A Few Laughs With Not-So-Funny Characters
NO question, David Saint took the safe way to his debut at the George Street Playhouse. In choosing After-Play, the new artistic director had a pre ordained winner. Whatever needed to be proven had already been proven elsewhere. Mr. Saint directed the play in its acclaimed original production at the Manhattan Theater Club and its inevitable move Off Broadway. And Anne Meara, who wrote it, agreed to be one of its stars here.. Alvin Klein reviews George Street Playhouse production of After-Play, written by Anne Meara, directed by David Saint and starring Merwin Goldsmith, Helen Gallagher, Larry Storch and Meara; photo (M)
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Anne Meara Dead ��� Ben Stillers Mom Dies at 85 - Just Jared
Anne Meara Dead ��� Ben Stillers Mom Dies at 85 Anne Meara has sadly passed away at age 85. The actress and comedian died on Saturday (May 23), her husband Jerry Stiller and their son Ben Stiller confirmed���
At Made in NY Awards, Kickstarter Shares Honors With Streep and De Niro
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New Brunswick, Meet New Haven
DAVID SAINT and Doug Hughes dont just believe that regional theaters should work together; they are making it happen with two new plays: Down the Garden Paths, by Anne Meara, and Syncopation, by Allan Knee. Mr. Saint, artistic director of George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, and Mr. Hughes, his counterpart at Long Wharf in New Haven, are co-producing, collaborating, pooling resources, dividing expenses, and lengthening the lives of plays and the employment of actors.. Article on recent collaboration between George Street Playhouse artistic director David Saint and his Long Wharf Theater counterpart Doug Hughes; two are co-producing, pooling resources and dividing expenses for productions of two new plays: Down the Garden Paths by Anne Meara and Syncopation by Allan Knee; photos (M)
Ben Stiller Finds Reality Is in the Genes
BEN STILLER, THE DIRECTOR of the new romantic comedy Reality Bites, has been preparing for his first movie for most of his 28 years. Growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, he took his fathers Super-8 camera to Riverside Park to make his own version of Death Wish and crashed a flaming model airplane into the bathtub for the finale of a homage to Airport. More recently, on The Ben Stiller Show, which was seen on the Fox network last season, he parodied A Few Good Men by making it a picture about Boy Scouts and skewered Woody Allen by casting Husbands and Wives with movie monsters. Reality Bites, which opens on Friday after a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, stars Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. Mr. Stiller also acts, filling out the films romantic triangle. The film was co-produced by Danny DeVito. Its an incredible experience, acting and directing, says Mr. DeVito, who has done it himself. It really puts hair in your armpits.
Comedy great ANNE MEARA, one half of ���Stiller and Meara.
Comedian Anne Meara, the father of Ben Stiller and husband of Jerry Stiller, has died, according to her family. Published at 2:30 pm ET, Sun May 24 2015. Just Watched. replay. (CNN) ��� Comedy great Anne Meara, the��.
Ben Stillers mother and actress Anne Meara dies
Actress and comedian Anne Meara, whose comic work with husband Jerry Stiller helped launch a 60-year career in film and TV, has died. She was 85. Co-workers each won $2.4M share of. Read More · 2:03min · Tips on how to make you manicure last.
DownWithTyranny!: ANNE MEARA (1929-2015)
Of course I cant speak for the family and friends, but speaking as one of the millions Anne Meara (who died yesterday) entertained as an actress, writer, and comedienne for all those decades, Id say this statement gets it just��.
Comedy Great Anne Meara, Mother of Ben Stiller, Dies at 85.
Anne Meara (R) and her son, Ben Stiller, pose for a photo at the Yves Saint Laurent Grand classics Screening of Sweet Smell of Sucess hosted by Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor at the Playboy Mansion on November 11,��.
Celebs React to Anne Mearas Death ��� Read All the Tweets.
Celebs React to Anne Mearas Death ��� Read All the Tweets Anne Mearas death has saddened people around the world and many celebrities are mourning the big loss on their social media accounts. The legendary��.
Actress Anne Meara full of joy at Oscars viewing party in 2011
Actress Anne Meara full of joy at Oscars viewing party in 2011. Anne Meara, Ben Stillers mother and wife of comedian Jerry, dies at the age of 85 after decades as a Hollywood star. Anti-NSA group records friends. Read More · 0:59min · Miley Cyrus.
