Larry Gelbart, the prolific, award-winning comedy writer for Broadway, film and television, will give a free master class at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14 in the Santa Monica College Theatre Arts Studio Stage, located at 1900 Pico Blvd.
With a writing career that spanned 60 years, Gelbart’s writing credits include the Broadway hit “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” the “M*A*S*H” television series and the films “Oh, God!” and “Tootsie.”
The master class is co-sponsored by the SMC Theatre Arts Department and the SMC Associates, a private organization that funds speakers and special programs at the college. For information, call (310) 434-4319.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 7, 2007. Read the original PDF.