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...icon. As Emily Hartley, the wife of Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show, the throaty Brooklynite upped the ante for sitcom spouses. Though Pleshette never became a blockbuster star, she often outshone weaker material in film (Jerry Lewis' 1958 Geisha Boy) and onstage (she met future husband Tom Poston in 1959's Golden Fleecing). Pleshette gained millions of fans on TV shows ranging from Dr. Kildare in the '60s to the more recent Will & Grace, where she had guest appearances. She said being a megastar was overrated: "I'm an actress; that's why I'm still here...
...specialized in masterly portrayals of comically clueless guys--guys he described as being "about a half-step behind life's parade." Brilliant bumbler Tom Poston got his start as one of Steve Allen's "man on the street" interviewees and later shone as a spacey drunk in Mork & Mindy and a hapless handyman in Newhart, roles he said he understood all too well. "In ways I don't like to admit, I'm a goof-up myself," he said...
...broken and a few life lessons are learned, the script and the HRST’s production never lose their light-hearted touch; despite the allure directors might feel to draw very profound morals from the show, co-directors Maya Anand ’03 and Dan J. Poston ’04 do well to keep the focus on the laughs...
AUDIENCE & A MONOLOGUE. Immerse yourself in cutting-edge avant-garde theater in a wizened old space. Written and directed by Dan Poston ’03-’04 and presented by the Leverett House Arts Society, this experimental one-act aims to engage the audience more than the usual stage production. Runs Thursday, March 6 through Saturday, March 8. Tickets $4-$6, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Leverett Old Library...
This season will also afford increased opportunities for student writers. Along with Carmichael, Shelby J. Braxton-Brooks ’03, Ellenor J. Honig ’04 and Dan J. Poston ’04 will direct their own plays and Joy B. Fairfield ’03 will direct HouseBreakHeart, a play she adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House...