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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 15 September 2018
Broadway and West End star Marin Mazzie dies

By MARK KENNEDY sity in Kalamazoo to study
Associated Press theater, and her first job
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress was in a musical at a dinner
and soprano Marin Mazzie, theater in her hometown.
a three-time Tony Award A key moment in her life
nominee known for pow- happened when she was
erhouse Broadway perfor- 8 years old and saw a tour-
mances in "Ragtime," ''Pas- ing company of "Carousel"
sion" and "Kiss Me, Kate," starring John Raitt. In the
has died following a three- second act, Rockford was
year battle with ovarian plunged into a blackout
cancer. She was 57. and the actors needed
Mazzie died Thursday at flashlights to finish the show.
her Manhattan home sur- After it ended, Raitt came
rounded by close friends out and sang for the audi-
and family, said her hus- ence until it was deemed
band, actor Jason Dan- safe for everyone to go
ieley. Her death was con- home. He sang for 45 min-
firmed by her publicist, Kim utes. "I will never forget that
Correro. moment," Mazzie recount-
Tributes came from all ed in "Making It on Broad-
across Broadway, includ- way," a book of Broadway
ing Harvey Fierstein, who stories. "To me, that was
wrote, "Beautiful, brave the magic of theater. Ev-
and inspiring. A glorious In this April 10, 2014 file photo, actor Marin Mazzie on stage during the curtain call for the opening ery night is different. Every
voice and an even better night of "Bullets Over Broadway" in New York. audience is different. I just
human being" and Michael Associated Press love the magic."
Urie, who called Mazzie "lu- Mazzie made her New York
minous." Actor Daniel Dae cha," ''Bullets Over Broad- cer had spread and weeks Mazzie brought "a touch of stage debut in the 1983 re-
Kim wrote: "The lights of way," ''Enron" and "Into the of chemotherapy. She re- brass" to the role of English vival of Frank Loesser's mu-
Broadway all shine a little Woods." turned to Broadway a year schoolteacher Anna Le- sical, "Where's Charley?"
dimmer tonight." She found out about her later, replacing Kelli O'Hara onowens. It praised her for Her big break came play-
Mazzie's broad career went cancer diagnosis on the in "The King and I." a "husky quietness, and you ing Beth in "Merrily We Roll
from screwball comedy opening day of a concert "It's very emotional for me," hear the fragile heart beat- Along" at the La Jolla Play-
— in "Kiss Me, Kate" and production of "Zorba!" in she told The Associated ing beneath the stalwartly house in California in 1985,
"Monty Python's Spama- May 2015 and refused to Press in 2016. "I'm so anxious corseted form." the first production outside
lot" on Broadway and the pull out. In one song, she and excited and thrilled Mazzie was born and raised New York. La Jolla artistic
West End — to riveting, dys- sang: "Life is what you do to be able to bring, in es- in Rockford, Illinois, in a director Des McAnuff later
functional moms in "Next to while you're waiting to die." sence, a new me back to home often filled with show put her into "Big River" on
Normal" and "Carrie." She Mazzie later underwent a the stage with what's gone tunes and original cast re- Broadway, marking her
earned other Broadway hysterectomy, a bowel re- on in my life." cordings. She attended debut on the Great White
roles in "Man of La Man- section because the can- The New York Times said Western Michigan Univer- Way.q

Ringo! Ex-Beatles drummer plays at Radio City Music Hall

By HILLEL ITALIE peace signs beamed from to be in the presence of a
Associated Press behind. Starr's message Beatle, but they also shared
NEW YORK (AP) — It's the for years has been peace flashbacks of early MTV
season for Beatles in New and love and a happy look with such hits as Men At
York City. back, whether through Work's "Down Under" and
Within a week of Paul Mc- such Beatles and solo fa- Toto's "Africa" and cheered
Cartney playing a surprise vorites as "Yellow Subma- on the old Santana jams
show at Grand Central Sta- rine" and "Photograph" or "Black Magic Woman" and
tion, Ringo Starr followed a through the songs of his "Oye Como Va."
more old-fashioned path current set of sidemen. At 78, Starr seems the least
Thursday night. The drum- Since the 1980s, he has burned out of performers
mer and singer headlined toured and served as mas- and the least changed
a two-hour show at Radio ter of ceremonies with a from his prime, moving
City Music Hall, with thou- rotating cast of rock stars about the stage with the
sands spending much of of a certain age, what he lightness of a man decades
the performance standing calls his "All Starr Band." On younger, his baritone show-
and cheering along. Thursday, he shared a gen- ing no effects from his years In this June 23, 2018 file photo, musician Ringo Starr performs in
"We love you, Ringo!" one erous amount of stage time of smoking. Tel Aviv, Israel.
fan called out, and Starr with Colin Hay of Men At After joking early on about Associated Press
shouted greetings in kind. Work, Gregg Rolie of Santa- his struggles to write, he per-
It was not a time for lament- na, Steve Lukather of Toto formed his self-composed long-running tribute to his and hardly needed to sing
ing the state of the world. and Graham Gouldman of "Anthem" — for "peace place in the world: Lennon- it. He held out the micro-
The beloved ex-Beatle 10cc. Audience members and love" as the song goes. McCartney's "With a Little phone to the crowd and
wore black, but bright stars spanned three genera- But the show builds up to Help from My Friends." He everyone seemed to join
hung above the stage and tions. They may have come his real signature song, and didn't need to introduce it, in.q