Eugene O'Neill

Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dies; co-stars' tragedies 'painful'

2013-01-16 11:48:00

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...

Conrad Bain dies at 89; played father on 'Diff'rent Strokes'

2013-01-17 00:00:00

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...

Robert Sean Leonard indulges his first love: Theater

2013-01-11 12:08:00

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...

Marathon plays stand the test of time

2012-11-25 06:00:00

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...

Taking note of a wave of shorter plays

2012-11-25 06:00:00

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...

Robert Sean Leonard goes from 'House' to 'Pygmalion' at Old Globe

2012-11-08 12:38:00

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...

Nathan Lane returning to Broadway in Douglas Carter Beane's 'Nance'

2012-10-25 07:01:00

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...

California national parks

2012-01-29 00:00:00

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...

Heidi Helen Davis dies at 60; actress, acting teacher and stage director

2011-12-21 00:00:00

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...

Peter Falk dies at 83; actor found acclaim as 'Columbo'

2011-06-24 14:44:00

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,...

Nathan Lane to make his Eugene O'Neill debut in Chicago

2011-07-14 21:33:15

Getting to California's national parks, recreation areas and monuments

2011-03-16 17:53:00

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-...

Todd is an actor and film producer, known for his height of 6'5", and deep voice. He is well known for playing William Bludworth in, Final Destination, for voicing "the Fallen" in, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and for guest-starring roles on numerous television shows.

2013-02-13 00:00:00

The actor, who died in February at 81, was most closely identified with the movies, particularly the films of John Cassavetes. But like many actors of his generation, he began his career in the theater and returned to the stage throughout his life.

2012-12-26 11:46:35

If there ever was a better ensemble of actors gathered in Chicago, I surely was not there to see it. Director Robert Falls' richly detailed, meticulously wrought staging of this fiendishly difficult Eugene O'Neill drama was filled with bone-crushing performances from masters of their craft.

2012-12-13 12:28:00