Robert LuPone , an actor and dancer who originated the role of the driven director-choreographer in the musical "A Chorus Line" on Broadway and later helped run a vibrant Off Broadway theater company known for thought-provoking new works, died on Saturday in Albany, N.Y. He was 76. His wife, Virginia (Robinson) LuPone, confirmed the death, at a hospice near his home in Athens, N.Y. She said the cause was pancreatic cancer. Mr. LuPone was familiar to television audiences from his roles on "The Sopranos" and the "Law & Order" franchise. But his first love, like that of his sister, Patti LuPone , was the theater. By 1975, when Mr. LuPone auditioned for "A Chorus Line," he had been dancing since childhood and had been in a few Broadway shows. Initially cast as Al, one of the dancers vying for a spot in the chorus line of a Broadway musical, Mr. LuPone persuaded Michael Bennett , who conceived and directed the show, that he could play the director, Zach, after Barry Bostwick, who had been cast in the part, left the show during the workshop phase. "Michael has trouble directing actors," Mr. LuPone said in an interview on the website of… Read full this story
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