Mitch Douglas, a literary agent who spent three decades at ICM and represented the likes of Tennessee Williams, Graham Greene, Arthur Miller, Lanford Wilson and Howard Koch, has died. He was 78.
Douglas died Nov. 5 of metastatic brain cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, his friend and client Lawrence Leritz announced.
Other clients for the Kentucky native included Broadway duos John Kander & Fred Ebb and Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; playwrights Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy), Frederick Knott (Dial M for Murder) and Reginald Rose (12 Angry Men); and novelists Manuel Puig (Kiss of the Spider ...
Douglas died Nov. 5 of metastatic brain cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, his friend and client Lawrence Leritz announced.
Other clients for the Kentucky native included Broadway duos John Kander & Fred Ebb and Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; playwrights Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy), Frederick Knott (Dial M for Murder) and Reginald Rose (12 Angry Men); and novelists Manuel Puig (Kiss of the Spider ...
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On Saturday, September 12, 2015, William V. Madison, author of Madeline Kahn Being the Music, A Life University Press of Mississippi, 2015, will host a musical tribute to the late singing actress as part of Metropolitan Room's Gone Too Soon series, produced by Joseph Macchia. Directed by Peter Napolitano, The Music Of Madeline Kahn will feature several friends amp colleagues of the comic legend, including her co-stars from Richard Rodgers' Two by Two, Walter Willison and Joan Copeland, with Lawrence Leritz, guest star on 'Cosby'. They will be joined by performers from theatre, cabaret amp opera who have been inspired by Kahn, including Ann Harada Avenue Q, Smash. Jeff Cubeta serves as music director.
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- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Musical theatre and opera star, Lucy Schaufer has just released a new album 'Carpentersville,' featuring the Ruth Wallis hit, 'The Dinghy Song' from Off-Broadway's Boobs The Musical. Extensively researching her material, Lucy contacted Boobs The Musical original producerchoreographer Lawrence Leritz for some tips. 'I was more than happy to assist such a wonderfully talented artist. I love her rendition of the song. It's really sensational.'...
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