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Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dies; co-stars' tragedies 'painful'
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.Conrad Bain, the actor who played a white millionaire who adopted two African American boys on the NBC comedy "Diff'rent Strokes," has died. He was 89. Bain's daughter Jennifer said Bain died of natural causes in Livermore, where he had been moved to...Tags: Entertainment, Nursing, Gary Coleman, Medical Specialization, Leonard Bernstein
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Conrad Bain dies at 89; played father on 'Diff'rent Strokes'
While portraying the white millionaire father on the hit TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," Conrad Bain was often asked whether he enjoyed working alongside such scene-stealing young co-stars as Gary Coleman, who precociously played one of his two adopted...
Tags: Entertainment, Gary Coleman, Arts and Culture, Leonard Bernstein, Todd Bridges
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Robert Sean Leonard indulges his first love: Theater
As 2013 begins, Robert Sean Leonard is the theater world's equivalent of a star athlete who's just completed his contract and become a free agent. There isn't a team that wouldn't want him; all he has to do is pick the best fit and sign. What's...
Tags: George Bernard Shaw, England, Rex Harrison, Noah Wyle, Entertainment
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Marathon plays stand the test of time
Call it "Long Day's Journey Into Intermission." Or maybe "Waiting ... and Waiting ... and Waiting for Godot." It is the marathon play or performance piece, the theatrical equivalent of the Tour de France or the nine-course prix fixe menu at the French...
Tags: William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Peter Brook, Long Island, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Taking note of a wave of shorter plays
As artistic director of L.A.'s Center Theatre Group, Michael Ritchie reads more than a play a day on average — perhaps 500 a year — in quest of the 15 or 16 he'll pick each season for his company's three stages. But lately he's noticed...
Tags: Coney Island, Arts and Culture, Goodman Theatre, Brian Dennehy, Samuel Beckett
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Robert Sean Leonard goes from 'House' to 'Pygmalion' at Old Globe
With his eight-season residency at Fox's "House M.D." now complete, Robert Sean Leonard is heading back to the theater in a new production of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" at the Old Globe in San Diego. Leonard will play the role of Henry Higgins in...
Tags: George Bernard Shaw, Entertainment Events, Drama (genre), Robert Sean Leonard, Tony Awards
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Nathan Lane returning to Broadway in Douglas Carter Beane's 'Nance'
One of Broadway's more consistent box-office draws, Nathan Lane will return this season in a new play by Douglas Carter Beane. The two-time Tony Award-winning actor will lend his magical ticket-selling powers to "The Nance," which is scheduled to open...
Tags: Entertainment, Music Theater, Tony Awards, David Mamet, Goodman Theatre
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California national parks
A list, from Alcatraz Island to Yosemite National Park, with programs, fees and directions.
Find out about historic and scenic sites as well as programs, fees and directions to California's national parks, monuments and recreation areas:
Alcatraz...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Arts and Culture, National Parks, Human Interest, John Muir
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Heidi Helen Davis dies at 60; actress, acting teacher and stage director
Heidi Helen Davis, an actress, acting teacher and stage director who had a long association with the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon, died Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, her family announced. She was 60 and had...Tags: Tennessee Williams, Will Geer, Ellen Geer, Arts and Culture, A Streetcar Named Desire (movie)
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Peter Falk dies at 83; actor found acclaim as 'Columbo'
Peter Falk, the gravel-voiced actor who became an enduring television icon portraying Lt. Columbo, the rumpled raincoat-wearing Los Angeles police homicide detective who always had "just one more thing" to ask a suspect, died Thursday. He was 83.
Falk,...Tags: Westport, Celebrity Parents, Peter Falk, Human Interest, Dick Powell
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Nathan Lane to make his Eugene O'Neill debut in Chicago
Culture MonsterNthan Lane and Brian Dennehy will star in a production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" at Chicago's Goodman Theater.... -
Getting to California's national parks, recreation areas and monuments
Find out about historic and scenic sites as well as programs, fees and directions to California's national parks, monuments and recreation areas:
Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fort Mason, B201, San Francisco, CA 94123; (415) 561-...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, National Parks, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Travel
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