Obituaries
Peter Bergman was a founder of the comic quartet that channeled the absurdist sensibility of the countercultural 1960s and ‘70s into a popular radio show and a series of cult-classic albums.
March 10, 2012
Entertainment & Arts
Peter Bergman, a founder of Firesign Theatre, the comic quartet that channeled the absurdist sensibility and chaotic impulses of the countercultural 1960s and ‘70s into a popular radio show and a series of cult-classic albums, has died at 72.
“Help Me Out of This Head, With Peter Bergman,” at the Wallenboyd, is a monologue by one of the four Firesign Theatre zanies.
Dec. 12, 1986
Peter Bergman says museum ousted him as event producer because of anti-Bush humor. An official denies it.
Oct. 15, 2004
Movies
Ingmar Bergman used his films to take us inside his secret torments and feel his anguish. The result usually was cinema that moved us, whether it scared us or made us care.
July 31, 2007
California
For the record
March 14, 2012
Television
Playing Musical Soaps: Peter Bergman has left his role as Dr.
Sept. 19, 1989
Theater has for so long played second fiddle to film that it must have seemed quite strange to many -- almost alarmingly so -- when Ingmar Bergman essentially retired from movie-making after completing “Fanny and Alexander” in 1982 to concentrate on writing and his stage work with the Royal Dramatic Theater of Sweden, otherwise known as Dramaten.
Since most of us don’t know Swedish, we can’t react to the lines in Ingmar Bergman’s Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden production of “Miss Julie” at the James A.
Sept. 24, 1987
Cinematographer Gunnar Fischer was best known for his work on Bergman films including ‘The Seventh Seal’ and ‘Wild Strawberries.’
June 13, 2011