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Hey, Hon! It's John Waters
BILLIE HOLIDAY called Baltimore a tough town. Frank Zappa moved away at the age of 10 and never came back. Edgar Allan Poe died here. John Wilkes Booth is buried here. But John Waters? John Waters, the one-time Pope of Trash, thrives on the place, and...Tags: William H. Keeler, Theater, Health and Safety at School, Peter G. Angelos, Television
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Michael Douglas Credits Connecticut's Eugene O'Neill Center For His Start As Actor
The Hartford CourantThroughout his 40-plus-year career, actor Michael Douglas personified the modern male in film, as a sensitive youth rebelling against authority, as a middle-aged man grappling with problems of marriage, career and changing times, and as an older adult,...Tags: Veronica Lake, Jack Lemmon, New London (New London, Connecticut), Steven Soderbergh, Entertainment Events
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A toast to those we have lost in 2011
You know, a lot of people tell me their favorite part of the column is the obituaries.
I'm really hurt.
It is, however, that time of year to remember the A&E folks we lost in the past 12 months.
Two-time Oscar winner Elizabeth Taylor died in March,...Tags: Andy Rooney, Christopher Hitchens, Fringe Festival, George Shearing, Sherwood Schwartz
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2011 year in review: Notable deaths in theater and comedy
Culture MonsterNotable 2011 deaths in drama and comedy included those of Arthur Laurents, Gil Cates, Vaclav Havel and Patrice O'Neal.... -
Hometown 'Grease' and Rahm in the house: The big theater stories of 2011
Phew, 2011 was quite a year in Chicago theater. As the year comes to a close, ready for a quick tour back through the newsworthy highlights?
The Black Ensemble Theater bowed a gorgeous, $19 million new home on the North Side. Stage 773 on Belmont...Tags: Next to Normal (musical), Cirque du Soleil, Oprah Winfrey, Grease (movie), Martin Short
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Annual Manual Listings: Live Theatre
Note: Due to space limitations, only the major theaters and companies in the Advocate’s coverage area are mentioned here. Throughout the year, the Advocate regularly lists theaters from all around the state. Alliance Theater, 203-435-4651,...Tags: Shrek (fictional character), Arts, Holidays, August Wilson, East Haddam
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Theater review: 'Fifth of July' at the Lex Theatre
Culture MonsterDavid C. Nichols reviews the Production Company's revival of Lanford Wilson's 'Fifth of July' at the Lex Theatre... -
Lanford Wilson dies at 73; Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Playwright Lanford Wilson, a gentle writer from Missouri who wrote of urban desperation but most revealed his heart through rich and emotional dramas centered on the struggles of small-town Midwestern life, died Thursday at a hospital in Wayne, N.J. He...Tags: Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago Tribune, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes, University of Chicago
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PASSINGS: Helen Stenborg, Loleatta Holloway
Helen Stenborg
Tony-nominated stage and screen actress
Helen Stenborg, 86, a Tony-nominated stage, film and TV actress who was the wife of the late Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes and mother of the Tony Award-winning director Doug Hughes, died...Tags: Lifetime (tv network), Another World (tv program), Marky Mark, Science, Barnard Hughes
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PASSINGS: John Dye, Ellen Stewart, Del Reisman, Irene Jerison
John Dye
Actor best known for 'Touched by an Angel'
John Dye, 47, an actor best known for his role as Andrew in the long-running CBS-TV series "Touched by an Angel," was found dead Monday at his home in San Francisco, the San Francisco medical examiner'...Tags: Playhouse 90 (tv program), England, Theater, Sam Shepard, Santa Monica
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John Lithgow, Jane Fonda, Theresa Rebeck headline 2011 Mark Taper season
Culture MonsterL.A.'s Center Theatre Group announced Tuesday that its 2011 season for the Mark Taper Forum will feature a total of five productions, with star turns by John Lithgow, Olympia Dukakis and the previously announced Jane Fonda. In addition, playwright... -
'Modern Family's' Ty Burrell earned his acting chops on the stage
Culture Monster“Modern Family’s” Ty Burrell is up for an Emmy on Sunday for his nuanced performance as a spacey dad in the critically raved-about sitcom. The strength of his performance rests, in part, on a motivating quality that Burrell picked up......
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