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

By Robert Simonson
October 19, 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.