Wasserstein dead Oct 15, 2009
" Just nine months ago, he took his fourth wife, shipping heiress Angela Chao, 29, whose sister Elaine Chao served as labor secretary for George W. Bush. He was a regular on New York's social scene and was a darling of the Hampton scene, where he and former wife, sultry TV producer Claude Wasserstein, were known as a perfect couple for more than a decade. They were married in 1996 and had two boys Jack and Dash, but split last year. Wasserstein's fist marriage to Laurie ended in 1974. He and his... (New York Post -- News)
Bruce Wasserstein, 61; strategist of massive mergers, takeovers Oct 15, 2009
His mother thought his birth date gave him Messiah potential, Wendy Wasserstein told New York magazine in 2002, a year before her brother bought it. His father, Morris, was an immigrant from Poland who had started a ribbon company with his brothers. (Boston Globe)
Wall Street Legend Wasserstein Dies Oct 15, 2009
His sister Wendy Wasserstein, the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning playwright, died in 2006. BusinessWeek Senior Writer covers Wall Street and international finance. (BusinessWeek)
City Beat (96) Oct 1, 2009
Case Western Reserve University s Eldred Theater Drama Series presents Wendy Wasserstein s The Heidi Chronicles through Oct. 11. Students perform Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a woman s attempt to navigate changing gender roles in the 20th century. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Adam Gopnik honored at 'Booked' event Jun 16, 2009
Previous award winners were Tom Brokaw, E.L. Doctorow, Calvin Trillin, Wendy Wasserstein, Arthur Mitchell, Pete Hamill, Martin Scorsese, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Oscar Hijuelos, and David Halberstam. Westport Minuteman 2009. (Westport Minuteman, CT)
Hudson Keynotes May 23, 2009
Billed as An Evening of Theater of the Absurd, the plays are spoofs, comedies and satire, and include The Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov; Medea by Christopher Durang and Wendy Wasserstein, Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett; The Sandbox by Edward Albee and the Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco. Thursday, May 28 performance is at 7 p.m.; Friday and Satrday, May 29 and 30 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 31 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Places, everyone: It's showtime May 8, 2009
Written by the late Wendy Wasserstein, this award-winning comedy opens at 8 tonight and runs through May 23 at the Emma Parrish Theatre. It centers on the reunion of three sisters who meet in one sister's chic London flat. (Florida Today)
Portsmouth area community calendar Mar 23, 2009
n BOLD FACE PLAY READINGS OF "THIRD": by the late Pulitzer Prize-winner Wendy Wasserstein, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 23 at the Kittery Art Association, 8 Coleman Ave., Kittery, and Tuesday, March 24 at the Portsmouth Pearl, 45 Pearl St., Portsmouth ... n BOLD FACE PLAY READINGS OF "THIRD": by the late Pulitzer Prize-winner Wendy Wasserstein, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 at the Portsmouth Pearl, 45 Pearl St., Portsmouth. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'To Kill a Mockingbird' coming to NIACC Feb 8, 2009
Recent highly successful tours have included Lost in Yonkers, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Trip to Bountiful and Steel Magnolias and past seasons have included works by Tennessee Williams, Wendy Wasserstein, Neil Simon, Arthur Miller, Eugene O Neill, Horton Foote, Ken Ludwig and William Gibson. For tickets to the performance of To Kill a Mockingbird , call the NIACC Box Office at 888-466-4222, ext. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Harbor Light Stage grows Feb 8, 2009
The appropriately titled Third by Wendy Wasserstein runs March 23-24. This final comedy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wasserstein tells the story of Woodson Bull III, otherwise known as simply Third, and his professor, Laurie Jameson, who cant stand him. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
