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Tony-nominated stage, film and TV actress Helen Stenborg dies at 86 in NYC home
AP Drama WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Helen Stenborg, 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 Tuesday. She was 86. Stenborg, who...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Jill Clayburgh, Another World (tv program), Arthur Miller
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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: Chemotherapy, Academy Awards, Concerts, Dustin Hoffman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie)
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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: Steve Martin, Goodman Theatre, Cancer, David Henry Hwang, Celebrities
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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.... -
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: Eggs Benedict, Fringe Festival, Kim Jong Il, All My Children (tv program), Osama bin Laden
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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: Goodspeed Opera House, Concerts, Yale University, Gays and Lesbians, Palace Theater
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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, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Journalism, Human Interest, Companies and Corporations
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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: Human Interest, Politics, Arthur Miller, Another World (tv program), Celebrities
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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: The Untouchables (movie), Santa Monica, Human Interest, Politics, Celebrities
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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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