/ Theater Info for the Washington DC region Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:42:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /2012/09/jaylee-mead/ /2012/09/jaylee-mead/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:58:01 +0000 http://washingtondc.showbizradio.com/?p=8595 Jaylee Mead passed away this week. While I never met her, all DC area theater-lovers have been impacted by her generosity and love of theater. Here are three clips of her performing at NASA Goddard’s MAD Theater:

• Jaylee Mead as Berthe in Pippin, performing “Just No Time at All” on November 19, 1993.
  
• Jaylee Mead and Linda Smith in Mame, performing “Bosom Buddies” on November 20, 1987. Orchestra directed by Gilbert Mead.
  
• Jaylee Mead singing “There Once Was a Man” (The Pajama Game) with Lou Walter, at an open mic night, on the set of South Pacific in 1974; Gil Mead at the piano.
  

• Washington Post: Jaylee Mead dies: NASA astronomer was a cultural benefactor in D.C.
• DC Theatre Scene: Well-loved theatre philanthopist Jaylee Mead has died
• Washington Post: Jaylee Mead: A life lived offstage, devoted to what was on it
• TheatreWashington: Jaylee Montague Mead — Arts Supporter and Astronomer
• Maryland Theater Guide: Theatre News: Jaylee Mead, philanthropist of Washington theatre, passes
• DC Metro Theater Arts: Theatre Benefactor and Supporter Dr. Jaylee Mead Dies
• WAMU: Remembering D.C. Theater Icon Jaylee Mead
• Washingtonian: An Appreciation of the Late Jaylee Mead (registration required)

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