"Though it's surely a mansion, it's also only five spacious rooms. When one woman came up to Edie Wasserman and thanked her for opening her home, she replied, 'Honey, the only reason they asked us to do it is people want to see the house.'"
"With its floor-to-ceiling glass walls, the interior flows out onto a exquisitely landscaped multilevel garden that slopes down to a koi pond. The backyard is of a size that led one guest to use the words 'national park' as she walked along the path."
"Wasserman began by recounting the story of his being coerced by Music Center founder Buffy Chandler into accepting the CTG board's first chairmanship, then immediately being thrust into a crisis when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors found the Mark Taper Forum's premiere production of 'The Devils' obscene."
The Center Theatre Group held its 30th anniversary kickoff reception at Lew and Edie Wasserman's Beverly Hills mansion, a Harold Levitt-designed home that has hosted numerous political and business events over three decades. Despite containing only five spacious rooms, the residence impressed guests with its extensive art collection featuring works by Matisse, Degas, and Utrillo, floor-to-ceiling glass walls, and an exquisitely landscaped multilevel garden descending to a koi pond. Lew Wasserman, former MCA chairman and CTG board chair, addressed guests using the home's built-in sound system, recounting how Music Center founder Buffy Chandler recruited him to lead the theater group and describing an early crisis involving the Mark Taper Forum's controversial production of 'The Devils.'
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