Here again, we celebrate the new year by saluting a dozen Broadway veterans, aged 91 to 105. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged and read the caption.
Angela Lansbury, 96, veteran of 14 Broadway plays and musicals, five-time Tony winner.
Harry Belafonte, 95, performed in two musical revues and a concert special on Broadway, and produced two Broadway plays
Tony Bennett, 96, has performed twice on Broadway in concert specials, once for a month co-starring with Lena Horne (who lived to 92)
Cloris Leachman, 94, veteran of 12 Broadway shows.
Dick Van Dyke, 100 (born December 13, 1925), veteran of four Broadway shows, winner of the Tony Award for Bye, Bye Birdie. He’s a song and dance man at heart, and still a charmer, as is clear from his new book and a musi video he made last year with Coldplay
Cicely Tyson, 96, is a nine-time veteran of Broadway, most recently in The Trip to Bountiful in 2013 and The Gin Game in 2016
Carol Channing, 97, 12-time Broadway veteran, three-time Tony winner, who became a Broadway legend thanks to two roles — the gold-digging Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” a role she originated in 1964 and performed again , in Broadway revivals in 1978 and 1995
Rosemary Harris, 98 (born Sept 19, 1927), 27-time Broadway veteran, last on Broadway in the most recent revival of My Fair Lady. She continues to perform, earlier this year taking on the role of Lady Bracknell in the documentary feature Oscar Wilde About America
Carl Reiner, 97, veteran of seven Broadway shows.
Kirk Douglas,
Norman Lloyd, 106, actor,producer,director in movies, TV (Dr. Auschlander in St Elsewhere), radio; 13-time Bway vet who made his debut in 1927! Worked w/ Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Bertolt Brecht, John Houseman, Jean Renoir.
Olivia de Havilland,
Why, you may ask, is Betty White, 96, not in this gallery? She’s never been on Broadway. Now’s the time, Betty!
