Tag: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Elizabeth Taylor Threw Vanity To The Wind For Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Wolf?
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opens with an idyllic scene of an older couple taking a late night stroll around a college campus. A soft tune plays over the scene as the opening credits fade in and out over the picture. If you’re a first time watcher, you’d be forgiven for assuming you’re about to…
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Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Struggled To Keep Its Stars On Set
Edward Albee’s 1962 play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is one of the sweatiest, most resentful, least pleasant stories about marriage ever seen on a stage. In 1966, director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Ernest Lehman adapted the play into one of the sweatiest, most resentful, least pleasant stories about marriage ever seen on a screen.…
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George Segal, ‘Goldbergs’ Star and Oscar Nominee, Dies at 87
George Segal, whose long career included playing Albert “Pops” Solomon on “The Goldbergs,” and garnering an Oscar nom for supporting actor for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” died Tuesday. He was 87.His wife Sonia announced his death, saying, “The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from…
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‘The Argument’ Review: A Grating Couple Creates a ‘Groundhog Day’ of Their Own Design
Edward Albee could write an argument. In “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” George and Martha rip into each other, showing how a couple with some wear on its tires knows just where to drive in the nail to inflict maximum damage. Screenwriter Zac Stanford is no Edward Albee, and his low-key lover’s-spat dramedy “The Argument”…