.
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