"Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer, taking his cue from Andre Braugher, also thanked Baltimore after winning an Emmy on Sunday, noting that he'd worked here in Charm City once. Apparently, he wasn't kidding -- at least not about the working here part. According to his publicist, Grammer, before striking TV gold as Frasier Crane, appeared in a 1981 production of "Othello" at the Morris Mechanic Theatre, opposite stars James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer. At the time, Sun theater critic R.H. Gardner said he "liked" Grammer's performance as Cassio.

Pub Date: 9/17/98