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“An Evening with Larry Gelbart” at UCR Palm Desert <br>
M*A*S*H* series creator tells tales from his legendary life in comedy
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(November 21, 2006)<br><br>
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</a> Larry Gelbart <br>
Palm Desert, Calif.
(<a href="http://www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/" eudora="autourl">
www.palmdesert.ucr.edu</a>) – Legendary radio, television, stage and
screenwriter Larry Gelbart, will discuss his life and career in “An
Evening with Larry Gelbart” at the UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center
Theater on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m.. <br><br>
Gelbart will participate in an Inside the Actor’s Studio-style
conversation with Laurie Winer, the former chief drama critic for the Los
Angeles Times and theater critic for the New York Times and the Wall
Street Journal. <br><br>
Gelbart began his writing career while still in high school in the 1940s
writing for the “Maxwell Coffee House Time with Danny Thomas” radio
series. He also wrote for “Duffy’s Tavern” and “The Eddie Cantor Show.”
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When he left radio, he went on to become one of the architects of what is
now called the golden age of television; writing for Sid Ceasar’s “Your
Show of Shows,” in the 1950s along with Woody Allen, Neil Simon, Mel
Brooks and Carl Reiner. <br><br>
In the following decades, Gelbart wrote the books for the long-running
Broadway hit “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (1962) with
Burt Shevelove and Stephen Sondheim and “City of the Angeles” (1989) with
Cy Coleman and David Zippel. Both musicals earned him Tony Awards.
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Gelbart is perhaps best know as one of the creators of the highly
acclaimed 1970s television series “M*A*S*H*. “ He produced the series and
wrote some of its finest episodes before leaving after the fourth season.
For his work on “M*A*S*H*” Gelbart received many awards including an
Emmy, a Peabody Award and two Humanitas Awards. <br><br>
Tickets for this appearance cost $15 and $30 and are available now at
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http://webpay.ucr.edu</a> . Also available is a special $100 package for
two, which includes prime seating and invitations to a reception for
Gelbart at a private home. <br><br>
Anyone interested in applying to the UCR Palm Desert MFA program in
creative writing and writing for the performing arts is invited to arrive
at 5 p.m., discuss their application to the program with our faculty, and
be the program’s guest to “An Evening with Larry Gelbart.”<br><br>
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<a href="http://webpay.ucr.edu">Tickets</a> <br>
Additional Contacts:<br>
<a href="mailto:joe.frederickson@ucr.edu">Joe Frederickson</a> <br>
The UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center at 75-080 Frank Sinatra Drive is at
the heart of the Coachella Valley. As a graduate center of UC Riverside,
UCR Palm Desert offers graduate degrees in business administration with
an emphasis on entrepreneurship and a master of fine arts with an
emphasis on creative writing and writing for performance. Research
activities include the Desert Studies Initiative of the Center for
Conservation Biology; technology transfer; and Native American studies.
Visit
<a href="http://www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/" eudora="autourl">
www.palmdesert.ucr.edu</a> or call (760) 834-0800 for more information.
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The University of California, Riverside is a doctoral research
university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues
critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around
the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment of
about 17,000 is projected to grow to 21,000 students by 2010. The campus
is proposing a medical school and already has reached the heart of the
Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center. With an
annual statewide economic impact of nearly $1 billion, UCR is actively
shaping the region's future. To learn more, visit
<a href="http://www.ucr.edu/">www.ucr.edu</a> or call (951)
UCR-NEWS.<br>
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Name: Celeste Durant<br>
Phone: 951.827.7847<br>
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