Joe McGuire, Veteran Stage Manager, Dies at 66
variety.comCharna Flam Veteran stage manager Joseph E. McGuire II died on March 10 due to natural causes in his New York City home. He was 66.
Born in Worcester, Mass., he graduated from Catholic University in 1978 with a B.F.A. in drama. McGuire first began his career as an actor, touring as Thomas Edison in “Young Tom Edison” and then performing in the pre-Broadway run of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at the Olney Theatre.
After his time on the stage, McGuire then moved behind the curtain, becoming a stage manager for many off-Broadway shows including “Toni and Tina’s Wedding,” “The Kathy and Mo Show,” “Maybe Baby It’s You,” “Closer Than Ever,” “Sight Unseen,” “Hurly Burly,” among many more.
McGuire had said his favorite job was serving as the “Blue Man Group’s” production supervisor. McGuire was also the production supervisor at The La Gran Scena Opera, and worked on touring productions, managing the European tour of “Phantom of the Opera” and the Tokyo tour of “Beehive.” In addition to tours and off-Broadway productions, he was the resident stage manager at the Westport Country Playhouse, the National Actor’s Theatre, the Yale Repertory Theatre and the Pirate Playhouse.
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