Frank Galati, the Tony Award-winning director of Broadway’s The Grapes of Wrath and nominee for Ragtime, died Monday night. He was 79.
A cause of death was not immediately available.
Galati, who was an associate director at Chicago’s famed Goodman Theatre from 1986 to 2008 and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 1985, was Oscar-nominated, along with co-writer Lawrence Kasdan, for the 1988 screenplay adaptation of Anne Tyler’s novel The Accidental Tourist.
Galati’s 1990 stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath won the Tony Award for Best Play; Galati also won the award that year for Best Direction. The acclaimed production, which debuted at Steppenwolf before transferring to Broadway, starred Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney, and Lois Smith in Tony-nominated performances.
“Frank had a profound impact on Steppenwolf, and all of us, over the years,” said Steppenwolf’s co-artistic directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis in a joint statement.
A cause of death was not immediately available.
Galati, who was an associate director at Chicago’s famed Goodman Theatre from 1986 to 2008 and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 1985, was Oscar-nominated, along with co-writer Lawrence Kasdan, for the 1988 screenplay adaptation of Anne Tyler’s novel The Accidental Tourist.
Galati’s 1990 stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath won the Tony Award for Best Play; Galati also won the award that year for Best Direction. The acclaimed production, which debuted at Steppenwolf before transferring to Broadway, starred Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney, and Lois Smith in Tony-nominated performances.
“Frank had a profound impact on Steppenwolf, and all of us, over the years,” said Steppenwolf’s co-artistic directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis in a joint statement.
- 1/3/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Bogaards, the storied publicity and marketing exec at Alfred A. Knopf, will step down from his job after a 32-year career with the publishing house.
His departure, effective Jan. 1, 2022, was announced today by Reagan Arthur, EVP, Publisher, at Knopf.
“Paul’s unparalleled impact on scores of best-selling and now-classic books cannot be overstated,” Arthur said in a statement. “His passion, creativity, and savvy media instincts have not only burnished the Knopf ethos but also shaped the reading and bookselling world at large.”
Continued Arthur, “Paul has worked his one-of-a-kind magic on several of the biggest books of our time. Even just a partial list of authors is staggering and counts among them Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winners, celebrities, debut novelists, politicians, and chefs.” Among those authors: Andre Agassi, Lidia Bastianich, Ken Burns, Robert Caro, John Carreyrou, Julia Child, President Bill Clinton, Michael Crichton, Joan Didion, Bret Easton Ellis,...
His departure, effective Jan. 1, 2022, was announced today by Reagan Arthur, EVP, Publisher, at Knopf.
“Paul’s unparalleled impact on scores of best-selling and now-classic books cannot be overstated,” Arthur said in a statement. “His passion, creativity, and savvy media instincts have not only burnished the Knopf ethos but also shaped the reading and bookselling world at large.”
Continued Arthur, “Paul has worked his one-of-a-kind magic on several of the biggest books of our time. Even just a partial list of authors is staggering and counts among them Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winners, celebrities, debut novelists, politicians, and chefs.” Among those authors: Andre Agassi, Lidia Bastianich, Ken Burns, Robert Caro, John Carreyrou, Julia Child, President Bill Clinton, Michael Crichton, Joan Didion, Bret Easton Ellis,...
- 11/4/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Thirty one years after his death, esteemed author James Baldwin has been nominated for his first Hollywood award. Baldwin is now a nominee for the 31st Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, an honor that recognizes both the author of an original work and the writer of its film or television adaptation.
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of five films nominated for this year’s Scripter Award, along with “Black Panther,” “Leave No Trace,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In addition to Baldwin and Jenkins for “Beale Street,” the nominated writers are screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole and original character creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for “Black Panther”; screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; screenwriters Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider and graphic novelists Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin for...
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of five films nominated for this year’s Scripter Award, along with “Black Panther,” “Leave No Trace,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In addition to Baldwin and Jenkins for “Beale Street,” the nominated writers are screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole and original character creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for “Black Panther”; screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; screenwriters Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider and graphic novelists Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin for...
- 1/15/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Judith Jones, the editor who changed the world of at-home cooking with her discovery of Julia Child, recovered Anne Frank’s diary from a reject pile, and edited the works of cookbook and literary giants alike, passed away on Wednesday.
According to her stepdaughter, Bronwyn Dunne, her death was the result of complications from Alzheimer’s. Jones died at home in Walden, Vt. at the age of 93.
More than five decades in the publishing industry resulted in a culinary legacy — a distinct change from the rather unexciting cuisine she grew up eating. Born on March 10, 1994, in Vermont, Jones wrote in her 2007 memoir,...
