We celebrate the new decade by saluting Broadway veterans who are aged 88 to 105, many of them still working. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged and read the caption.
James Earl Jones, 92, 21-time Broadway veteran, three time Tony winner, who last year had a Broadway theater named in his honor.
…Stephen Sondheim, 90 nine-time Tony-winning composer, listening in the studio to a recording of the Broadway revival cast album of Sunday in the Park with George
Lois Smith, 95, (born November 3, 1930) made her film debut in 1955 opposite James Dean, and is an 11-time Broadway veteran, most recently in “The Inheritance” in 2020. She continues to perform, the latest in a new spin on the Oz story — no, not Wicked, an audio drama by David Ives entitled “Kansas Anymore.” (Coincidentally or not, she was born in Topeka)
Orson Bean, 91, familiar face on TV, nine-time veteran on Broadway, who recently played a cardinal in a local California production of Bad Habits. “My secret to longevity is gratitude. The longer I live, the more grateful I become.”
Estelle Parsons, 97 (born Nov. 20, 1927), 30-time Broadway veteran, five-time Tony nominee, a familiar face on TV (The Conners). She has turned to directing plays for the Actors Studio.
Harry Belafonte, 95, performed in two musical revues and a concert special on Broadway, and produced two Broadway plays
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
Cloris Leachman, 94, veteran of 12 Broadway shows.
Tony Bennett, 96, has performed twice on Broadway in concert specials, once for a month co-starring with Lena Horne (who lived to 92)
Hal Holbrook. 95, an actor who appeared frequently in films and on Broadway, and created a solo show in which he portrayed Mark Twain (three times on Broadway alone!) for more years than Samuel Langhorne Clemens portrayed Mark Twain.
Angela Lansbury, 96, veteran of 14 Broadway plays and musicals, five-time Tony winner.
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
Eva Marie Saint, 101 (born July 4, 1924), better known for her movie roles opposite Marlon Brando, Cary Grant and Paul Newman, but also a two-time Broadway veteran, including the 1953 production of A Trip To Bountiful
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
Carl Reiner, 97, veteran of seven Broadway shows.
Kirk Douglas,
Olivia de Havilland,
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.
