Photo FeaturesLook Back at Roger Rees on the Stage for His BirthdayThe Tony Award winner was born May 5, 1944.
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Playbill Staff
May 05, 2020
Chita Rivera and Roger Rees
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Roger Rees, the Welsh actor who won a Tony for his role as the title character in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and was Tony nominated for his work in Indiscretions and as co-director of Peter and the Starcatcher, was born May 5, 1944. He was last seen on Broadway in John Kander and Fred Ebb’s musical The Visit, before passing away July 10, 2015.
Rees made his Broadway debut in 1974's London Assurance, going on to appear on the Great White Way in revivals and new works alike, from Uncle Vanya to stepping in as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family. Look at some of his career highlights below!
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Look Back at Roger Rees on the Stage
Look Back at Roger Rees on the Stage
The Tony Award-winner was born May 5, 1944.
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Roger Rees and David Threlfall in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Roger Rees, Kathleen Turner, and Eileen Atkins in Indiscretions
Roger Rees and Cynthia Nixon in Indiscretions
Jude Law, Cynthia Nixon, Eileen Atkins and Roger Rees in Broadway's Indiscretions, 1995
The new institution will honor multiple honorees, with separate dimmings reserved for those a committee designates as having had a significant and lasting impact on Broadway.
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