Broadway to Pay Tribute to Bea Arthur

Beatrice Arthur, TV star in Maude and The Golden Girls and a Tony Award winner for her role in the Broadway musical Mame, passed away this past spring at age 86 after succumbing to cancer, and this month Broadway will pay tribute to one of its leading ladies, holding a memorial service for the actress on September 14 at the Majestic Theatre in New York City at 247 W. 44th Street. The memorial ceremony “Celebrating Bea Arthur” will be directed by Mark Waldrop and hosted by Angela Lansbury and will feature performances and memories from Arthur’s friends and family. The ceremony will also be open to the public and will commence at 1 p.m.

Arthur began her acting career on the big stage, performing in several Broadway productions that started in 1955 when she scored a role in the musical Plain and Fancy. Her performance in the original production of Fiddler on the Roof in 1964 as the character Yente scored her incredible amounts of fame, and she later went on to a fruitful television career, starring as Maude in the hit TV series Maude and taking the role of Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls.

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Posted in General on September 1, 2009

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