According to her stepdaughter, Bronwyn Dunne, her death was the result of complications from Alzheimer’s. Jones died at home in Walden, Vt. at the age of 93.
More than five decades in the publishing industry resulted in a culinary legacy — a distinct change from the rather unexciting cuisine she grew up eating. Born on March 10, 1994, in Vermont, Jones wrote in her 2007 memoir,...
- 8/2/2017
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
One of the best American films of the 1980s, Lawrence Kasdan’s achingly beautiful and delicate The Accidental Tourist is now available on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive label. Adapted from a novel by Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist tells the story of Macon Leary (William Hurt in one of the great screen performances in history), a travel guide writer whose entire life is geared toward circumventing experience rather than embracing it; his books are for business travelers who want to avoid feeling as if they’ve ever left home. Macon’s insular nature is exacerbated by the tragic death of his son, […]...
- 5/25/2017
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Is it a modern classic? I think so. Lawrence Kasdan’s best movie embraces characters often lampooned or dismissed, or stereotyped as kooks — introverts, extroverts, people trying to make personal connections and those trying to avoid them. William Hurt finds his best role and Geena Davis won an Oscar for hers; thirty years later the entire cast feel like beloved friends.
The Accidental Tourist
Blu-ray
The Warner Archive Collection
1988 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date May 8, 2017 / Available from the The Warner Archive Collection Movies Store 29.95
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Begley Jr., Bill Pullman.
Cinematography: John Bailey
Production Designer: Bo Welch
Film Editor: Carol Littleton
Original Music: John Williams
Written by Frank Galatiand Lawrence Kasdan
from the book by Anne Tyler
Produced by Phyllis Carlyle, Michael Grillo, Lawrence Kasdan, John Malkovich, Charles Okun
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Some of my favorite movies...
The Accidental Tourist
Blu-ray
The Warner Archive Collection
1988 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date May 8, 2017 / Available from the The Warner Archive Collection Movies Store 29.95
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Begley Jr., Bill Pullman.
Cinematography: John Bailey
Production Designer: Bo Welch
Film Editor: Carol Littleton
Original Music: John Williams
Written by Frank Galatiand Lawrence Kasdan
from the book by Anne Tyler
Produced by Phyllis Carlyle, Michael Grillo, Lawrence Kasdan, John Malkovich, Charles Okun
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Some of my favorite movies...
- 5/2/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
New York (AP) -- Timothy Seldes, an editor and literary agent who worked with Anne Tyler and Richard Wright among others and was a member of a prominent journalistic and artistic family, died Saturday at age 88. Seldes' stepdaughter, Elizabeth Shreve, told The Associated Press that he died among loved ones at his home in Washington, D.C. He had been in failing health and was suffering from pneumonia. "The space Tim Seldes will leave behind is enormous," Tyler wrote in an email to the AP. "He was so vibrant and engaged and such a celebrator, and a wonderful friend
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- 12/6/2015
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You've seen the long list, now see the short list for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, which was announced today at a press conference in London. This is the second year the prestigious literary prize has been open to American authors, but fears of Yankee domination may have been unfounded; though the 13-book long list featured five Americans and only three Britons, both nations now have two books in the pared-down list. (One of the American choices is A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, who described how she wrote the book for Vulture.) Here's the complete list — get reading!Marlon James, JamaicaA Brief History of Seven Killings Tom McCarthy, Great BritainSatin Island Chigozie Obioma, NigeriaThe Fishermen Sunjeev Sahota, Great BritainThe Year of the Runaways Anne Tyler, U.S.A Spool of Blue Thread Hanya Yanagihara, U.S.A Little Life...
- 9/15/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
Pen American Center and nearly 50 distinguished novelists, playwrights and authors are the latest group imploring Sony to release “The Interview,” in an open letter posted Monday.
“Pen is appalled at the intrusive, criminal and profoundly menacing reprisals and threats that Sony Pictures has endured as a result of producing and planning to distribute ‘The Interview,'” said the letter, which was signed by the likes of Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, Jennifer Egan and Tony Kushner.
See photos: Sony Hack Attack Timeline: From First Cyberbreach and Leaks to ‘The Interview’ Dropped (Photos)
“Pen has long stood with writers and creators who...
“Pen is appalled at the intrusive, criminal and profoundly menacing reprisals and threats that Sony Pictures has endured as a result of producing and planning to distribute ‘The Interview,'” said the letter, which was signed by the likes of Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, Jennifer Egan and Tony Kushner.
See photos: Sony Hack Attack Timeline: From First Cyberbreach and Leaks to ‘The Interview’ Dropped (Photos)
“Pen has long stood with writers and creators who...
