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Date of Death: October 10, 1985 (70)

Birth Place: Kenosha, WI, USA

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Roxy Regional Theatre Hosts THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 10/28, 10/29
by BWW News Desk - Oct 29, 2011


The Roxy Regional Theatre offers the perfect Halloween weekend activity with the infamous Mercury Theatre 1938 radio broadcast, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, recreated live onstage for three performances only.

HEART OF DARKNESS Opera Plays Stages From London To Brooklyn
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 28, 2011


In Joseph Conrad's 1902 literary masterpiece Heart of Darkness, Marlow, a riverboat captain, voyages from London into the African Congo at the height of European colonialism.

Cap Stage Presents War of the Worlds 10/30
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 27, 2011


On October 30, 2011, Capital Stage will present radio's single most famous broadcast at the company's new home in midtown at 2215 J Street.

Roxy Regional Theatre Hosts THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 10/28, 10/29
by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2011


The Roxy Regional Theatre offers the perfect Halloween weekend activity with the infamous Mercury Theatre 1938 radio broadcast, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, recreated live onstage for three performances only.

MAX MAVEN THINKING IN PERSON Comes to Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 10/28
by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2011


MAX MAVEN THINKING IN PERSON: AN EVENING OF KNOWING AND NOT KNOWING is not exactly a one-man show, because it involves hundreds of minds... including yours.

Gate Theatre Dublin Returns to US With Samuel Beckett’s Endgame
by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2011


David Eden Productions has announced full details of the upcoming US tour of the Gate Theatre Dublin's productions of ENDGAME and WATT, by Samuel Beckett.

Gate Theatre Dublin Returns to US With Samuel Beckett’s Endgame
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 25, 2011


David Eden Productions has announced full details of the upcoming US tour of the Gate Theatre Dublin's productions of ENDGAME and WATT, by Samuel Beckett.

WAR OF THE WORLDS - The Most Infamous Radio Broadcast In History Live On Stage
by Beau Higgins - Oct 24, 2011


72 years ago, audiences were thrilled and horrified by a radio broadcast that took place Halloween night. Aliens were invading. No one was safe. The only thing was - it was all a creation of the brilliant Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre. H.G. Welles' War of the Worlds went down as the most infamous radio drama in history.

Gate Theatre Dublin Returns to US With Samuel Beckett’s Endgame
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 21, 2011


David Eden Productions has announced full details of the upcoming US tour of the Gate Theatre Dublin's productions of ENDGAME and WATT, by Samuel Beckett.

Roxy Regional Theatre Hosts THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 10/28, 10/29
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 18, 2011


The Roxy Regional Theatre offers the perfect Halloween weekend activity with the infamous Mercury Theatre 1938 radio broadcast, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, recreated live onstage for three performances only.

WAR OF THE WORLDS - The Most Infamous Radio Broadcast In History Live On Stage
by Beau Higgins - Oct 18, 2011


72 years ago, audiences were thrilled and horrified by a radio broadcast that took place Halloween night. Aliens were invading. No one was safe. The only thing was - it was all a creation of the brilliant Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre. H.G. Welles' War of the Worlds went down as the most infamous radio drama in history.

Review - Freud's Last Session
by Ben Peltz - Oct 17, 2011


After more than 14 months at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, Mark St. Germain's clever and engrossing two-hander, Freud's Last Session, which depicts a visit between the aging atheist Sigmund Freud and the young, newly-Christian C.S. Lewis, who had satirized the famed psychiatrist in The Pilgrim's Regress, is the latest in the trend of hit shows moving to New World Stages.

The Colony Theater Presents TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 12, 2011


The Colony Theatre is thrilled to present the fourth production of its 37th season of shows - the Los Angeles Premiere of TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT, written by Graham Greene, adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal, and directed by David Dean Bottrell.

SARTA Announces Fall Workshops/Classes & Special Events
by Jennie Mamary - Oct 12, 2011


SARTA announces workshops and classes and special events.

PCPA Theaterfest Presents A Christmas Carol 11/10-12/23
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 10, 2011


Launching PCPA's 48th season is the inspiring holiday masterpiece, A Christmas Carol. This song-filled adaptation of Dickens' classic tale reawakens the true spirit of Christmas in a heart-stirring Carol of profound beauty and redemption.

Celia Imrie, Janie Dee & Robert Glenister et al to Lead Cast of NOISES OFF at Old Vic
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 7, 2011


Jonathan Coy, Janie Dee, Robert Glenister, Jamie Glover, Celia Imrie, Karl Johnson, Aisling Loftus, Amy Nuttall and Paul Ready have been cast in Michael Frayn's irresistible, multi-award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off, directed by Linsday Posner, which previews from 3 December, with a press night on 13 December 2011.

ORSON’S SHADOW Begins Performances at Theatre Row
by BWW News Desk - Oct 6, 2011


Based on true events, ORSON'S SHADOW is an ingenious tale of two Hollywood giants-Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier. The time is 1960; the place is a West End theatre. Legendary critic Kenneth Tynan has made a startling proposal: Welles should direct Olivier and the young Joan Plowright in Rhinoceros, Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece. But it is the rehearsal process that brims with absurdity as titanic personalities, including Vivien Leigh, wrestle the muse in this witty and incisive depiction of the drama of theatre.

GRAY AREA Plays Aurora Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Oct 6, 2011


Aurora Theatre's 16th Sensational Season continues with a great new comedy about Civil War re-enactors called Gray Area by John Ahlin,tonight through October 30, 2011.

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