Joel Paley, Writer of ‘Ruthless,’ an Off Broadway Hit, Dies at 69
Joel Paley, a dancer, playwright and director who wrote the book and lyrics for “Ruthless!,” an award-winning Off Broadway musical about an ambitious girl who will do anything — including murder her rival — to star in a grade school show, died on Jan. 11 in Milford, Conn. He was 69 and lived in Redding,…