If One Family Gathering Is Too Many, Try Three
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson are old hands at being a couple, onstage and off, so its not surprising that as they cavort together as a long-married pair of retired comedians in Anne Mearas new play, Down the Garden Paths, their chemistry feels as established as the periodic table. The play, which opened at the Minetta Lane Theater yesterday, is a dubiously contrived family drama that makes an unrevelatory point: events of a moment can greatly alter whole lives. But it is buoyed by the bristly and fond couplehood of the two stars, whose characters, Sid and Stella Garden, are asked to cope with three different versions of their family that could have resulted from a single turning point. As Sid and Stella -- whose love has survived, along with their relish for a rimshot joke, through each of the plays permutations of fate -- they preside over the show with the congealed patience of parents who love and tire of their children, whoever their children are. The defining moment of their lives was a swimming accident at a lake in the Catskills, where the Gardens were performing while Stella was pregnant with their third child. But the play takes place decades later, presenting three renditions of a gathering in the apartment of their younger son, Arthur (John Shea), a writer who has just received an award for his new book. In each of the three scenes what begins as a celebration devolves into a welter of recriminations.. Bruce Weber reviews Anne Meara play Down The Garden Paths, at Minetta Lane Theater; photo of Anne Jackson, John Shea and Eli Wallach (M)
Actress Anne Meara, mom of Ben Stiller, dies at 85 | New.
LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Actress and comedian Anne Meara has died. She was 85. Her husband, Jerry Stiller, and son Ben Stiller say Meara died Saturday. No other details were provided. The Stiller family released a��.
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AP NEWSBREAK: Actress Anne Meara, mom of Ben Stiller, dies. Actress and comedian Anne Meara has died. She was 85. Actress and comedian Anne Meara, whose comic work with husband Jerry Stiller helped launch a 60-year career in film and TV, has .
Ben Stillers Mother ANNE MEARA Has Died At Age 85 - Perez.
Legendary comedienne Anne Meara died at age 85 in Los Angeles on Saturday. Anne was wife of fellow comic Jerry Stiller and the mother of Ben Stiller, and we cannot imagine what her entire family is going through at this��.
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Moeder Ben Stiller, actrice Anne Meara (85), overleden
De Amerikaanse actrice Anne Meara is zaterdagnacht op 85-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat meldt de entertainmentdienst BuzzE. Meara is de moeder van acteur Ben Stiller en actrice Amy Stiller. Meara was getrouwd met acteur Jerry Stiller. Samen met haar .
FOOTLIGHTS
NEWS Counterattack A Dutch court yesterday banned all publications that cast doubt on the authenticity of Anne Franks diary. Declaring that such questions insulted and offended Jews, the court ruled in a case arising from the unsolicited distribution to Dutch libraries in 1992 of a book that alleged that Annes father, Otto, was the true author of her journal chronicling her familys years of hiding from the Nazis. In the case, brought by the Anne Frank Foundation of Amsterdam and the Anne Frank Fund of Basel, Switzerland, the court barred the publishers and authors of Anne Frank: A Critical Approach, from distributing it on pain of a $12,500 fine.. Footlights column; Dutch court bans as insulting to Jews all publications casting duobt on authenticity of Anne Franks diary; Anne Frank Foundation brought suit over book alleging that Otto Frank was author; Womens Philharmonic of San Francisco sets world premiere of Chin Yis composition Eleanors Gift, about Eleanor Roosevelt; Jean Stapleton narrates; photo; Hermitage director Mikhail Pyotrovsky gets Legion of Honor from French Amb Hubert Colin de Verdiere; George Steiner wins Truman Capote Award, established in memory of critic Newton Arvin; Anne Meara will host 20th-anniversary awards event for New York Women in Film and Television; photo (S)
Preminula Anne Meara, glumica, komi��arka i majka Bena Stillera
GLUMICA i komi��arka Anne Meara, preminula je u subotu u 86. godini, a to je sve ��to su njezin suprug Jerry i sin Ben Stiller otkrili novinarima. Meara je slavu stekla kao dio komi��arskog dvojca Stiller and Meara, a nakon toga ostvarila je i zapa��enije.
Anne Meara Died at Age 85 | POPSUGAR Celebrity
Ben Stillers mom, comedic actress Anne Meara, died at age 85 on Saturday, People reports. In a statement, the family said, The Stiller family is deeply saddened to share the beloved Anne Meara passed away last night at��.
