StageSceneLA Review of Hellman v. McCarthy Hell hath no fury like a best-selling author dissed, or so Lillian “The Little Foxes” Hellman made abundantly clear when she sued fellow writer Mary McCarthy for disparaging words uttered [...]
Broadway World Review: HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY Absorbing Theatrical Evening Hellman v. McCarthyby Brian Richard Moridirected by Howard StormIt all started simply enough when Dick Cavett invited author/critic Mary McCarthy on his PBS talk show [...]
Examiner.com Review: Dick Cavett Charms in "Hellman v. McCarthy" Dick Cavett Charms in "Hellman v McCarthy"Original PlayRating: 5 StarsDry-Witted Dick Cavett in “Hellman v McCarthy”Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills is bringing audiences Dick Cavett [...]
The Los Angeles Post Review: Hellman v. McCarthy dialogue is "acidly funny" In 1973, Dick Cavett scored a talk-show coup when the prickly, reclusive Katharine Hepburn sat down with him for a [...]
Los Angeles Times Writeup of HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY Unlike today’s mostly promotional late-night talk shows, “The Dick Cavett Show,” which ran from 1968-74 on ABC and later on public television, had a [...]
The Hollywood Reporter Writeup of HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY The 1970s talk-show host stars in a new play based on the lawsuit between authors Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy. One day on the [...]
Stage and Cinema Review of Hellman v. McCarthy: A Famous Literary Feud Makes Great Drama In a 1980 television interview with Dick Cavett, novelist and literary critic Mary McCarthy made an especially biting comment [...]
Beverly Hills Courier Writeup of HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY Famed talk show host and author Dick Cavett is bringing his star power to Theatre 40’s latest production. He plays himself and helps narrate [...]
Grigware Interviews Dick Cavett of HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY Author/actor/TV talk show host Dick Cavett will star at Theatre 40 and for one night at the Saban Theatre in the controversial play Hellman [...]
Jewish Journal Writeup of HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY It was the talk of the literary and legal worlds in the early 1980s. Noted playwright Lillian Hellman (“The Little Foxes,” “Another Part of the Forest” and [...]