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Into The Stars

"Tallulah," actress Kathleen Turner's one-woman
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actress on stage,
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Tallulah, a one-performer produc-
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Director Michael Lessac:
"If the ability to laugh and
survive is to be considered
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political family that served in the U.S.
Congress, began acting after winning a
movie magazine beauty contest and
moving to New York from Alabama.
Her best-known roles were in the play
The Little Foxes, the movie Lifeboat
and the TV show Batman, which cast
her in the cult-following role of Black
Widow. .
In New York and London, where
her acting abilities did not always elicit
critical praise, she drew attention for
her hard-parrying life, which
eventually turned into alcohol,
drugs and many affairs.
Tallulah, written by once
Hollywood journalist Sandra
Ryan Heyward, takes audiences
back some 50 years as the only

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ning Feb. 14-March 4 at the Fisher
Theatre, spotlights the illusions that
merge under the label of celebrity.
"Audiences will have a window into
a very classical case of what celebrity is
all about," explains director Michael
Lessac, who earned a doctorate in psy-
chology from Swarthmore College
long before he thought about pursuing
a career in stage, screen and television.
"Essentially, we're looking at star-
dom and the moment in a star's life
when she wonders what she has creat-
ed of herself and what the world has
created of her. It's highly personal and
gives a glimpse into the life of some-
body who, in many ways, has been
created by her public."
Bankhead (1903-1968), born into a

character is preparing to host a
350-guest fund-raiser for then
incumbent President Harry
Truman. As she fusses and frets
over every detail of the party,
Tallulah sips champagne and
divulges some of the secrets,
passions and regrets of her life.
"We did not attempt to create a
biography," says Lessac, who directed
Turner in a film he wrote, House of
Cards. "I did a lot of research and read
all the books about Tallulah, but much
of what is on stage is a combination of
Tallulah and Kathleen.
"If there's the illusion that celebrity
solves everything and gives confidence,
the play does burst many bubbles. If
the ability to laugh and survive is to
be considered a Jewish trait, then that
element of Jewishness is an element of
the play."
Lessac, who describes his own
Judaism as more of a political than
religious experience, brings that eth-
nic awareness to this project, other-