McKellen, Hines, McCann, Gurney, Murray, Parsons to Be Inducted Into Theatre

Hall of Fame

By Robert Simonson

19 Oct 2004





Actors Len Cariou, Gregory Hines, Ian McKellen, Brian Murray and Estelle

Parsons, playwright A.R. Gurney, designer Santo Loquasto and producer

Elizabeth Ireland McCann will be inducted into The Theater Hall of Fame on

Jan. 24, 2005.



The ceremony will take place in the North Rotunda of the Gershwin Theatre.

The winners were chosen by 350 voting members of the Theater Hall or Fame

and the American Theater Critics Association.



Cariou was the original Sweeney Todd in the Sondheim musical by the same

name. His other Broadway credits include A Little Night Music, The Speed of

Darkness and Proof. He won a Tony Award for Sweeney Todd.



Hines, who died in 2003, starred in the Broadway musicals Sophisticated

Ladies, Eubie! and Jelly's Last Jam, for which he won a Tony.



The English McKellen has starred in the Broadway productions of Amadeus,

Wild Honey and The Dance of Death. He received a Tony Award for the first.



Murray's many credits include The Crucible, The Little Foxes, A Little

Family Business, Racing Demon, Uncle Vanya, Noises Off and The Circle.



Parsons recently starred in the Broadway revival of Morning's at Seven.

Other shows include Seven Descents of Myrtyle, Miss Reardon Drinks a Little

and the one-person play Miss Margarida's Way.



McCann, a producer of three decades' standing, has backed such works as

Dracula, The Elephant Man, The Goat, Dance of Death, Copenhagen, 'night,

Mother, Good, The Dresser, Crimes of the Heart and Mass Appeal. Seven of her

productions have netted a Best Play or Best Revival Tony Award.



Gurney is the author of dozens of plays, including The Dining Room, Later

Life, Labor Day, The Cocktail Party, Love Letters, The Perfect Party and

Mrs. Farnsworth.



Loquasto's countless credits include Grand Hotel, Ragtime, Fosse, Tale of

the Allergist's Wife, Cafe Crown, Bent, That Championship Season and Long

Day's Journey Into Night. He won Tonys for both his set and costume design

for Grand Hotel and for his costume design for the 1977 Broadway revival of

The Cherry Orchard.