WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: COLLEEN DEWHURST, BEN GAZZARA, MAUREEN ANDERMAN, RICHARD KELTON - HFSID 313785

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? PLAY CAST
Ben Gazzara, Coleen Dewhurst, Maureen Anderman, and Richard Kelton sign their names on a Playbill for a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Show bill signed: "Colleen Dewhurst", "Ben Gazzara", "Maureen/Anderman", "Richard/Kelton", in black ink, 64 pages, 5¾x9. BEN GAZZARA (1930-2012), born Biaggio Anthony Gazzara in New York City in 1930, is an Emmy-winning American actor of stage, TV and movies. Gazzara began studying acting after dropping out of the engineering program at City College of New York and got his start on stage and TV. His first Broadway role, as Jocko de Paris End as a Man (1953-54), earned him a 1954 Theatre World Award. He went on to create the role of Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955-1956) and star in A Hatful of Rain (1955-1956); both of these roles were played by other actors in the film adaptations. However, Gazzara was recast as Jocko Paris in the 1957 film adaptation of End as a Man, one of his first movie roles, and managed to steal scenes from Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder, two years later. Gazzara moved to TV after failing to find adequate movie roles and, since his role as Leon Uris' counterpart in QB VII, has favored off-beat roles, including a bisexual villain in Road House (1989) and dysfunctional characters in Buffalo '66, Happiness and The Big Lebowski (all 1998). On Broadway from 1955, COLEEN DEWHURST (1924-1991) became one of America's foremost interpreters of such pantheon playwrights as Eugene O'Neill and Edward Albee; she won a 1981 Tony Award for her performance in the revival of O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten. The forceful, deep-throated Dewhurst was not always easy to cast in films, but she chalked up several memorable movie portrayals, not least of which was as Diane Keaton's WASP-ish mom in Annie Hall (1977). Her TV work included the delightful "middle aged pregnancy" comedy And Baby Makes Six (1979) and numerous appearances as Candice Bergen's mom on Murphy Brown. MAUREEN ANDERMAN (b. 1946) has appeared in 18 Broadway plays since 1970, and many more off-Broadway and regional shows. She won a Theatre World Award in 1972 for Moonchildren and notched a Tony nomination for The Lady from Dubuque (1980). She made many TV guest appearances, including both prime time series (Kojak, St Elsewhere) and daytime dramas. She returned to Broadway in 2007 for The Year of Magical Thinking. RICHARD KELTON (1943-1978) is an actor of stage and film, with almost 40 credits to his filmography. He appeared in mostly minor roles in television, with one recurring role in the 1978 television series Quark. Corners slightly worn. Toned. Otherwise, fine condition.