Arthur Rubin

Arthur Rubin (June 16, 1926 - July 23, 2023) was an American actor, stage manager, and Tony Award-winning theatrical producer.

Performer and stage manager Rubin began his professional career in the Radio City Music Hall glee club in 1950. The following year he made his Broadway debut in the revue Two on the Aisle—starring Bert Lahr and Dolores Gray—the first of numerous Broadway productions, including Can-Can, Silk Stockings, and The Most Happy Fella.

To supplement his income as an actor, Rubin also worked as a stage manager and assistant stage manager on Broadway productions of Silk Stockings, The Most Happy Fella, The Music Man, Greenwillow, West Side Story, and Wildcat.

Even after transitioning to producing, Rubin continued to perform periodically. From 1960 to 1980 Rubin appeared in the annual Milliken Breakfast Show, an industrial musical presented by Milliken & Company.

While Rubin was already vice president and general manager of the Nederlander Organization, he appeared in the 1985 Lincoln Center concert revival of Follies as Roscoe, and in 1991 he returned the role of Giuseppe in a revival of The Most Happy Fella at New York City Opera. Subsequently he worked as the general manager for the Lunt-Fontanne, Mark Hellinger, and Biltmore theaters.

Rubin turned his hand to producing with the 1981 revival of Can-Can. Over the next dozen years he was producer or associate producer for another 13 theatrical events on Broadway, including the infamous Legs Diamond, concerts by Shirley Bassey and Smokey Robinson, and revivals of Cafe Crown, Peter Pan, and Sweet Charity, winning a Tony Award for the latter.

Nederlander Organization Rubin joined the Nederlander Organization in 1975, first as general manager and eventually assuming the role of vice president.

In 1992 the Nederlander Organization complained to the Manhattan District Attorney's office of $300,000 in missing box office receipts from its Lunt-Fontanne Theater, where the comedy Catskills on Broadway was running. As supervisor of the Nederlander's box office operations, Rubin initially survived the subsequent corporate reorganization, but shortly after resigned "to pursue other personal business interests."

Personal life and death Rubin had two children. He died on July 22, 2023 at the age of 97 in Great Neck, New York. 1953 Can-Can Policeman, Second Shubert Theatre, Broadway

1955 Silk Stockings Reporter; assistant stage manager Imperial Theatre, Broadway

1956

Imperial Theatre, Broadway

1957 Broadway Theatre, Broadway 1957 data-sort-value="Music Man, The"|The Music Man assistant stage manager Majestic Theatre, Broadway

1958 data-sort-value="Most Happy Fella, The" |The Most Happy Fella Giuseppe (replacement) US national tour

1959 Juno Foley Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway

1960 Greenwillow stage manager Alvin Theatre, Broadway

1960 West Side Story understudy: Krupke, Gladhand; assistant stage manager Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway

1960 Wildcat stage manager Alvin Theatre, Broadway

1961 Kean Francis Broadway Theatre, Broadway

1963 Here's Love Tammany O'Halloran; stage manager Shubert Theatre, Broadway

1991 data-sort-value="Most Happy Fella, The" |The Most Happy Fella Giuseppe New York State Theater

As producer + Year Title Venue 1981Can-CanMinskoff Theatre, Broadway 1983 La Tragédie de CarmenVivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway 1984 Doug Henning & His World of MagicLunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 1986 Sweet CharityMinskoff Theatre, Broadway 1986 Shirley BasseyMarquis Theatre, Broadway 1987 Mort Sahl on Broadway!Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway 1988 Kenny Loggins on BroadwayNeil Simon Theatre, Broadway 1988 Legs DiamondMark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway 1989 Cafe CrownBrooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway 1989 Freddie Jackson: Up Close & PersonalLunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 1989 Dangerous GamesNederlander Theatre, Broadway 1990 Peter PanLunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 1990 Ain't Broadway Grand?Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway

Filmography Film

Year Title Role Notes 1967 The Producers Auditioning Hitler 1988 Crossing Delancey Happy Birthday Singer1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Robin Hood (singing voice)

Television Year Title Role Notes 1963 Car 54, Where Are You? Night Court Prisoner Episode: "See You At The Bar Mitzvah" 1964 The Patty Duke Show Pat Episode: "The Drop Out" 1965 Mr. Brown Episode: "Will The Real Sammy Davis Please Stand Up?" 1986 Great Performances Roscoe Episode: "Follies in Concert"

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1984 Drama Desk Award Unique Theatrical Experience La Tragédie de Carmen 1991 Tony Award Best Revival Peter Pan