Michael Blakemore, the actor, writer and Tony Award-winning director, died on December 10, following a short illness. He was 95. The director of acclaimed productions in the U.K. and the U.S. over a period of six decades, he is the only director in Broadway history to win Tony Awards for both best play and best musical in the same season, winning for directing Michael Frayn's Copenhagen and the musical Kiss Me Kate …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PM on December 14, 2023