Another first. King Charles III hosted his first state visit as monarch on Tuesday, November 22, in London.
Douglas McGrath Dies: ‘Emma’ Filmmaker, Writer Of ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’, Oscar-Nominated Co-Author Of Woody Allen’s ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ Was 64
04.11.2022 - 19:59 / deadline.com
Douglas McGrath, the director and writer whose work spanned film, stage and television and earned him a Tony nomination for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and an Oscar nomination for the Bullets Over Broadway screenplay he co-authored with Woody Allen, died suddenly yesterday in New York City. He was 64.
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At the time of his death, McGrath was starring in the Off Broadway solo show he’d written, Everything’s Fine, an autobiographical play directed by John Lithgow at the Daryl Roth Theatre. With McGrath’s death, the show played its final performance on Wednesday, November 2. The show was to have played at least through Jan. 22, 2023.
Details on a cause of death were not immediately available.
His death was announced by the Everything’s Fine producers Daryl Roth, Tom Werner and John Lithgow.
“The company of Everything’s Fine was honored to have presented his solo autobiographical show,” their statement reads. “Everyone who worked with him over the last three months of production was struck by his grace, charm, and droll sense of humor, and sends deepest condolences to his family.”
Born and raised in Midland, Texas, McGrath was an alumnus of the Trinity School of Midland, The Choate School and Princeton University.
McGrath began his writing career on the staff of Saturday Night Live during the notorious 1980-81 season. Among his most notable works are the theatrical productions Checkers, The Age of Innocence and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, for which he was nominated for the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
McGrath’s films included Emma, the 1996 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, which he both wrote and directed; Nicholas Nickleby, Company Man
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