Marilyn Bergman, winner of multiple Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and more for her song lyrics, has died at 93. She passed at home in Los Angeles at 1:15 Am Pt Saturday morning with husband Alan Bergman and daughter Julie Bergman at her side. The cause of death was respiratory failure (non-covid related).
Bergman was a multi-award-winning lyricist with three Academy Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and one Cable Ace Award, among others.
In collaboration with her husband, Alan, Marilyn won Oscars for the songs “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “The Way We Were” and for the score for Yentl. Since their first Oscar nomination in 1968, the Bergmans have been nominated 16 times- for such songs as “It Might Be You” from Tootsie, “How Do You Keep The Music Playing?” from Best Friends, “Papa Can You Hear Me?” and “The Way He Makes Me Feel” from Yentl, and...
Bergman was a multi-award-winning lyricist with three Academy Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and one Cable Ace Award, among others.
In collaboration with her husband, Alan, Marilyn won Oscars for the songs “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “The Way We Were” and for the score for Yentl. Since their first Oscar nomination in 1968, the Bergmans have been nominated 16 times- for such songs as “It Might Be You” from Tootsie, “How Do You Keep The Music Playing?” from Best Friends, “Papa Can You Hear Me?” and “The Way He Makes Me Feel” from Yentl, and...
- 1/8/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
lyrics by Alan amp Marilyn Bergmanmusic by Bill Cantos amp Mari Falcone, Dave Grusin, Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Johnny MandelGeffen PlayhouseGil Cates Theaterthrough December 17 When I first heard about the premise of Chasing Mem'ries, I thought, 'Oh no, a musical about death and grieving...and with a ghost on tap...spare us' Well, sometimes first thoughts are terribly wrong. As it turns out Josh Ravetch's world premiere is a complete joy to watch. Ravetch skillfully directs, allowing the brilliant Tyne Daly plenty of space to pursue her journey as Victoria. Also starring Robert Forster as Franklin and Scott Kradolfer as their son Mason, this piece not only tugs at your heartstrings but will make you cherish every moment of living, through December 17 at the Gil Cates Theater of the Geffen Playhouse. Subtitled A Different Kind of Musical, ...Mem'ries is more a play with music in which the songs,...
- 11/18/2017
- by Don Grigware
- BroadwayWorld.com
Carrie Fisher had begun working on the sequel to her 2006 critically acclaimed one-woman show, Wishful Drinking, before her death on Tuesday, Et confirms.
Josh Ravetch, co-creator and director of Fisher's show, tells Et that he and the actress had plans to work on the play, titled Wishful Drinking Strikes Back: From Star Wars to, uh Star Wars!, during the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Watch: Inside Carrie Fisher's Final Days in London
"We spent the day at her home in September discussing what the sequel would look like and how it would differ from the first and the tone," he explains, adding that their meeting was interrupted by a phone call from Fisher's mother, Debbie Reynolds.
"We walked across the driveway to see Debbie, and the thing that struck me more than anything; more than her wit, more than her original, remarkable, spectacular mind, what was mostly present that day was what a loving...
Josh Ravetch, co-creator and director of Fisher's show, tells Et that he and the actress had plans to work on the play, titled Wishful Drinking Strikes Back: From Star Wars to, uh Star Wars!, during the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Watch: Inside Carrie Fisher's Final Days in London
"We spent the day at her home in September discussing what the sequel would look like and how it would differ from the first and the tone," he explains, adding that their meeting was interrupted by a phone call from Fisher's mother, Debbie Reynolds.
"We walked across the driveway to see Debbie, and the thing that struck me more than anything; more than her wit, more than her original, remarkable, spectacular mind, what was mostly present that day was what a loving...
- 12/28/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Carrie Fisher was developing a follow-up to her one-woman show Wishful Drinking to be staged at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, IndieWire reports.
The sequel was to be titled, fittingly, Wishful Drinking Strikes Back: From Star Wars to, uh, Star Wars! and would have reunited Fisher with Joshua Ravetch, who directed the 2006 original. The Geffen Playhouse reportedly commissioned the piece last Thursday, December 22nd. A day later, Fisher suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles. She died Tuesday at age 60.
