George C. Chapin
2005
George Chris Chapin, 67, a fixture in Washington musical theater who also worked in real estate, died April 3 after a heart attack.
Mr. Chapin, a Laytonsville resident, collapsed at Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in Bethesda, where he served on the parish council and produced Christmas shows. He was pronounced dead at Suburban Hospital.
He was a native Washingtonian and a 1956 graduate of  St. John's College High School, where he played varsity football and basketball and co-founded a musical group called the Singing Sergeants.
He attended the University of Maryland, where he was involved in musical theater, and spent eights years as a Marine Corps reservist.
He was part of the founding cast of the Burn Brae Dinner Theatre in Burtonsville, where he had leading roles in West Side Story  and other shows; performed in Camelot  and other presentations with the American Light Opera Company; spent the 1970s and early 1980s touring as the lead singer with a show band that played hotels and nightclubs nationwide; and co-founded the Broadway &  Beyond  revue at Pulcinella restaurant in McLean in the late 1990s.
	Other roles included Sky Masterson in a 2002 production of the musical  Guys and Dolls at Northern Virginia Community College and impersonations of entertainers Engelbert Humperdinck and Anthony Newley in the 2002 American Century Theater production of Laughter at Ten O'Clock: Memories of 'The Carol Burnett Show.
Mr. Chapin held a variety of jobs, including owning and operating a carryout called Ferdinand's in Washington in the 1960s.
During the 1990s, he was variously a real estate agent for Merrill Lynch and Re/Max; a manager of  W.C. &  A.N. Miller Cos. offices in Washington and North Potomac; and a training manager and recruiter for Coldwell Banker in Montgomery County.
His marriage to Patricia Balanis Chapin ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 26 years, Glenda Rosenbloom Chapin of Laytonsville; three children from his first marriage, Chris G. Chapin of Los Angeles, Martina Thurneysen of Boerne, Tex., and Marian Williams of Rockville; his mother, Martina Chapin of Chevy Chase; a sister, Vivian Tuerk of Fairfax; and two granddaughters.