Born Lucille Wadler in New York City on December 16, 1900, Lucille Lortel was originally an actress in the 1920s (she once recollected comparing breast sizes with Helen Hayes), who went on to become an Off-Broadway theater producer and empresaria with the help of a wealthy husband. Her age was a well-kept mystery until shortly before she died. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, music, and culture. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Helen Hayes circa 1931 Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. ...
It is for her that the Lucille Lortel Theatre on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village is named. Christopher Street is a street in New Yorks West Village that was at the center of the gay rights movement in the late 1970s. ... Greenwich Village (often referred to as simply, The Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ...
She died of natural causes at the age of 98 on April 4, 1999 in New York. April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
LucilleLortel, who died April 4 at the age of 98, will be remembered by friends and colleagues at a "celebration" 6 PM May 24 at the LucilleLortel Theatre in Greenwich Village.
Lortel, dubbed "Queen of Off-Broadway" for her early and continuing efforts to produce and promote new or underappreciated playwrights in Manhattan's smaller-venue professional theatres, died April 4 at New York Presbyterian Hospital after a brief illness.
Lortel, the producer and former Broadway actress whose Theatre DeLys in Greenwich Village was ground zero for the term "Off-Broadway," turned 98 Dec. 16, 1998.
LucilleLortel, whose support of the theatre and new and struggling artists was legendary, has bequeathed $50,000 to Fairfield University for its Theatre program.
LucilleLortel, the theater producer and patron who was known as the Queen of Off Broadway for her pioneering efforts to bring innovative productions to the American stage, died on April 4, 1999 at age 98.
Lortel began her 70-year career in the theater as an actress, a profession she gave up in 1939 at the request of her wealthy husband, Louis Schweitzer.
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