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In Memoriam: A Look Back at the Theater Icons We Lost in 2020
Broadway said farewell to a great many legends this year.
As the year comes to an end, we lovingly look back on those in the theater community we've lost this year. May their memories be a blessing. They will be missed.
Eric Bentley, esteemed critic, translator, and playwright
(image via YouTube)
Roger Berlind, theatrical producer
(© Tristan Fuge)
Howell Binkley, Tony-winning lighting designer of Jersey Boys and Hamilton
(© Joan Marcus/David Gordon/Matthew Murphy)
Mark Blum, beloved Broadway and off-Broadway veteran
(© David Gordon)
Chadwick Boseman, playwright and actor
(© Gage Skidmore)
Zoe Caldwell, a four-time Tony-winning Broadway legend
(© David Gordon)
Brent Carver, Tony-Winning Originator of Roles in Kiss of the Spider Woman and Parade
(© David Gordon)
Marge Champion, veteran dancer from Broadway's Golden Age
(© Tristan Fuge)
Anthony Chisholm, Tony-nominated actor seen in Jitney and Radio Golf
(© David Gordon)
Lawrence Clayton, veteran of seven Broadway shows
(© David Gordon)
Lynn Cohen, stage and screen character actor
(© David Gordon)
Nick Cordero, Tony-nominated actor seen in Bullets Over Broadway, Waitress, and A Bronx Tale
(© David Gordon)
Mart Crowley, author of groundbreaking play The Boys in the Band
(© David Gordon)
Olivia de Havilland, two-time Academy Award winner
(publicity image via Wikimedia Commons)
Brian Dennehy, two-time Tony-winning star of Death of a Salesman and Long Day's Journey Into Night
(© David Gordon)
Kirk Douglas, legend of stage and screen
(© Henry Grossman/Wikimedia Commons)
(© Tristan Fuge)
Merwin Foard, veteran Broadway standby
(© David Gordon)
Bernard Gersten, executive producer of Lincoln Center Theater
(© Joseph Marzullo)
Ian Holm, Tony winner for The Homecoming
(© CossieMoJo/Wikimedia Commons)
Peter Hunt, stage and screen director of 1776
(image via wtfest.org)
Shirley Knight, Tony and three-time Emmy winner
(© David Gordon)
Larry Kramer, playwright of The Normal Heart and foremost crusading activist against the AIDS crisis
(© Tristan Fuge)
Herbert Kretzmer, the English lyricist of Les Misérables
(© David Gordon)
Ming Cho Lee, Tony-winning scenic designer
(© David Gordon)
Margo Lion, Tony-winning producer
(© David Gordon)
Rebecca Luker, three-time Tony-nominated star of The Secret Garden, Show Boat, and The Music Man
(© David Gordon)
Michael Mandell, Broadway veteran seen in Elf
(© Tristan Fuge)
Terrence McNally, one of America's foremost playwrights
(© David Gordon)
Doreen Montalvo, Broadway veteran seen in In the Heights, On Your Feet!, and Mrs. Doubtfire
(handout image)
(image via Wikimedia Commons)
Ann Reinking, Tony-winning Broadway dancer/choreographer
(© Joseph Marzullo)
Naya Rivera, star of TV's Glee
(© Tristan Fuge)
Dame Diana Rigg, Tony-winning actor most recently seen in My Fair Lady on Broadway
(© David Gordon)
Peter Saide, actor
(© David Gordon)
Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne frontman and composer of Cry-Baby and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
(© Tricia Baron)
Arthur P. Siccardi, beloved Broadway production supervisor
(© Walter McBride/WM Photography)
Phyllis Somerville, stage and screen vet recently seen in To Kill a Mockingbird
(© Allison Stock)
Jerry Stiller, veteran of 15 Broadway shows and TV dad on Seinfeld and The King of Queens
(© Tristan Fuge)
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