Garry Marshall: A Life (Force) in the Theatre
He was a showbiz legend with a knack for entertaining people. Is it any surprise he was also a man of the theatre?
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He was a showbiz legend with a knack for entertaining people. Is it any surprise he was also a man of the theatre?
Though a quiet presence offstage, onstage he sprang to life in a wide variety of roles over a long and busy career.
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.
The late TCG staffer and ITI-U.S. director imbued her work with joie de vivre and love.
Wherever he worked, the late theatre executive got others to share his lifelong passion for the theatre.
A former student remembers the founding director of the Paper Mill Playhouse Theatre School.
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?
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.
He acted onstage and in films, but he never gave a greater performance than in the role of rock god.
Liz’s extraordinary life was a song—a passionate, multivocal chorus—and all who knew her and her work could sing along.