#1
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:04pm
#2
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:05pm
OMG! This news is very upsetting. May he rest in peace. He did so much, and changed Broadway for the better. His legacy will live on.
#4
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:08pm
Well, who'd have thought there was enough human left in him to die?
Ding, Dong, the Witch is dead....
Ding, Dong, the Witch is dead....
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#6
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:09pm
I won't believe it until I put my finger in the holes in his hands and the wound in his side.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
#7
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:09pm
I have nothing but good things to say about Arthur personally, but I do know others are less cheerful when it comes to him. In any event, this is rather shocking news, to say the least.
#8
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:10pm
Wow, RIP.
He was very nice to me when I spoke to him after a performance of WSS.
Some on here are going to enjoy this news.
He was very nice to me when I spoke to him after a performance of WSS.
Some on here are going to enjoy this news.
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:10 PM
#9
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:10pm
He did wonders to the American Musical. R.I.P. He shall never be forgotten.
#10
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:10pm
This was the second half of the Osama plan.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#11
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:11pm
Forget Mary Rogers, call PalJoey!
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:11 PM
#12
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:12pm
But on a serious note, the man did write the book for two of the greatest American musicals, scratch that, any musicals, of all time.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#15
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:13pm
I sort of don't believe it either. My mouth is still gaping.
#16
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:14pm
I mean I figured he's at least live as long as Queen Mother. I sorta got a Tuck Everlasting feel from him.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#17
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:15pm
I'm not all that devastated -- he lived a full life, if not always a happy one. Having said that, he was often a mean-spirited person who made life miserable for many.
BroadwayEd
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:15 PM
#18
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:16pm
I am in shock. Wow, this is unbelievable. No matter how terrible his attitude was, he did do amazing things for the American theater and was incredibly talented. RIP.
#19
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:16pm
Now it's the time to start worrying about other legends. He was the oldest living legend of Broadway right?
#20
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:17pm
OMG!!! This is shocking! I know he was a difficult man, but one cannot ignore his contributions to the American stage.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#21
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:18pm
At least he'll be reunited with Tom, as Ed Mottershead said.
#22
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:19pm
No, that would be Carol Channing.
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#23
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:19pm
Carol Channing will never die.
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#24
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:20pm
Carol's 90, he was 93.
"Carol Channing will never die."
I surely hope so!
"Carol Channing will never die."
I surely hope so!
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:20 PM
#25
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:22pm
It's hard to believe he's really gone. I will be forever grateful for giving me Gypsy, one of my favorite shows and favorite theatrical memories of all time. RIP
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:22 PM
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