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"Broadway Bound" Austin Pendleton Lands at Beck Center

Austin Pendleton in rehearsal with Anne McEvoy at Beck Center. (Photo courtesy of Beck Center)
Austin Pendleton in rehearsal with Anne McEvoy at Beck Center. (Photo courtesy of Beck Center)

Warren, Ohio-native Austin Pendleton has a long list of theater credits, beginning in 1964 when he was in the original cast of  Fiddler on the Roof. He has directed and acted on and off-Broadway, in regional theater around the country, and he’s in the cast of  Broadway Bound, the Neil Simon play opening Friday at the Beck Center in Lakewood. When we spoke with WCLV recently, program director Bill O'Connell asked him if it bothered him that the most lasting aspect of his career will be his roles on TV and in movies, and not his stage work…