The Broadway community is in mourning.
Josh Grisetti, who was known for his turn in Something Rotten! and his role on season five of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, died by suicide on July 10. He was 44.
After his passing, Grisetti’s agent Rick Ferrari remembered him as a “tremendous talent.”
“He was the man of a thousand faces,” Ferrari shared in a statement to E! News July 13. “His students at Cal State Fullerton, theater program, cherished him. He shared his gift with everyone who wanted it. We are stunned and heartbroken.”
Grisetti’s passing was first announced by his friend and former costar Rob McClure on social media.
“It is with a shattered heart that I share that the brilliant Josh Grisetti took his own life on Friday,” he wrote on Instagram July 12. “I’m not ready to even attempt to understand. My heart is with his wife and family as they try to deal with the reality of this.”
“Some of my all-time favorite memories were by this man’s side,” McClure added. “Maggie and I are beyond heartbroken. Communities around the world will never be the same without him. We love you Josh. Just a cataclysmic loss. Memorial info to come in time.”
Grisetti—who is survived by his wife of six years Mackenzie Grisetti—was also honored by his former It Shoulda Been You costar Sierra Boggess.
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“It is with the deepest grief that I am sharing with you that our beloved friend Josh Grisetti took his own life on Friday morning,” she captioned a carousel of photos of them together on Instagram. “Nothing I can say will make this hurt any less. We all loved him so unbelievably much. He created light and thought and humor everywhere he went. He was a BRILLIANT actor and director and writer. His students are so lucky they had him as their teacher.”
“I loved the way he looked at the world and how he challenged ideals and norms,” Boggess continued. “I loved his humor and his brain and deep deep philosophical conversations. OurIt Should Have Been You family was as close as can be and this is so heartbreaking I will be processing with the show family and all of you for a very long time.”
Grisetti’s final post on Instagram was an announcement that he had to step away from directing a production of Legally Blonde: The Musical the Trentino Music Festival.
“When you have to leave a production for personal reasons before getting to see the show open, and the cast and team do stuff like this,” he wrote in the July 8 post, which included the production’s cast screaming, “We love you, Josh!” while holding up a photo of him on a phone. “Literally cried on the plane… little gestures go a long way when your heart is hurting… Love this group of misfits right back!!”
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