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Spalding Gray

By turns neurotic, brainy, funny and gloomy, Gray was known for theatrical one-man shows in which he simply sat and talked directly to the audience. His monologues were based on his own life: his…

Spalding Gray 2004 Deaths

Spalding GrayAge: 62 actor and monologuist whose autobiographical stories revealed a thoughtful, yet deeply troubled man. His acclaimed autobiographical performances include Swimming to…

Soderbergh, Steven

(Encyclopedia) Soderbergh, Steven (Steven Andrew Soderbergh), 1963–, American film director, b. Atlanta, Ga. After making short films and documentaries, he scored a commercial success with sex, lies…

Spalding, Albert Goodwill

(Encyclopedia) Spalding, Albert Goodwill, 1849–1915, American baseball player and business executive, b. Byron, Ill. He played as an amateur for the Rockford, Ill., Forest Citys (1866–68) and then…

Spalding, Gilbert R.

(Encyclopedia) Spalding, Gilbert R., 1811?–1880, American showman, b. Albany co., N.Y. Known as “Doc” because he owned a drug and paint store in the early 1840s, he acquired a circus in the mid-1840s…

Griffin, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Griffin, city (2020 pop. 23,478), seat of Spalding co., W central Ga., in a farm and cotton area increasingly integrated into…

performance art

(Encyclopedia) performance art, multimedia art form originating in the 1970s in which performance is the dominant mode of expression. Perfomance art may incorporate such elements as instrumental or…

It's a Slippery Slope

By: Spalding GrayGeneral Manager: Steven C. CallahanProduction Manager: Jeff HamlinOpened: 11/96 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center With: Spalding Gray Gray's latest monologue…

Bell, Clive

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Clive, 1881–1964, English critic of art and literature. He was a member of the Bloomsbury group. His works include Art (1914), Since Cézanne (1922), Landmarks in Nineteenth-…