A Bronx native, Armus honed his craft under Erwin Piscator at The New School’s Dramatic Workshop before making his Broadway debut in the original 1949 production of South Pacific. He later created the role of the social director “Itchy” Flexner in the long-running musical comedy Wish You Were Here, which logged 598 performances, and appeared in subsequent stage works such as The Flowering Peach (1…