Lynn Redgrave, Broadway No More

Lynn Redgrave is mourned and missed on Broadway and in the hearts of her many fans. Yesterday, May 2, 2010, Lynn died of Breast Cancer at age sixty-seven. The marquees of Broadway Theatres in New York will be dimmed as a memorial tomorrow, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 7:00 PM for exactly one minute.

Redgrave was a 2006 Tony award nominee for ‘Best Actress in Play’. The nominated play was called, ‘The Constant Wife’, where Lynn joins Kate Burton in the cast of the Roundabout Theater Company. The play followed the marriage of a top surgeon and his wife. The comedy of manners delivers a twist after a seemingly secret affair between the husband and his wife’s friend is revealed. Some of the many reviews were, “Lynn Redgrave is an utter hoot”-Frank Sheck, Hollywood Reporter, and “Lynn Redgrave sprinkles a salty drollness that ensures Mother-Daughter confrontations are never dull”-Elysa Gardner, USA Today. 

In addition to the 2006 Tony award, Lynn was nominated for a 1993 Tony Award also for ‘Best Actress in Play’, but with the play, ‘Shakespeare for my Father’. Once more, she was nominated ‘Best Actress in Play’ in the 1976 Tony Award nomination, ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession’.

Other plays she was credited for were: ‘Black Comedy’, also known as ‘White Lies’, ‘My Fat Friend’, ‘Knock Knock’, ‘Saint Joan’, ‘Aren’t We All?’, ‘Sweet Sue’, ‘Love Letters’, ‘A Little Hotel on the Side’, ‘The Master Builder’, and ‘Moon over Buffalo’.

Redgrave has been nominated throughout her lifetime for three Tony Awards, Two Oscar Awards, Two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award.

Lynn Redgrave was born March 8, 1943 in London, England, UK, and died May 2, 2010 in Manhattan, New York, USA. She was married to John Clark from April 2, 1967 up until December 22, 2000 when they divorced with three children. A personal quote from her was, “Looking at my horrible, ugly bulk on a huge screen was the turning point in my life.”

Redgrave will be missed by her many friends, family members, and fans.