A true titan of Black theater, playwright, director, and scholar Paul Carter Harrison has passed away. He was 85.

When my wife and I moved to Florida from “up north” in 2000, I couldn’t locate my collection of vinyl “LPs,” so the array of titles heavy on Beatles, Beach Boys, Four Seasons and, yes, the Monkees, didn’t make the trip south.

October 2 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic, untimely death of music director Paul Reekie, 48, whose South Florida theatre legacy of about 15 years’ worth of work on dozens of area musicals, concerts and cabaret shows came to a sad end following an accident in his Boca Raton home.

For most people involved in the theater in South Florida, to be seen at the theatre by George Wentzler was to be seen by the entire world. You see, George always brought his camera to the theatre. If you were in the show or attended the theatre, the chances are that George took your photo.