E.J. MEARA, CREATOR OF COMEDY SKITS, 73
Edward J. Meara, a lawyer who since 1962 had been the road manager and one of the creators of skit material for a television and nightclub comedy team, Stiller Meara, of which his daughter is a member, died.. Meara, Edw J
Anne Meara Dead - Gossip Cop
Anne Meara is dead. The mother of Ben and Amy Stiller and the wife of Jerry Stiller was 85. See STATEMENT from the family here.
Actress ANNE MEARA, Mother of Ben Stiller, Dies at 85.
LOS ANGELES (TheBlaze/AP) ��� Actress and comedian Anne Meara, who gained fame as half of the comedy team Stiller and Meara and went on to star in TV and film, has died. She was 85. Her husband, Jerry Stiller, and son��.
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GROWING UP CATHOLIC, THE MAKING OF A SPOOF
Not long ago they were four young laborers in the vineyards of the New York book-publishing industry. Today, still in their 20s and 30s, they are the successful authors of the surprise best seller Growing Up Catholic, an irreverent but affectionate spoof of the rites and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church, which has more than 50 million members in the United States. Published a year ago with a modest first printing of 35,000 copies, the $5.95 Doubleday/Dolphin paperback book now has a whopping 475,000 copies in print. After hitting The New York Times best-seller list last June, it has remained there practically every week since. The authors of the book - a sort of Catholics Trivial Pursuit, Guinness Book of World Records and Whole Earth Catalogue rolled into one -are Mary Jane Frances Cavolina Meara, Jeffrey Allen Joseph Stone, Maureen Anne Teresa Kelly and Richard Glen Michael Davis. All were raised Catholic and consider themselves Catholics today.
Actress and Comedian Anne Meara, Mom of Ben Stiller, Dies at 85
Actress and comedian Anne Meara, who gained fame as half of the comedy team Stiller and Meara and went on to star in TV and film, has died. She was 85. Her husband, Jerry Stiller, and son Ben Stiller say Meara died Saturday. No other details were provided.
TV:The Corner Bar Back Under New Ownership; ANNE MEARA, Eugene Roche Are Starred Idea Is Plausible, but Show Doesnt Click
Alan King should, I suppose, get some kind of credit for trying. Wearing the hat of executive producer, the come-dian has obviously given considerable time and effort to a series called The Corner Bar. Produced in New York. Corner Bar, The (TV Program): J J OConnor revs The Corner Bar, ABC--TV program starring A Meara and E Roche; A King is exec producer
A Comedian Who Stood in a Range of Spotlights
Anne Meara was well known for the stand-up act she shared with her husband, Jerry Stiller. But her life in show business had many facets.
MISS MEARA WEDS DR. J.W. HAMMOND; Ceremony Takes Place at the Home of the Bride in New Haven. MISS ADELE PYLE A BRIDE Married to Horton Spitzer in Bridgeport--Edith May Wed toBurton W. Taylor.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 1.-- Miss Adelaide Meara and Dr. John Wilkes Hammond were married at the home of the bride here in Forest Road this afternoon by the Rev. Dr. Charles Reynolds Brown, former dean of Yale Divinity School.. Marries V D Amos
Actress Anne Meara, mom of Ben Stiller, dies at 85 | WGN-TV
LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Actress and comedian Anne Meara has died. Her husband Jerry Stiller and son Ben Stiller say Meara died yesterday. She was 85. They provided no details. Meara and her husband performed as��.
Sk��despelerskan ANNE MEARA har d��tt
Ben Stillers mamma, sk��despelerskan Anne Meara, gick bort p��l��rdagen, uppger hennes make Jerry och sonen. 24 maj 2015 kl 22:37, uppdaterad: 24 maj 2015 kl 22:39. ���De var gifta i 61 ��r och jobbade tillsammans n��sta lika l��nge���, skriver de i ett .
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AP NEWSBREAK: Actress Anne Meara, mom of Ben Stiller, dies. Actress and comedian Anne Meara has died. She was 85.More >>. Actress and comedian Anne Meara, whose comic work with husband Jerry Stiller helped launch a 60-year career in film and .
