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.
Ed Asner, actor
Ed Asner (© David Gordon)
Bob Avian, choreographer
Bob Avian (© David Gordon)
Lisa Banes, actor
Lisa Banes (© Joseph Marzullo)
Lee Breuer, director
Lee Breuer (image via Mabou Mines)
Leslie Bricusse, songwriter
Leslie Bricusse (© David Gordon)
Olympia Dukakis, actor
Olympia Dukakis (© David Gordon)
Harvey Evans, actor
Harvey Evans (© David Gordon)
George Ferencz, director
George Ferencz (© Sally Lesser)
Craig 'muMs' Grant, writer/performer
Craig 'muMs' Grant (© David Gordon)
Micki Grant, writer
Micki Grant (© David Gordon)
Charles Grodin, actor
Charles Grodin (© David Gordon)
Cynthia Harris, actor
Cynthia Harris (© Joseph Marzullo)
Martha Henry, actor
Martha Henry in the Stratford Festival's 2021 production of Three Tall Women (© V. Tony Hauser)
Hal Holbrook, actor
Hal Holbrook (© David Gordon)
Paul Huntley, wig designer
Paul Huntley (© David Gordon)
Alvin Ing, actor
Alvin Ing in a promotional image and as Shogun's Mother in Pacific Overtures (image via @thealvining/Martha Swope/New York Public Library )
Arthur Kopit, playwright
Arthur Kopit (© Tristan Fuge)
Cloris Leachman, actor
Cloris Leachman (image via Wikimedia Commons)
Elizabeth McCann, producer
Elizabeth Ireland McCann (© David Gordon)
G.W. Mercier, scenic designer
G.W. Mercier with two of his designs, Old Hats and Finding Nemo — The Musical (© Joan Marcus/handout image/Disney)
Mark Plesent, director
Mark Plesent (© Roger Belknap)
Christopher Plummer, actor
Christopher Plummer (© David Gordon)
Andy Propst, theater critic
Andy Propst (© Rex Lott)
Paul Ritter, actor
Paul Ritter as Reg in Table Manners from Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy The Norman Conquests (© Joan Marcus)
Peter Scolari, actor
Peter Scolari (© Tristan Fuge)
Sir Antony Sher, actor
Antony Sher as Richard III at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1984 (© Reg Wilson/Royal Shakespeare Company)
Jospeh Siravo, actor
Joseph Siravo (© Tricia Baron)
Philip J. Smith, Chairman Emeritus of the Shubert Organization
Philip J. Smith (© Jeremy Daniel)
Stephen Sondheim, composer-lyricist
Stephen Sondheim (© David Gordon)
Cicely Tyson, actor
Cicely Tyson in her Tony-winning role as Carrie Watts in the 2013 revival of The Trip to Bountiful . (© David Gordon)
Jessica Walter, actor
Jessica Walter (© David Gordon)
Douglas Turner Ward, playwright and director
Douglas Turner Ward (© David Gordon)
Samuel E. Wright, actor
Samuel E. Wright as Mufasa (© Per Breiehagen)
Unga, the Bonobo chimp whose story is featured in Come From Away
Unga (© Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)