In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
#1In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 2:29am
Will also be a terrible shame that many of our great men will also no longer be with us. It will truly be an end of an era, and I'm not looking forward to it.
#2In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 2:35am
Yes, it will. But didn't we just go over this yesterday?
#3In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 6:16am
TheatreMonkey said: "Yes, it will. But didn't wejustgo over this yesterday?"
That was the ladies.
Today the menfolk get a turn.
SteveSanders
Broadway Star Joined: 3/29/25
#4In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 6:20am
Yes, the Circle of Life spares no sex or gender. So sayeth Rafiki.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#5In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 6:20am
binau said: "Will also be a terrible shame that many of our great menwill also no longer be with us. It will truly be an end of an era, and I'm not looking forward to it."
This new thread was necessary?
TheOtherOne2
Understudy Joined: 4/22/23
#6In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 6:51am
We might lose you first, dear. Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
#7In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 7:29am
Why are we here again.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#8In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 8:15am
SteveSanders
Broadway Star Joined: 3/29/25
#9In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 8:29am
rosscoe(au) said: "Why are we here again."
Presumably because someone in the other thread said "Now do the men."
#10In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 8:53am
Seek Professional Help.
blug
Understudy Joined: 12/27/17
#11In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 9:55am
Binau watching any Broadway show:
MemorableUserName
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
#12In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 10:39am
blug said: "Binau watching any Broadway show:"
I hate to say it, but this made the whole thread worthwhile. I just spent several minutes choking back (much-needed) laughter at work.
Thank you, blug (but not binau).
#13In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/16/26 at 11:12am
SteveSanders said: "rosscoe(au) said: "Why are we here again."
Presumably because someone in the other thread said "Now do the men."
"
Can we bitch sl*p that person!
HBP
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/05
#14In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/17/26 at 11:42am
Speculating on actors’ deaths, regardless of age, is truly bizarre.
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/17/26 at 11:55am
I wonder if in the next 10-15 years if the OP will also be dead?
We have had some stupid posts on here over the years and this ranks right up there.
#16In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/17/26 at 12:04pm
You wonder or you would like me to be dead?
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#17In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/17/26 at 2:54pm
I started seeing shows in the mid-sixties. That means that I never got to see Judy Holliday or Gertrude Lawrence or Ezio Pinza or Alfred Drake in a musical or Laurette Taylor or Katherine Cornell or Claudia MacNeil or Lunt and Fontanne or Marlon Brando or most of Mary Martin's work (I did get to see I Do! I Do!) or prime Ethel Merman (I saw her in a tired revival of Annie Get Your Gun and in Hello! Dolly) or most of Shirley Booth's work (I did see Look to the Lilies, a mega-flop) or Frederic March or Orson Welles or Jose Ferrer or Maurice Evans or Paul Muni or Ina Claire and many many others.
As long as there is theatre, there will be new great new actors and actresses who will take their places. I am thinking of people like Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua Henry and Lea Michelle and Aaron Tveit and Josh Groban and Jasmine Amy Rogers and Joy Woods and Kara Young and Carrie Coons and Nicholas Christopher and Jeremy Jordan and Cole Escola and Sam Tutty and Laura Donnelly (I think she is going to be one of the greats).
I think there a some realities that have changed: first, is that we are rarely going to see many of these people as frequently as we have in the past because they have more opportunities to work in other media than in the past (I am thinking specifically of the ongoing impact of streaming and how many stage actors we see leave for streaming or appear so regularly that it limits their availability for theatre). Secondly, we are going to see fewer new musicals with large casts, so opportunities are not going to be as easy (I am thinking that I really miss seeing Jessie Mueller in a new musical or even a revival...there just are not enough to go around).
#18In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/17/26 at 3:29pm
binau said: "You wonder or you would like me to be dead?"
Always the victim...
#19In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/17/26 at 3:37pm
‘Always?’ Is there any substance to that comment or is that just a childish thing people say just because? Believing that this forum is full of irrationality is not ‘playing the victim’, ultimately you are the victims of this.
#20In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Posted: 3/17/26 at 3:48pm
Jarethan said: "I started seeing shows in the mid-sixties. That means that I never got to see Judy Holliday or Gertrude Lawrence or Ezio Pinza or Alfred Drake in a musical or Laurette Taylor or Katherine Cornellor Claudia MacNeil or Lunt and Fontanne or Marlon Brando or most of Mary Martin's work (I did get to see I Do! I Do!) or prime Ethel Merman (I saw her in a tired revival of Annie Get Your Gun and in Hello! Dolly) or most of Shirley Booth's work (I did see Look to the Lilies, a mega-flop) or Frederic March or Orson Welles or Jose Ferrer or Maurice Evans or Paul Muni orIna Claire and many many others.
As long as there is theatre, there will be new great newactors and actresses who will take their places. I am thinking of people like Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua Henry and Lea Michelle and Aaron Tveit and Josh Groban and Jasmine Amy Rogers and Joy Woodsand Kara Young and Carrie Coons and Nicholas Christopher and Jeremy Jordan and Cole Escola and Sam Tutty and Laura Donnelly (I think she is going to be one of the greats).
I think there a some realities that have changed: first,is that we are rarely going to seemany ofthese people as frequently as we have in the past because they have more opportunities to work in other media than in the past (I am thinking specifically of the ongoing impact of streaming and how many stage actors we see leave for streaming or appear so regularly that it limits their availability for theatre). Secondly, we are going to see fewer new musicals with large casts, so opportunities are not going to be as easy (I am thinking that I really miss seeing Jessie Mueller in a new musical or even a revival...there just are not enough to go around).
"
Thanks. What a life of theatre!
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