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PHOTO ARCHIVE: Remembering the Stage Work of Gore Vidal
PHOTO ARCHIVE: Remembering the Stage Work of Gore Vidal
Playbill.com takes a look back at the theatre work of celebrated writer Gore Vidal, who died July 31 at age 86. His Broadway work includes A Visit to a Small Planet, Romulus, Weekend and The Best Man , currently playing a starry revival at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Gore Vidal
Cyril Ritchard in A Visit to a Small Planet , 1957
Playbill cover for the original production of The Best Man , 1960
Cyril Ritchard and Cathleen Nesbitt in Romulus , 1962
The cast of Romulus , 1962
Playbill cover for An Evening With Richard Nixon and... , 1972
Playbill cover for the 2000 revival of The Best Man
Christine Ebersole, Michael Learned and Elizabeth Ashley in the 2000 revival of The Best Man
Michael Learned, Spalding Gray and Mark Blum in the 2000 revival of The Best Man
Charles Durning and Spalding Gray in the 2000 revival of The Best Man
Chris Noth and Spalding Gray in the 2000 revival of The Best Man
Spalding Gray, Mark Blum and Charles Durning in the 2000 revival of The Best Man
Peter Cunningham
Front: Elizabeth Ashley, Gore Vidal and Christine Ebersole Back: Spalding Gray, Michael Learned and Chris Noth
Chris Noth, Michael Learned, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth Ashley, Gore Vidal and Christine Ebersole
Peter Cunningham
Playbill cover for the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Jefferson Mays and Eric McCormack in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Eric McCormack, Kerry Butler, Corey Brill and James Earl Jones in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Joan Marcus
Kerry Butler, Eric McCormack and Angela Lansbury in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Joan Marcus
John Larroquette, James Earl Jones, Jefferson Mays and Michael McKean in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
James Earl Jones and John Larroquette in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Angela Lansbury in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Angela Lansbury and Candice Bergen in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
John Stamos, Corey Brill and John Larroquette in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Corey Brill, Kristin Davis, Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepherd, Amy Tribbey and Donna Hanover in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Kristin Davis in The Best Man
John Stamos in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepherd in the 2012 revival of The Best Man
The billing page for the current revival of The Best Man
Vidal's final Playbill bio
Mr. Vidal was an American writer who wrote plays, television dramas and screenplays; and published some 25 novels, two memoirs and several volumes of essays.
Click here to read Playbill.com's obituary for Mr. Vidal.