Mourning Russ Tutterow, Chicago's New-Play Champion
The Chicago Dramatists leader nurtured generations of playwrights with weekly readings. They in turn formed the family that gathered around him as his health declined.
Today is Sunday, July 5, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Jonathan Kaplan Edie Falco Douglas Sills Huey Lewis J. Robbie Robertson Shirley Knight Katherine Helmond John Morley Mack David Richard Newton Henry Slate Milburn Stone Marcel Achard A. W. Baskcomb Aaron Krohn Ben Edwards Michael Stuhlbarg Eliot Feld Stanley Silverman Brooke Hayward Mario Fratti Alvin Colt