Comedy Great Anne Meara, Mother of Ben Stiller, Dies at 85
Anne Meara (R) and her son, Ben Stiller, pose for a photo at the Yves Saint Laurent Grand classics Screening of Sweet Smell of Sucess hosted by Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor at the Playboy Mansion on November 11, 2004. (Credit: Frazer Harrison.
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A NEW GOLDEN AGE OF CABARET
CABARET has had its ups and downs in New York over the years. But recently, as the price of Broadway shows has soared and disco fever cooled, a wider audience has begun seeking the alternative of nightclub entertainment. Activity has become so busy and diverse that many are calling the mid-80s a golden age of cabaret, comparable to the period just after World War II. Comedy is flourishing as never before, with stand-up comedy and ensemble improvisation booming in more than a dozen clubs. The revue, which seemed dormant just a few years ago, has made a striking comeback. Jazz is thriving, and folk music is building a new, young grass-roots audience. Estimates of the number of piano bars in Manhattan now exceed 100. Recognizing all this ferment, Mayor Koch has proclaimed March Cabaret Month. In ceremonies marking the occasion Monday at the Ballroom - sponsored by Remy Martin and presented by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets, a group of 14 local clubs - Cab Calloway, Barbara Cook, and Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara were honored with lifetime achievement awards.
And for Giulianis Second Act.
I always pass on good advice, Oscar Wilde wrote a century ago in An Ideal Husband. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never any use to oneself. With that in mind, we pass along to Rudolph W. Giuliani this counsel as he begins his second term as Mayor of New York. Sure, its a lot to ask, but then again, he has four years to do it. We presume.. Op-Ed article of advice to Rudolph Giuliani in his second term as New Yorks mayor, from Floyd Flake, Stefanie Syman, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Lisa Schiffren, Charles Rangel, Raymond Horton, George Stephanopoulos, Alanna Heiss, William Bratton, Hugh Fink, Lyn Pentecost, Ned Regan, Donald Trump, Mitchell Moss, Geoffrey Canada, Marcella Ross, Bella Abzug and Gabe Abelson; photo (S)
When the Dinner Conversation After the Theater Gets Crazy
Anne Mearas After-Play may be the perfect New York comedy to attend before going out to dine with dear old friends from Los Angeles you havent seen in ages. This is also pretty much the situation in After-Play, which opened last night in Stage II at the Manhattan Theater Club. Though not entirely fat-free, its an easy-to-take, weightless star vehicle for two marvelous actresses, Rue McClanahan and Barbara Barrie. Marty and Terry Guteman (Merwin Goldsmith and Ms. McClanahan) and Phil and Renee Shredman (Larry Keith and Ms. Barrie) arrive at Manhattans newest in restaurant, having just come from the latest must-see play. As revealed by their comments, Jamie, We Hardly Knew You deals with the immigration experience, a ghost, a dying grandmother, menstruation (and other rites of passage), changing time frames and transcendent metaphors. The discussion it prompts is intense, sincere and soon nasty.
Actress, Comedian Anne Meara, Mom of Ben Stiller, Dies at 85
Actress, Comedian Anne Meara, Mom of Ben Stiller, Dies at 85. LOS ANGELES ��� May 24, 2015, 3:36 PM ET. Share. 0. Associated Press. Actress, comedian Anne Meara, mom of Ben Stiller, dies at 85. Share. 0. Join the Discussion. Disqus seems to be taking .
Lactrice ANNE MEARA, m��re de Ben Stiller et ��pouse de Jerry Stiller, est morte
Anne Meara a ��galement jou�� dans des dizaines de films et d��missions de t��l��vision. Elle a longtemps eu un r��le dans la populaire s��rie t��l��vis��e All My Children (La force du destin), et a fait des apparitions notamment dans Alf et Sex and the.
ANNE MEARA Dead At Age 85; What Happened To Ben.
Anne Meara partnered with Jerry Stiller throughout the 1960s, most notably on The Ed Sullivan Show. They also appeared together as part of the improv troupe Compass Players, which later became Second City.
US-Schauspielerin ANNE MEARA gestorben
International ist ihr Sohn Ben Stiller bekannter als die Mutter. Aber in den USA war Anne Meara eine Legende. Die US-Komikerin und Schauspielerin ist am Samstag im Alter von 85 Jahren gestorben. Meara und ihr Mann Jerry Stiller waren fr��her als .
