| Author | Message: Sad news: "George M!" producer dies | Posted by: Unison212
On: 1/11/1999 at 8:01:02 PM GMT
Message #: 555
See headers | I just recieved from AOL news that Lorin E. Price who produced "George M!",
one of Bernadette's first Broadway hits, has died:
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Theatrical producer Lorin E. Price died of Parkinson's
disease on Dec. 28. He was 77.
Price began producing in 1959, beginning off Broadway with ``The Mime and Me''
and ``The Tiger Rag.'' His first Broadway production was ``The Natural Look,''
which opened in 1967.
His first big success was ``George M!'' the 1968 musical about George M.
Cohan, with Joel Grey and Bernadette Peters. The show received a Tony Award
nomination for Grey and a Tony Award for the choreographer, Joe Layton.
Price's credits include ``Show Me Where the Good Times Are'' in 1970 and
``Seesaw'' in 1973, which won Tonys for choreographer Michael Bennett and star
Tommy Tune.
|
See other archives
|
