Draft:Thomas Gates (stage manager)
Thomas Gates (d. May 8, 2024) was a Broadway stage manager whose stage and screen credits dated from 2001 included Newsies and Waitress among them.[1][2][3]
Gates died on May 8, 2024 when he was hit by a train. He was survived by his husband, Rick Steiger. The Broadway run of Illinoise is dedicated to Gates' memory.[2]
He was a 1995 graduate of Niagara University.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Theater, Lincoln Center. "Thomas J. Gates". Lincoln Center Theater. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ a b Evans, Greg (2024-05-09). "'Illinoise' Dedicates Run Of Broadway Musical To Thomas J. Gates, Production Stage Manager Struck And Killed By Train; Sara Bareilles Pays Tribute". Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ Essin, Christin (2021-09-20). Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor. University of Michigan Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-472-12926-3.
- ^ "Thinking Outside the Box: Kevin Ford and the Business of Abracadabra" (PDF). Friends of Niagara University Theater. Retrieved 2024-05-09.