EditorialAngela Lansbury, seated, as Madame Arkati, with, clockwise from left, Jayne Atkinson as Ruth, Christine Ebersole as Elvira and Rupert Everett as Charles Condomine in a revival of “Blithe Spirit” at the Shubert Theatre in New York on Feb. 25, 2009. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialAngela Lansbury during a rehearsal of the musical “Prettybelle” at the Riviera Theatre in New York on Dec. 28, 1970. (John Sotomayor/The New York Times)