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Larry Shue Biography (1946-1985)

Born July 23, 1946, in New Orleans, LA; died in a plane crash in Weyers Cove,VA, September 23, 1985; son of Percy Howard (an educator and service organization administrator) and Marguerite Dolores (a Spanish teacher; maiden name,Wilson) Shue; married Linda Faye Wilson (an actress) September 7, 1968 (divorced, 1977).

CTFT learned that Larry Shue trained with the Waseda Theatre Company in Toga-mura, Japan, in 1980.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 23, 1946

New Orleans

Death Details

September 23, 1985

Weyers Cove, Virginia, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Zlapoot, Confrontation, New Playwrights' Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 1969.
• actor with the Elden Bruch Repertory Theatre, Oshkosh, WI, 1969.
• Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof and Malvolio, Twelfth Night, both Harlequin Dinner Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 1977.
• Billis, South Pacific, Atlanta Theatre of the Stars, GA, 1977.
• Lakeboat, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1982.
• Donny, American Buffalo, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, CA, 1983.
• The Foreigner, NY, 1984.
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Delacorte Theatre, NY, 1985.
• Appearing at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1977-85: Gale, Miss Lulu Bett.
• Farquhar, The Recruiting Officer.
• Chichikov, Dead Souls.
• Vicomte de Trivelin, Have You Anything to Declare?.
• third son, Tomodoachi.
• The Presser, L'Atelier.
• Hermann Schmidt, The Fuhrer Is Still Alive.
• Joe Litko, Lakeboat.
• Gus, High Times.
• Willum Cubbert, The Nerd.
• George Herrick, Fridays.
• Beckersteth, Namesake.
• Senator Philetus Sawyer, Fighting Bob.Also appeared at Theatre X, Milwaukee, 1980.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Pablo Gonzales, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tilden, Buried Child, with theMilwaukee Repertory Company in Japanese cities, 1983.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• A Common Confusion.
• The Hungry Leaves.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• One Life to Live, ABC.
• Writings
• PLAYS,PRODUCED My Emperor's New Clothes, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1968.
• Siliascoles, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1968.
• Grandma Duck Is Dead, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1979.
• The Nerd, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1981, Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Manchester, England, 1982.
• Wenceslas Square, Milwaukee Repertory Company Studio, 1982, Midwest Playwrights Program, St. Paul, MN, 1983.
• The Foreigner, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1983, NY, 1984-85.
• PLAYS,PUBLISHED Grandma Duck Is Dead, Dramatists Play Service, 1984.
• The Foreigner, Dramatists Play Service, 1984.

Recent Updates

November 8, 2004: Shue's play The Foreigner was revived at theLaura Pels Theater in New York by the Roundabout Theater Company. Source: New York Times, www.nytimes.com, November 8, 2004.