Editing Roger Rees (section)

==Personal life==
Rees lived in the United States for more than 25 years<ref name=grdn1/> and became a naturalized American citizen in 1989.<ref name = playbill>{{cite magazine|last1=Simonson|first1=Robert|title=Roger Rees, Stage Actor Made Famous by Nicholas Nickleby, Dies at 71|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/roger-rees-stage-actor-made-famous-by-nicholas-nickleby-dies-at-71-351533|magazine=Playbill|access-date=12 July 2015|date=11 July 2015}}</ref> He [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] to Judaism in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/how_peter_and_the_starcatcher_took_flight|title=How 'Peter and the Starcatcher' took flight – The Ticket|work=Jewish Journal|date=26 November 2013}}</ref> Rees married his partner of 33 years, playwright [[Rick Elice]], in 2011, shortly after [[same-sex marriage in New York]] was legalised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/07/19/roger-rees-ramps-up-what-you-will/|title=Roger Rees ramps up What You Will|work=theaterdogs.net|date=19 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032300513.html "Roger Rees Tests His 'Will' Shakespearean Roles Don't Define the Actor, but He's Clearly Bard-Wired"] by Peter Marks ''The Washington Post'' Sunday, 25 March 2007</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/talk/2012/06/04/120604ta_talk_schulman|title=Backstory|author=Michael Schulman|date=4 June 2012|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> Rees and Elice also collaborated professionally, including as co-playwrights of the comedic thriller ''Double Double''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/double-double-1200513993|title=Review: 'Double Double'|magazine=Variety|date=22 August 2006 |access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> Elice co-wrote (with [[Marshall Brickman]]) the libretto for ''The Addams Family'' musical, the cast of which Rees had joined on 22 March 2011. In 2012, Elice and Rees received Tony Award nominations for Elice's stage adaptation and Rees' co-direction (with [[Alex Timbers]]), respectively, of ''[[Peter and the Starcatcher]]''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> In October 2017, Elice wrote a memoir of his life with Rees, entitled ''Finding Roger: An Improbably Theatrical Love Story''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/09/28/the-broadway-love-story-of-two-kings-of-the-great-white-way/|title=The Broadway love story of two kings of the Great White Way|last=Riedel|first=Michael|date=28 September 2017|work=New York Post|access-date=2 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Illness and death===
After a diagnosis of [[brain cancer]] in October 2014, Rees focused his energy on his commitment to playing opposite [[Chita Rivera]] on Broadway in ''[[The Visit (musical)|The Visit]]'', the final musical written by [[John Kander]] and [[Fred Ebb]]. While undergoing two brain surgeries, two courses of [[radiation therapy|radiation]] and ongoing [[chemotherapy]], Rees managed to rehearse, preview and open in ''The Visit'' on 23 April 2015. By the middle of May, it had become too difficult for him to speak, and he left the show. Rees died at age 71 at his home in New York City on 10 July 2015. On Wednesday, 15 July 2015, the marquee lights at all the theatres on Broadway were dimmed in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roger-rees-dead-life-adventures-808126|title=Roger Rees, Star of 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,' Dies at 71|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=10 July 2015|access-date =11 July 2015}}</ref> His ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. Two months later, there was a memorial service for him at Broadway's [[New Amsterdam Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Roger-Rees-Memorial-Set-for-September-21-at-The-New-Amsterdam-Theatre-20150725|title=Roger Rees Memorial Set for September 21 at The New Amsterdam Theatre|author=BWW News Desk}}</ref> On 16 November 2015, Rees was inducted, posthumously, into the Broadway Theatre Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://playbill.com/article/9-inductees-including-julie-taymor-and-late-roger-rees-named-for-theater-hall-of-fame-com-363325|title=9 Inductees, Including Julie Taymor & Late Roger Rees, Named for Theater Hall of Fame|website=[[Playbill]]|date=21 September 2015|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>