the book, A Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing (1984). He appeared in Suburban Commando and has a nonspeaking cameo in Foul Play as a bishop attending the pope, portrayed by ACT benefactor Cyril Magnin. New York City Opera At the New York City Opera, from 1959 to 1964, Ball directed productions of Weisgall's Six Characters in Search of an Author (world premiere, with Beverly Sills), Mozart's Così fan tutte (with Phyllis Curtin), Egk's The Inspector General (with the composer conducting), Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (with Julius Rudel conducting), Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (with Tatiana Troyanos as Hippolyta), Mozart's Don Giovanni (with Norman Treigle in the title role), and Hoiby's Natalia Petrovna (world premiere). Personal life On July 30, 1991, Ball died in Los Angeles, California. Bibliography References External links 1931 births 1991 deaths American theatre directors American opera directors American male stage actors Drama Desk Award winners Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni Theatre in the San Francisco Bay Area People from the San Francisco Bay Area 20th-century American male actors