In a statement, the Geffen Playhouse said of Fisher,...
The sequel was to be titled, fittingly, Wishful Drinking Strikes Back: From Star Wars to, uh, Star Wars! and would have reunited Fisher with Joshua Ravetch, who directed the 2006 original. The Geffen Playhouse reportedly commissioned the piece last Thursday, December 22nd. A day later, Fisher suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles. She died Tuesday at age 60.
In a statement, the Geffen Playhouse said of Fisher,...
- 12/28/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Carrie Fisher had a deal to pen and star in a sequel to her hit 2006 one-woman show, “Wishful Drinking,” TheWrap has learned. The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles commissioned “Wishful Drinking Strikes Back: From Star Wars to, uh, Star Wars!” last Thursday, just one day before Fisher’s flight from London to Los Angeles during which she had a heart attack. Fisher was installed as writer with Josh Ravetch producing, reprising their roles from the original “Wishful Drinking,” which had a Broadway run in 2009 and was later adapted into the actress’ popular and incisive autobiography. According to an individual with knowledge.
- 12/27/2016
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
On Tuesday, December 27, the world said goodbye to Carrie Fisher after she passed away from suffering a heart attack. The actress had recently reprised her iconic role of Princess Leia in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and was set to appear in the upcoming “Star Wars: Episode VIII.”
Following the news of her death, sources confirmed to Variety that Fisher had completed her work on the eighth installment. Shooting had wrapped in July and the film is currently in post-production, which means that they will not have to address her death until the ninth film begins shooting in 2018. Fisher was also slated to appear in “Episode IX,” though there’s no word on how Lucasfilm will address the loss of the beloved character and actress in the franchise.
Read More: Carrie Fisher Was About to Announce Stage Show ‘Wishful Drinking Strikes Back: From Star Wars to, uh, Star Wars!
Following the news of her death, sources confirmed to Variety that Fisher had completed her work on the eighth installment. Shooting had wrapped in July and the film is currently in post-production, which means that they will not have to address her death until the ninth film begins shooting in 2018. Fisher was also slated to appear in “Episode IX,” though there’s no word on how Lucasfilm will address the loss of the beloved character and actress in the franchise.
Read More: Carrie Fisher Was About to Announce Stage Show ‘Wishful Drinking Strikes Back: From Star Wars to, uh, Star Wars!
- 12/27/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Carrie Fisher was preparing to create a sequel to her “Wishful Drinking” one-woman show, titled “Wishful Drinking Strikes Back: From Star Wars to, uh, Star Wars!”
Geffen Playhouse commissioned the work last Thursday, the day before Fisher suffered a heart attack on a London-Los Angeles flight. Geffen also developed her 2008 one-woman show, “Wishful Drinking,” which later evolved to become a bestselling autobiography.
The new stage work, like the original, was to be a collaboration with Josh Ravetch, with Fisher as writer and Ravetch as director. Fisher and Ravetch had planned to meet today to begin work on the project.
Read More: Carrie Fisher, Who Played Princess Leia in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 60
While “Wishful Drinking” later moved to Broadway for a brief run in 2009, Ravetch said that the iconic and most remembered moment of “Wishful Drinking” evolved during rehearsals at The Geffen Playhouse.
“We were working on the complexity of...
Geffen Playhouse commissioned the work last Thursday, the day before Fisher suffered a heart attack on a London-Los Angeles flight. Geffen also developed her 2008 one-woman show, “Wishful Drinking,” which later evolved to become a bestselling autobiography.
The new stage work, like the original, was to be a collaboration with Josh Ravetch, with Fisher as writer and Ravetch as director. Fisher and Ravetch had planned to meet today to begin work on the project.
Read More: Carrie Fisher, Who Played Princess Leia in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 60
While “Wishful Drinking” later moved to Broadway for a brief run in 2009, Ravetch said that the iconic and most remembered moment of “Wishful Drinking” evolved during rehearsals at The Geffen Playhouse.
“We were working on the complexity of...
