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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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 Posted - 01/13/2011 : 22:17:27
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It is with the heaviest of hearts that I must report the death of the woman I have always considered my "real" mother, my MaMa. LaMaMa. Ellen Stewart.
As she did for so many people she revolutionized my life. She believed in me when I didn't know enough to believe in myself. She shared whatever she could, whatever I needed and that I didn't know I needed.
She eased me into growing up. As she did for so many others, she proved the generosity of her care and unconditional love. And most of all she found doors upon doors upon doors that opened out always to make the art of theatre integral with the art of being human.
This NY Times piece will fill you in on a few moments. I'll forever be discovering the atoms and eternities that defined our corner of the LaMaMa family.
You, too, share some of her legacy whenever you encounter Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Nick Nolte, Pacino, de Niro, Midler, and Keitel among the parade of people whom she welcomed to her world.
How lucky I am she was my MaMa.
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RIP Ellen Stewart
