Bob LuPone, who as an actor earned a Tony nomination in the original run of 'A Chorus Line' and went on to help found and lead the influential off-Broadway theater company MCC Theater for almost 40 years, has died
, but convinced creator and director Michael Bennett to let him play Zach after the original actor left. LuPone would earn a best featured actor Tony nomination for the role.
Born in 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, LuPone graduated from the Juilliard School with a bachelor’s degree in dance in 1968.Together they would help form Manhattan Class Company in 1986 — known today as MCC Theater. LuPone and Telsey, along with third co-artistic director Will Cantler, shaped MCC into a theatrical powerhouse, producing such Broadway-bound works asThe Snow Geese, The Other PlaceWhile serving as co-artistic director of MCC, LuPone also worked as an actor, appearing in , all on Broadway.
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