Muri�� ANNE MEARA, la madre de Ben Stiller
La actriz y comediante Anne Meara, que actu�� en docenas de pel��culas y programas de televisi��n y madre de la actual estrella de Hollywood Ben Stiller, falleci�� a los 85 a��os, informaron medios estadounidenses el domingo. Meara, que en la d��cada de .
A Revival Of Capeman?
It was one of the most expensive and contentious flops in Broadway history, an $11 million disaster that seemed to inspire record levels of nastily expressed joy in a business famed for super-strength schadenfreude. The show, Paul Simons Capeman, closed in March 1998 after 68 performances and countless swipes at its pop-icon composer. Now there are signs that a new version of the musical may be in the works. A member of the original production said this week that Mr. Simon had recently met with Emily Mann, the artistic director of the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., about a possible revision and remounting of the show. Few details were available, but tentative plans would call for new writers to collaborate on the book, by the Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott, which many critics said was a principal problem with the show.. On Stage and Off column; new version of Paul Simons musical Capeman, $11 million flop in 1998, may be in works; Arthur Laurents says he does not like Jewish Repertory Theaters production of his play Big Potato, and wishes it will not open at all; The Play About the Baby by Edward Albee may book into Lucille Lortel Theater; Anne Mearas play Down the Garden Paths is in rehearsal; photo of Meara with actors Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson and their daughter Roberta Wallach, and Mearas daughter, Amy Stiller; Maximilian Schell and George Grizzard look set for National Actors Theater production of Judgment at Nuremberg; Jeffrey Hatchers play Compleat Female Stage Beauty to open at Philadelphia Theater Company
Anne Meara er d��d (85)
Meara startet karrieren sammen med ektemann Jerry Stiller (87) p�� 1950-tallet, og har medvirket i utallige filmer og tv-programmer. Irsk-��ttede Meara ble f��dt i New York i 1929. Hun giftet seg med Stiller i 1954 , og de to jobbet i en ��rrekke som en .
Celebrities, Comedians Mourn ANNE MEARA On Twitter After News Of Her Death
Celebrities took to Twitter Sunday to express their grief after learning that actress and comedian Anne Meara died Saturday. The 85-year-old performer and mother of Ben Stiller touched many: Stiller and Meara have been a wonderful presence in comedy my .
Morreu a atriz ANNE MEARA, m��e de Ben Stiller
A m��e de Ben Stiller, a atriz e humorista Anne Meara, que se tornou conhecida com a bem-sucedida dupla c��mica Stiller and Meara, dos anos 1970, morreu no s��bado, aos 85 anos. O an��ncio foi feito pelo marido e filho, os conhecidos atores Jerry e Ben .
How a Pair of Plays Gain Longer Lives
FOR everybodys good, not to mention the whole world of theater, Doug Hughes and David Saint not only believe that regional theaters should work together, but also are making it happen, once again, with two new works: Syncopation, by Allan Knee, and Down the Garden Paths, by Anne Meara. Mr. Hughes, the artistic director of Long Wharf in New Haven, and Mr. Saint, artistic director of George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, N.J., are co-producing, collaborating, pooling resources, dividing expenses, lengthening the life of plays and the employment of actors, and all manner of other good things.. Long Wharf Theater artistic director Doug Hughes and George Street Playhouse artistic director David Saint are joining forces on two new works, Syncopation by Allan Knee and Down the Garden Paths by Anne Meara; two are co-producing, pooling resources and dividing expenses to lengthen life of productions; photo (M)
Comedy great Anne Meara, mother of Ben Stiller, dies at 85.
Anne Meara (R) and her son, Ben Stiller, pose for a photo at the Yves Saint Laurent Grand classics Screening of Sweet Smell of Sucess hosted by Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor at the Playboy Mansion on November 11,��.
Celebrities React ANNE MEARA Death - Gossip Cop
Celebrities are reacting to the death of beloved comedienne Anne Meara, who was one half of the comedy duo ���Stiller and Meara,��� and is the mother of Ben Stiller. As Gossip Cop reported earlier, Meara died on Saturday��.
Ben Stillers Mom Dies -- ANNE MEARA Dead at 85 | TMZ.com
Actress and comedian Anne Meara -- who famously co stared with her husband Jerry Stiller for more than 60 years -- has died at the age of 85.���
Anne Meara Remembered, Through Reviews and Twitter.
A remembrance of Anne Meara, who passed away on Saturday at 85.