Cecil B. DeMille (1905)
It is a very long time since I spent a very pleasant summer in stock at the Elitch Gardens. Today in Hollywood I can hardly go anywhere without meeting one […]
Carole Shelley (1976)
Carole Shelley’s Broadway credits are some of the most impressive of any alumni of the Historic Elitch Theatre. Long before her Broadway success, Carole Shelley appeared in The Mousetrap at […]
Boyd Dumrose (1963)
Boyd is a different kind of “star” from the Historic Elitch Theatre, but he is no less deserving of recognition! He is a two-time Emmy-winning Production/Set Designer, and he was […]
Eleanor Robson (1899)
In 1899, Robson was a member of the summer stock company at the Elitch Theatre. She made her New York debut a year later and went on to have a […]
George R. Edeson (1897)
Opinions differ on the official first year of summer stock, but most sources date it to 1897 when George Edeson directed the season. The most-comprehensive book on the history of the […]
Bernadette Peters (1966)
Bernadette Peters may be our star with the most Award nominations of any! Check out the list of nominations and wins below! At the age nine, Bernadette Peters made her […]
Barbara Rush (1987)
Rush’s 1987 appearance was a “one-woman monologue by Barbara Rush about the life of Bess Steed Garner, the subject of Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey’s novel, which was reportedly based on the […]
Barbara Cook (1987)
Tony-award winning actress Barbara Cook appeared at the Historic Elitch Theatre in 1987, in a show that was billed as “A Concert for the Theatre.” By the 1980s she was […]
David Warfield (1908)
David Warfield was born on November 28, 1866 in San Francisco and began his theatrical career as an usher in the city’s Bush Street theatre. At the time of his […]
Antoinette Perry (1904)
Antoinette “Tony” Perry (June 27, 1888 – June 28, 1946) was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, the only daughter of a prominent pioneer family — her grandfather was Colorado […]