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The story was about a British publicist (Crowe wrote the part with David Bowie in mind) who represented a British rock band. Though dependent on a walker and requiring friends to help her get around, she reserved three seats on the aisle for the entire Old Globe run of Almost Famous.Ĭrowe’s original draft of Almost Famous-the movie-had nothing to do with his mother or his teenage years covering bands such as the Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, and the Eagles (Russell is modeled on Glenn Frey). It took Crowe nearly 40 years to get to the theater-detouring through Hollywood with movies such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Say Anything…, Jerry Maguire, and Vanilla Sky-but when he finally got there, Alice was thrilled. “You have sadness and romance and humor and character.” “You have it all in this song,” she told her son. While Crowe was falling in love with Joni Mitchell in the early 1970s, his mother was championing Stephen Sondheim, especially his musical Company and her favorite song from the show, “Barcelona.” I want to stay here and try and sneak rock music into the house while you’re gone.’ ” You’ll brag about it later,’ ” Crowe recalled. “She would say, ‘Let’s go see these Shakespeare plays.

When Crowe was growing up in San Diego-practically across the street from the Old Globe-she took, or rather dragged, him to the theater. She’d been a devoted theatergoer ever since she saw Marlon Brando in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire. But she was even more excited about the musical. Crowe’s mother, a college professor and social activist, loved the movie.