- 12/27/2016
- by Dana Harris
- Indiewire
Pam Williams Productions has acquired the film rights to Josh Ravetch’s acclaimed play "One November Yankee."
The currently running stage production stars Lorreta Swit and Harry Hamlin as siblings who discover the wreckage of a single engine plane crash years after the accident has occurred.
The story then follows three sets of siblings as each interacts with the downed aircraft over time, from the crash to the discovery to an artist's installation based on the event.
Williams served as producing partner to Laura Ziskin for over a decade and just wrapped work on Lee Daniels' "The Butler."
Source: Yahoo...
The currently running stage production stars Lorreta Swit and Harry Hamlin as siblings who discover the wreckage of a single engine plane crash years after the accident has occurred.
The story then follows three sets of siblings as each interacts with the downed aircraft over time, from the crash to the discovery to an artist's installation based on the event.
Williams served as producing partner to Laura Ziskin for over a decade and just wrapped work on Lee Daniels' "The Butler."
Source: Yahoo...
- 12/18/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Pam Williams Productions has acquired the film rights to Josh Ravetch’s acclaimed play "One November Yankee."
The currently running stage production stars Lorreta Swit and Harry Hamlin as siblings who discover the wreckage of a single engine plane crash years after the accident has occurred.
The story then follows three sets of siblings as each interacts with the downed aircraft over time, from the crash to the discovery to an artist's installation based on the event.
Williams served as producing partner to Laura Ziskin for over a decade and just wrapped work on Lee Daniels' "The Butler."
Source: Yahoo...
The currently running stage production stars Lorreta Swit and Harry Hamlin as siblings who discover the wreckage of a single engine plane crash years after the accident has occurred.
The story then follows three sets of siblings as each interacts with the downed aircraft over time, from the crash to the discovery to an artist's installation based on the event.
Williams served as producing partner to Laura Ziskin for over a decade and just wrapped work on Lee Daniels' "The Butler."
Source: Yahoo...
- 12/18/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Pam Williams Productions has acquired motion picture rights to Josh Ravetch's stage play "One November Yankee," the company announced on Monday. The play, which is running through Jan. 5, 2013, at the NoHo Arts Center, stars Loretta Swit and Harry Hamlin (pictured), as siblings who discover the wreckage of a single-engine plane crash years after the accident has occurred. The play follows three sets of siblings as each interacts with the downed aircraft over time, from the crash to the discovery to an artist's installation based on the event. "We've often discussed the...
- 12/18/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Pam Williams Productions has acquired motion picture rights to Josh Ravetch.s critically acclaimed stage play One November Yankee . The play, which is currently running thru January 5, 2013 at the NoHo Arts Center, stars veteran actors Lorreta Swit and Harry Hamlin as siblings who discover the wreckage of a single engine plane crash years after the accident has occurred. The play follows three sets of siblings as each interacts with the downed aircraft over time from the crash itself, to the discovery, to an artists installation based on the event. .We.ve often discussed the cinematic quality of the play and we were thrilled when Pam Williams and her team saw the stage production and responded to the characters and themes of the sudden and unexpected twists and turns that life...
- 12/17/2012
- Comingsoon.net
The multi-award-winning NoHo Arts Center Ensemble NoHoAce presents a world premiere play, One November Yankee, written and directed by Joshua Ravetch and starring four-time Golden Globe nominee Harry Hamlin and two-time Emmy winner Loretta Swit. One November Yankee will preview tonight, November 13 at 8pm Wednesday, November 14 at 8pm Thursday, November 15 at 8pm and will open on Friday, November 16 at 8pm and will run for eight weeks through Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd. at Lankershim in North Hollywood.
- 11/13/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The multi-award-winning NoHo Arts Center Ensemble NoHoAce presents a world premiere play, One November Yankee, written and directed by Joshua Ravetch and starring four-time Golden Globe nominee Harry Hamlin and two-time Emmy winner Loretta Swit. One November Yankee will preview on Tuesday, November 13 at 8pm Wednesday, November 14 at 8pm Thursday, November 15 at 8pm and will open on Friday, November 16 at 8pm and will run for eight weeks through Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd. at Lankershim in North Hollywood.
- 10/25/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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