Saying Good-bye
Al Shea passed away this morning.
Al was a great booster of New Orleans theatre and entertainment, perhaps a bigger booster than was good for it, certainly a bigger booster than it deserved.
Shea’s first theatre review on “Midday†followed a conversation with Scoop Kennedy, the longtime New Orleans journalist who did theatre reviews for the program.
“Scoop did a review of a play at the Little Theatre, which I had seen. It was terrible, and he loved it,†Shea recalled in 2003. “So afterwards, I said ‘Scoop, how can you say that about that show?’ He said, ‘I’m not going to say anything terrible about the Little Theatre. Those are my people, Papa.’â€
We were all Al’s people. We will miss his kindness, his wacky humor, his joy, and his love.
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