Fresh Air Remembers Actress And Singer Elaine Stritch

Because, in the two weeks I spent trailing Elaine Stritch for an article last year after she announced that she was leaving Manhattan for Michigan, there was more than the usual behind-the-scenes drama. A lot more. To be up close and personal with that  Woody Allen Comments On Elaine Stritch's Death & Shares Stories Multi-award-winning … Read more

A one-of-a-kind: Elaine Stritch

Across the New York theater district, marquees will dim their lights on Friday evening in honor of one of the all-time greatest brassy broads of Broadway, Elaine Stritch. But a more fitting remembrance might be for theater lovers  The Great White Way will go dim on Friday, July 18, in honor of four-time Tony nominee … Read more

A one-of-a-kind: Elaine Stritch

A reporter recalls that to be up close and personal with Elaine Stritch was to be caught up in a maelstrom of dramas — plural. A reporter recalls that to be up close and personal with Elaine Stritch was to be caught up in a maelstrom of dramas — plural. The Great White Way will … Read more

Elaine Stritch: 'I'm Not Easy'

R.I.P. Elaine Stritch, Tough-Broad Muse Of Sondheim, Noel Coward And Survivors Everywhere UPDATED with more information throughout: The Broadway star who turned Stephen Sondheim's song of survival “I'm Still Here”  To anyone who had to negotiate with Elaine—and I spent eleven months going toe-to-toe with her to create “Elaine Stritch at Liberty”—Elaine was a problem … Read more

Elaine Stritch: 'I'm Not Easy'

When health problems forced Elaine Stritch to leave New York in 2013 and head for her home state of Michigan, James Barron, writing in The New York Times, explained in one sentence what generations of fans loved about  Elaine Stritch performs “I'm Still Here” from 2010′s “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House,” … Read more