Post Gazette: "Asked for an anecdote about Richard E. Rauh, Ron Lindblom volunteers 'the perfect Richard story.'
In 1998, Mr. Lindblom was interviewing for a job at Point Park and the first thing he did was go to the home of the university's Conservatory of Performing Arts, the Pittsburgh Playhouse in Oakland, where he saw Mr. Rauh performing in Samuel Beckett's one-man show, 'Krapp's Last Tape.'
'He was wonderful in it,' recalls the associate vice president and artistic director of the conservatory. 'Then it was a year later, and Richard and I were talking about seeing 'Krapp's Last Tape,' and he said, 'Yeah, but I noticed that you didn't stand up at the end.' So when we rededicated the Playhouse theater that became the Rauh Theater, I made sure I said, 'Richard, I'm standing for this one.' '
It's just like Richard Rauh to make a point, even if someone's trying to pay him a compliment.
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it's fascinating as much as it could be expected that some figures have such a significant role in the forming and furthering of arts and culture in pittsburgh.Rauh,choskey,schenley,forbes,Wells,Wilson, -thier becoming or already are as much a staple to Pittsburgh's culture as Andrew Carnegie and andrew mellon do. these figures have made signigicant contributions to pittsburgh. its great that this city has such a large mass of people who are interested in enhancing the culture in this city and in this state. not every city is lucky enough to have such a large following and pittsburgh is so blessed to have it.
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