Frank Galati, the Tony Award-winning director, writer and actor who helped transform Chicago theater, has died at 79.
Mr. Galati was an icon in Chicago's theater community, winning Tony Awards for best play and best director in 1990 for "The Grapes of Wrath," which moved to Broadway following its critically acclaimed debut production at Steppenwolf Theatre.
His long list of works in Chicago also included productions of "The Drawer Boy," in which he starred opposite John Mahoney in 2001, and "The Tempest," a 2009 production in which Mr.
Frank Joseph Galati Jr. was born on Nov. 29, 1943, in Highland Park. He graduated from Glenbrook High School in 1961 and went on to attend Western Illinois University and Northwestern University, where he got his master's degree and a doctorate in speech.He also performed in nearly two dozen productions while an undergraduate at the university.
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