QUICK TAKES - March 18, 2009

Actor Stacy Keach was hospitalized Tuesday in Los Angeles for an undisclosed ailment and was in stable condition, his spokesman Dick Guttman said. Further details were not available.

Keach, 67, has been playing Richard Nixon at the Ahmanson Theatre in a touring production of “Frost/Nixon,” Peter Morgan’s play about the 1977 interview encounters between David Frost and the former president. Ahmanson spokesman Ken Werther said the theater learned at about 3 p.m. that Keach was in the hospital and would not be able to perform. An understudy, Bob Ari, was ready to go on in his place. Werther said ticket holders could see the show or opt for a refund or an exchange of dates.

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-- Mike Boehm