Tony Tanner, the Tony Award-nominated director and choreographer of Broadway’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1982, died Sept. 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88.
His death was confirmed on his official website. A cause of death was not disclosed.
Tanner, born in Middlesex, England, trained at the Webber-Douglas School in London and soon went on to establish an acting career in UK repertory companies and small London revues. The latter included an early sketch by a young playwright named Harold Pinter, a collaboration that would continue with Pinter’s celebrated The Birthday Party.
In the early 1960s, Tanner was cast in the West End production of the Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off, later appearing as Littlechap in the 1966 film version.
Tanner moved to the U.S. to appear in the 1965 Broadway musical Half a Sixpence, and would later perform...
His death was confirmed on his official website. A cause of death was not disclosed.
Tanner, born in Middlesex, England, trained at the Webber-Douglas School in London and soon went on to establish an acting career in UK repertory companies and small London revues. The latter included an early sketch by a young playwright named Harold Pinter, a collaboration that would continue with Pinter’s celebrated The Birthday Party.
In the early 1960s, Tanner was cast in the West End production of the Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off, later appearing as Littlechap in the 1966 film version.
Tanner moved to the U.S. to appear in the 1965 Broadway musical Half a Sixpence, and would later perform...
- 9/17/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Burt Ward, who played Batman's sidekick Robin in the 60s TV series and its spin-off movie, is returning to the comics world that spawned his iconic Boy Wonder.
Ward, now aged 66, will appear in a new miniseries from Bluewater Productions that "showcases his superhero legacy and his post-acting passion for pet rescue."
The project is a spin-off from his former co-star's own comic book, The Mis-Adventures of Adam West.
Burt Ward, Boy Wonder will appear first as a free issue during Free Comic Book Day this May and then as a full four-issue mini-series in summer. It's described as "a campy take on Ward's fictional post-Batman life."
The premise follows the actor as he returns to superhero status, this time with his own canine sidekicks as they travel though time fighting villains.
Ward said: "I am excited about working with Bluewater Productions to create a comic book based...
Ward, now aged 66, will appear in a new miniseries from Bluewater Productions that "showcases his superhero legacy and his post-acting passion for pet rescue."
The project is a spin-off from his former co-star's own comic book, The Mis-Adventures of Adam West.
Burt Ward, Boy Wonder will appear first as a free issue during Free Comic Book Day this May and then as a full four-issue mini-series in summer. It's described as "a campy take on Ward's fictional post-Batman life."
The premise follows the actor as he returns to superhero status, this time with his own canine sidekicks as they travel though time fighting villains.
Ward said: "I am excited about working with Bluewater Productions to create a comic book based...
- 2/23/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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