Paul Phillips, a stage manager on such legendary Broadway productions as Sweet Charity, Mame, Pippin and Chicago, died Saturday of natural causes in Naples, Florida, a family spokesman said.
He was 95. Phillips began his career as a Broadway stage manager in 1959 when George Abbott employed him for the musical Fiorello!, starring Tom Bosley.
The famed directed then rehired him for his next play,Take Her, She's Mine, starring Art Carney, in 1961. After working on The Rehearsal in 1963 and a City Center revival ofGuys and Dolls in 1965, Phillips was asked by actress-dancer Gwen Verdon to join her next Broadway show,Sweet Charity.
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