Photo Coverage: Barnard Hughes Memorial
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 13, 2006
A memorial service for Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes was held on Tuesday, December 12th at 2pm at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street). In 2000, at the age of 85, Hughes gave his last Broadway performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre appearing with his wife Helen Stenborg in Noel Coward's Waiting in the Wings. Hughes died at the age of 90 on July 11, 2006 at New York Presbyterian Hospital after a brief illness.
Sam Waterston, Brian Dennehy, Lauren Bacall, Joe Dowling, Melvin Bernhardt, Lynne Meadow and Hughes' son, director Doug Hughes, spoke bout their memories of the acclaimed actor. Additional speakers will be announced shortly. Christine Ebersole, James Naughton and pianist Paul Sullivan performed at the memorial.
Hughes, who made his Broadway debut in 1945, is best remembered for his signature performance as a curmudgeonly father haunting the memory of his playwright son in Hugh Leonard's 1978 Tony Award-winning play, Da. Hughes won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his performance, and later recreated the role in the 1988 screen version. He also received a Tony nomination in 1973 for his performance as Dogberry in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of Much Ado About Nothing.
His major Broadway credits included Advise and Consent, Nobody Loves an Albatross, Hamlet, How Now Dow Jones, Uncle Vanya, The Good Doctor, Angels Fall, End of the World, The Iceman Cometh and Prelude to a Kiss. In 1989, he performed the role of Grandpa in the Abbey Theatre of Dublin's production of You Can't Take It with You. He returned to Dublin in 1991 to perform Da in that city's Olympia Theatre. In 2000, he and wife Helen Stenborg received a Drama Desk Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 1995, he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. His film credits include Hamlet with Richard Burton, Midnight Cowboy, The Hospital, Cold Turkey, Where's Poppa?, First Monday in October, Oh, God!, Tron, Maxie, The Lost Boys, Doc Hollywood, Sister Act 2 and Cradle Will Rock. He also made many TV appearances, including "All in the Family," "As the World Turns" and "Blossom."
Lynne Meadow
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Lauren Bacall
Melvin Bernhardt
Paul Sullivan
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