Tim Curry, the British-born actor whose flamboyant villainy defined a generation of film and stage, died at his Los Angeles home late Tuesday night, leaving behind a body of work no one in Hollywood has come close to matching. The Los Angeles Fire Department dispatched crews to Curry's home at 10:42 p.m. local time after […] The post Tim Curry, iconic star of 'Rocky Horror' and 'It,' dies at 80 appeared first on American Almanac .
Tim Curry, the British-born actor whose flamboyant villainy defined a generation of film and stage, died at his Los Angeles home late Tuesday night, leaving behind a body of work no one in Hollywood has come close to matching. The Los Angeles Fire Department dispatched crews to Curry's home at 10:42 p.m. local time after a call for a medical event, an LAFD spokesperson told the New York Post . Crews found a deceased male on the scene. The LAPD arrived at 11:23 p.m. and completed a death investigation report. No foul play is suspected. Curry's representative, Sean Katz, told USA Today that the actor "passed away peacefully." His cause of death has not been revealed. Curry was 80. He never married and had no children. He spent the last…Open
Andrew Lloyd Webber used the closing night of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" to deliver a blunt warning about Broadway's financial future, calling the cost of producing new shows unsustainable and urging the industry to "come to their senses." The composer posted on Instagram as the curtain fell for the last time at the Broadhurst Theatre […] The post Andrew Lloyd Webber calls Broadway costs 'unsustainable' as 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' closes five months early appeared first on American Almanac .
Andrew Lloyd Webber used the closing night of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" to deliver a blunt warning about Broadway's financial future, calling the cost of producing new shows unsustainable and urging the industry to "come to their senses." The composer posted on Instagram as the curtain fell for the last time at the Broadhurst Theatre on August 8, announcing that the reimagined revival of his landmark musical was shutting down roughly five months ahead of schedule. The show had been pulling in between $900,000 and $1 million a week when it premiered on Broadway in April, but revenue dropped sharply after it lost the best revival of a musical Tony Award to "Ragtime." Variety reported that the financial slide proved fatal despite the…Open
Actor Geno Segers criticized allowing biological men to compete in women's sports and the use of preferred pronouns, and he disputed claims that transgender people are oppressed.
The long-running sketch comedy show proved its power during the Tony Awards on Sunday, with Lorne Michaels and several former stars grabbing the spotlight.
A crowd that included Daniel Radcliffe, Cole Escola and Carrie Coon celebrated with whiskey ice cream at Rockefeller Center and show tunes at the Carlyle hotel.
Pink brought sincerity and punk energy as the host, musical numbers by “Cats,” “Ragtime” and “Chicago” popped, and Maya Rudolph and Cole Escola mined comic gold.