Chien Domestique, Elephant Sauvage: Remembering the Cagey, Epic John McMartin
Though a quiet presence offstage, onstage he sprang to life in a wide variety of roles over a long and busy career.
Category Archives: In Memoriam
Angela Paton: A Fierce Presence Onstage, a Modest One Off
I had the good fortune to see the Berkeley Stage cofounder in dozens of roles in which she shone even when the material didn’t.
Martha Coigney: Global Catalytic Force, Constant Co-conspirator
The late TCG staffer and ITI-U.S. director imbued her work with joie de vivre and love.
Dan Schay: In the Office, but With a View of the Stage He Loved
Wherever he worked, the late theatre executive got others to share his lifelong passion for the theatre.
My Pretty Cool Journey With Mickey McNany
A former student remembers the founding director of the Paper Mill Playhouse Theatre School.
Remembering Brian Bedford, an Aristocrat of the Stage
At Stratford and on Broadway, he was a master craftsman and perfect gentleman. And who else could have had a career ranging from Hamlet to Lady Bracknell?
Sans Rickman, Sans Everything: the Pitch-Black Jaques Who Lit My Love for Shakespeare
He may be Snape or Gruber to most of the world, but to me he’ll always be ‘As You Like It’s’ perfectly melancholy fool.
Rock Was Theatre for David Bowie, and He Elevated Both
He acted onstage and in films, but he never gave a greater performance than in the role of rock god.
Elizabeth Swados: Wide Awake and Attuned to the Magic of the Moment
Liz’s extraordinary life was a song—a passionate, multivocal chorus—and all who knew her and her work could sing along.
Remembering Donald Seawell, the Jet-Setting Visionary Behind Denver Center
In a life spanning a century of artistic adventure, trans-Atlantic exchange, and behind-the-scenes machinations, Seawell’s greatest legacy was transforming downtown Denver.
