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Born 1955 • South Africa
Died December 27, 2023 (aged 68)
Notable Works “Asinamali!” • “Mama! The Musical of Freedom” • “Sarafina!” • “Township Fever” • “Woza Albert!”
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
Novello, Ivor
Ivor Novello
British composer and playwright
Athol Fugard with John Kani and Winston Ntshona
Athol Fugard
South African dramatist, actor, and director
scene from Footlight Parade
Busby Berkeley
American director
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer
Rouben Mamoulian.
Rouben Mamoulian
American director
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
American actress, singer, director, producer
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern
American composer
Abbott, George
George Abbott
American director
George M. Cohan.
George M. Cohan
American composer and dramatist
Betty Comden
American songwriter
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli
American director
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director