Chicago theatre giant Frank Galati dies at 79
-- Frank Galati, a stage director, adaptor, and actor who worked with the Steppenwolf and Goodman theatres in Chicago, has died.said Galati died Monday evening in Florida. He was 79."He embodied the joy in life," said Roche Schulfer, chief executive officer of the Goodman."Arguably the most influential theatre artist to come out of Chicago in the last 50 years, at least.""He was an actor. He was a director. He was a writer.
Galati won two Tony Awards in 1990 for the production – one for best play and the other for best director. The Steppenwolf noted that he while Galati was also known for his stage acting, appearing in such productions as"The Drawer Boy" and"The Tempest" for the Steppenwolf. Most recently, Galati directed the Asolo Rep's 2022 world premiere musical"Knoxville," which was adapted from the James Agee novel"A Death in the Family.""Knoxville" was written by the"Ragtime" team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
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