Robert Allan Ackerman, the director whose television work scored five Emmy nominations and who directed acclaimed Broadway productions including 'Bent' and 'Extremities,' died Jan. 10 of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 77
His death was announced by family through a spokesman.
“I love Bob. I loved being around him, his aurora, his steady peace,” said actor Al Pacino, who starred in Ackerman’s 1992 Broadway staging of Oscar Wilde’s. “To work with him was joyous. He understood the language of theater art and communicated it with such ease. His gift was intangible and there’s no way of understanding how he created. When an artist has that special gift it is unexplainable, it just happens.
Ackerman first established himself as an Off Broadway stage director in the late 1970s with works for The Public Theatre, including several works by playwright Thomas Babe including, starring Streep and Colleen Dewhurst; andIn 1982, he directed the original Off Broadway production of William Mastrosimone’s controversialstarring Sarandon and, later, Fawcett, in what would be that actress’ breakthrough dramatic performance.
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