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DIED. EILEEN HECKART, 82, animated, gravelly-voiced actress known for her down-to-earth performances on stage, screen and television; of cancer; in Norwalk, Conn. Widely known as Mary's savvy Aunt Flo on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Heckart got her break in Picnic on Broadway in 1953 and won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as the overbearing mother in the 1972 film Butterflies Are Free. In 2000 she returned to the stage with an acclaimed performance as a woman dying of Alzheimer's in The Waverly Gallery...
...numerous Emmy’s and Golden Globes, and her resume including a lengthy stint with the Royal Shakespeare Company, that Helen Mirren is an actor of tremendous skill should come as a shock to none. It is nevertheless surprising that she is the true star of the latest Broadway revival of Strindberg’s Dance of Death, somehow managing to outshine her distinguished co-star, Sir Ian McKellen. With a flawless, expressive delivery, Mirren is radiant as a long-suffering wife who is part-demon, part-martyr...
...first Broadway revival of one of the greatest musicals ever written was met with mixed-to-negative reviews and a limited run that never extended. Though the production quietly disappeared without winning a Tony or much of a following, it effectively dealt with the difficulties of the problematic book and offered a fascinating view of marriage, personal decisions and lies. Yes, it lacked in glitz and glamor, but in its sparse, decaying production, there was something unspeakably tragic and captivating about this Follies that deserved a greater chance for success and commemoration...
...everywhere. The chalkboard still bears the names and assignments of those on duty that morning. Guys show off their new 9/11 tattoos memorializing their housemates; one depicts a helmet, another the Ladder 11 company patch. A masseuse stands by to give free massages; there are free tickets to the Broadway show The Music Man and a lottery for trips to Hawaii and Barbados. To unwind one evening after inspecting a gas leak, the firemen watch outtakes from The Bravest, a TV show chronicling the lives of fire fighters with real footage from New York companies; they pause the tape every...
...Secret Service Makes Me Nervous" (1962), by Anita Gillette; from "Mr. President." Berlin's last Broadway show didn't soar, but Gillette, my favorite soubrette, brings delicious perk and pout to this lament about a President's daughter who can't have fun. I'd put this rendition on the list even if Anita, way back then, hadn't been so sweet to a teenager (me) who sent her a fan letter. She treated him like a friend and not a stalker...