- 12/23/2014
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
You know those real estate scams where you're offered a free vacation if you just sit through a time-share presentation and that time-share presentation seems never-ending, because even if it's just two hours, what you really wanted was a free vacation? For Adam Sandler, filmmaking is like that time-share presentation. All the guy wants is to get major motion picture studios to subsidize his vacations. Is that so wrong? If Sony or Warner Brothers said to you, "How would you like an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii or Africa or a secluded lake? And all you have to do is deliver a movie and nobody on our side will even ask to see a script or bother looking at the final cut," what would you say? You'd accept the deal. Don't deny it. It's obvious that Sandler and his partners-in-vacation-loving-crime don't especially enjoy the quid pro quo required for their global galavanting,...
- 5/23/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Jo Nesbo To Rewrite ‘Macbeth’ For Hogarth Shakespeare Project Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo has been tapped to rewrite Shakespeare’s Macbeth for a 21st century audience. The author of the Harry Hole detective series will take on the Bard’s murderous “Scottish Play” for 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the BBC reported. Nesbo, whose books have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, is the latest writer tapped by Hogarth Shakespeare to update the Bard’s works; also set for modern adaptations are Margaret Atwood (The Tempest), Howard Jacobson (The Merchant of Venice), Anne Tyler (The Taming Of The Shrew) and Jeanette Winterson (A Winter’s Tale). The Hogarth Shakespeare program is an international publishing initiative from the Penguin Random House imprint. The novels will be released simultaneously in 2016. Dmg’s Chris Fenton Joins Us-Asia Institute Board Dmg Entertainment Motion Picture Group President Chris Fenton has...
- 1/15/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
A 'wine snob ghost' has reportedly set up home in a Birmingham pub. Corky is believed to be the spirit of a man who died on the site of the Court Oak pub in Harborne, back when it was a 17th century hanging ground, Pa Reports. Pub manager Anne Tyler claimed that the ghost had smashed bottles of house wine for several years on Halloween until the quality of the selection was improved. Nuala Gallagher of Sizzling Pubs, said: "It isn't so much things that go bump in the night as things going smash in the night at the Court Oak. "People have spotted the figure of a man, aged about 60, behind the bar and the staff have felt his presence numerous (more)...
- 10/31/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Noah’s Compass is an inconsequential little slip of a novel, but it’s written so well that it goes down easily enough. The entire course of the plot becomes fairly obvious 50 pages in, but that isn’t always a bad thing, and Anne Tyler portrays the characters distinctively enough that spending time with them is mostly enjoyable. Nobody’s life will change because of Noah’s Compass—as Tyler seems to be hoping with some of the novel’s late moralizing about missed opportunities—but it can also be polished off in one sitting, which is relatively rare ...
- 3/11/2010
- avclub.com
A superstar as he is, Brad Pitt is not hesitant in spending a lot of money to expand his love nest with partner Angelina Jolie. In fact, the star of "Burn After Reading" has been reported to have purchased a 3,232-square-foot house, which was surrounded by his Loz Feliz compound, in the gated Oaks area for $1.1 million.
The two-time Academy Award-nominee bought this key-shaped house from the late Anne Tyler Sherman's estate through his Mondo Bongo Trust. His newly-bought house has two bedrooms and two bathhouses, and features a stone fireplace, a huge main room, a bonus room, a bar and a secret cave. The property was first listed for $2 million in 2008. Later on, it was reduced to $1.495 million, before the actor knocked off another $400,000 of the asking price.
Prior to buying the property, Brad Pitt already owned four other luxurious houses in the compound. The first one is a...
The two-time Academy Award-nominee bought this key-shaped house from the late Anne Tyler Sherman's estate through his Mondo Bongo Trust. His newly-bought house has two bedrooms and two bathhouses, and features a stone fireplace, a huge main room, a bonus room, a bar and a secret cave. The property was first listed for $2 million in 2008. Later on, it was reduced to $1.495 million, before the actor knocked off another $400,000 of the asking price.
Prior to buying the property, Brad Pitt already owned four other luxurious houses in the compound. The first one is a...
- 1/20/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Jack Palance and Peter Riegert lead the cast of Back When We Were Grownups, a Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie for CBS based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler. Ron Underwood has been tapped to direct the telefilm, which also will feature Ione Skye, Betsy Brandt, Stacy Edwards and Blake Lindsley. Susanna Styron and Bridget Terry (Lifetime's Crossing the Line) adapted Tyler's book for the small screen, with Richard Welsh and Brent Shields executive producing.
- 10/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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