LOS ANGELES — Steve Fickinger didn't drink hot drinks, and he wasn't afraid to let people know it.
Sitting in a booth at Little Dom's in Los Feliz, he often gathered with friends. They called themselves the Siddons Society, a club of sorts made up of theater lovers — many displaced from New York to the west coast. As per tradition, Fickinger always took his seat under a portrait of Gary Cooper, the actor known for "High Noon."
The group is named after a fictional award described in the 1950 film "All About Eve" — a film that served as the glue that brought the fold together and described who each person at the table represented. Siddons member Deborah Warren, the director of marketing at Center Theatre Group, says Fickinger was the Addison DeWitt of the group because he was "always with a quip, always incredibly funny with language."
