Dennis Letts of AOC passes

[BrookArtsCenter]

Dennis Letts of AOC passes#1

Posted: 2/24/08 at 1:27am

Dennis Letts, who played the character of Beverly in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and was the father of playwright Tracy Letts, died of Cancer on Friday. How very sad for the entire cast, and especially Tracy and his family.

Eliot may have got it wrong. "Life is very long." Unfortunately, not for this fine actor.


http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=7916619

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[somethingwicked]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#2

Posted: 2/24/08 at 1:45am

May he rest in peace.

So sad.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[Midnight Radio]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#2

Posted: 2/24/08 at 1:49am

The past 2 times I have seen this, he has been absent. This explains it.

Very tragic.

[broadwayman17]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#3

Posted: 2/24/08 at 1:55am

RIP Mr. Letts

Yes, but sometimes people have a third deeper layer thats the same as the first. Like pie. Dr. Horrible

[WaltSummersPI]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#4

Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:27am

Sad news. RIP.

[uncageg]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#5

Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:49am

oh my god! And this saddens me even more because the evening I saw it, I missed out on a lot of his time, in the first act, due to unruly audience members. We had to constantly shush people and I missed a lot of his dialogue. May he rest in peace.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

[Yankeefan007]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#6

Posted: 2/24/08 at 7:00am

Mr. Letts was suffering from cancer from the start of the Broadway run.

What a shame, and such a downer.

[obsessedjb]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#7

Posted: 2/24/08 at 9:26am

That is so sad. RIP

[scaryclowns223]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#8

Posted: 2/24/08 at 9:32am

I'm glad he was able to feel the joy of appearing in a Broadway show before his passing. As he was a long time actor, I imagine this may have been the way he wanted to go out.

May he rest in peace.

[Act4ever]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#9

Posted: 2/24/08 at 9:37am

Imagine what it must have felt like to have spent your last days performing in a Broadway play written by your son getting some of the best reviews in recent history. If that's not one freakin' awesome way to go - I don't know what is. He was a great talent. Rest in peace.

[CouldaWouldaShoulda]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#10

Posted: 2/24/08 at 10:35am

I saw it in January for the second time and he didn't come out for the curtain call. After that he has been absent for most of the performances. He was an excellent actor. Rest in peace.

"A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot." -- Patti LuPone

[Yankeefan007]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#11

Posted: 2/24/08 at 10:46am

I can't imagine what performing the scene where they find out Beverly's dead was like after they found out about Dennis.

[RyToast1]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#12

Posted: 2/24/08 at 12:39pm

There was no mention of a spoiler there Yankee...I'll try to forget that on Thursday when I see it!

[verynewyorkcurious]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#13

Posted: 2/24/08 at 12:48pm

Very sad news. My condolences to his family, both blood and theatre.

The play was dedicated to him.

[Midnight Radio]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#14

Posted: 2/24/08 at 1:10pm

Don't worry Ry, it is pretty much known from the beginning and is not that crucial of a spoiler.

[broadwayfan7]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#15

Posted: 2/24/08 at 1:34pm

Very sad. RIP.

"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."

[WesternSky2]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#16

Posted: 2/24/08 at 2:24pm

Oh god, how sad. RIP.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#17

Posted: 2/24/08 at 10:57pm

Very sad. He was a skilled actor.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

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-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[Midnight Radio]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#18

Posted: 2/24/08 at 11:00pm

Did anyone else see how BWW botched up the story...

"David Letts, Actor and Son of 'August' Playwright, Dies"
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=25442

Shameful.
Updated On: 2/24/08 at 11:00 PM

[obsessedjb]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#19

Posted: 2/24/08 at 11:03pm

yeah I saw that too..
I was killing time until my show and walked by the A:OC theatre on Friday and noticed that his understudy was on and didn't think anything of it. Boy I feel dumb now.

Again RIP Mr. Letts. Truly heartbreaking. Updated On: 2/24/08 at 11:03 PM

[LimelightMike]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#20

Posted: 2/24/08 at 11:10pm

Truly, truly saddening news. I wish I had had the opportunity to catch Mr. Letts in AUGUST. I shall have to wait until 'the big move' into the Music Box this coming spring. In reality, I'm certain that he felt 'ready enough' - making his Broadway debut in HIS SON's masterwork, which was praised so-much-so by critics and Osagians (at home and abroad) alike. May he rest in peace, and may continued condolences, successes and praise be passed on to the cast and crew at the Imperial, that other fine institution across the street, and the hereafter.

[shesamarshmallow]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#21

Posted: 2/24/08 at 11:46pm

BWW has been making ridiculous name mistakes for weeks.

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[CurtainPullDowner]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#22

Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:13am

RIP Sir.
Your Legacy lives on, in your son's writing,
on this play and I hope many others.
So Patti missed his performance?
I hear she arrived a little late.

[popular_elphie]

re: Dennis Letts of AOC passes#23

Posted: 2/26/08 at 3:39pm

I can't believe this is so far down the title page. I think it's a little more important than the Altar Boyz at Bloomingdale's, no?