Consider Your Ass Kissed is Ruta Lee’s new memoir. She’ll be in Fort Worth at Casa Manana on Sunday, Nov. 14, from 4-7 p.m. for a book signing.
Why Casa Manana? Fifty years of connection to Casa. She last appeared at the Fort Worth theater in Steel Magnolias a few years ago, but has appeared there in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, South Pacific, Hello Dolly and Mame.
In fact, over a 50 year period, she’s appeared in so many shows at Casa Manana, she’s not sure how many times she’s been here.
But it’s been enough that she thinks of Fort Worth and the DFW area as a second home. Lee starred in the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, appeared on every major TV show in the 50s (Superman, Alfred Hitchcock Presents), 60s (five times on