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'Hello, Dolly!' gets lean and lively revival at Ford's Theatre
Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, widowed too soon and left to her own devices in 1890s New York, turns meddling into a sly, lucrative art. She “arranges things, like furniture and daffodils and lives,” all the while looking out discreetly for No. 1....
Tags: Music Theater, Theater, Jerry Herman, Barbra Streisand, Mae West
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Laurel Mill Playhouse reaches boldly with 'Auntie Mame'
In the spirit of an irrepressible title character, the Laurel Mill Playhouse unveiled its Nov. 2 opening of "Auntie Mame" without a backward glance at Hurricane Sandy. A madcap comedy based on the fictional novel by Patrick Dennis, and adapted to film...
Tags: Lucille Ball, Manhattan (New York City), Literature, Cato Corporation, Angela Lansbury
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Saying hello to "Dolly" at close quarters
"Hello, Dolly!" is a big musical and the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre is small. Its in-the-round stage is only 13-by-16-feet, so the current production spills over into every available corner and aisle. It's still a tight fit, but the advantage is...
Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Celebrities, Jerry Herman, Music
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The look of loud
Sun StaffSecond in an occasional series NEW YORK -- No doubt John Waters meant it fondly when he quipped: "Come to Baltimore and be shocked." Now his vision of 1960s Baltimore is headed to Broadway, where, with the help of a team of designers, the musical...Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Academy Awards, Broadway Theater, Dustin Hoffman
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Garbo! The unending saga of Hollywood's most mysterious, misunderstood star
Liz Smith"SHE WAS LIKE A HORSE ON THE TRACK. Nothing, and then the bell goes, and something happens," said Hollywood cinematographer James Wong Howe about Greta Garbo. If you're like me, sometimes you roam your living quarters picking up and putting down books...Tags: Lillian Gish, Jennifer Jones, James Wong, Academy Awards, Vivien Leigh
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'Hello, Dolly,' hello, workload
A matchmaker meets her biggest challenge in "Hello, Dolly!," the latest production taken on by Laguna Beach High School's Park Avenue Players that opens this weekend. The play, which takes place at the turn of the century in New York, first debuted in...
Tags: Music Theater, George Gershwin, Jerry Herman, Music Industry, Schools
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Coral Springs theater stages Jerry Herman musical revue
Staff WriterThe revue "Jerry's Girls" is supposed to be an ensemble piece celebrating the highly hummable tunes of the Great White Way composer Jerry Herman. For the most part, the production at Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs is exactly that. The cast of six...Tags: Stage Door Theater, Theater, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jerry Herman, Broadway Theater
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Tommy Tune -- cowboy boots and a new show
Liz Smith"New York Times Shills for Lee Radziwill." So went the headline on Sharon Waxman's article last weekend for Yahoo about The New York Times' new glam magazine T, which presented Ms. Radziwill of Paris, France as everything but the second coming. The...Tags: The Washington Post, Mike Nichols, Bob Woodward, Liz Smith, New York City
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RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5, episode 5 recap – the Snatch Game edition
Channel Guide MagazineLadies and gentlemen, boys and girls, ladies and ladyboys – it's that time again. Time for the ever-popular, most awesome Snatch Game episode for RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5. Squee! Let's recap the highlights – season 4 gave us Sharon... -
Final year for 'Wanzie's Glittering … Christmas Carol'
Michael Wanzie calls his version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" the "most outrageous and hilarious adaptation" — and who am I to argue? Of course, most versions don't employ drag artists or go strictly for laughs, so Wanzie does have...
Tags: Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Celebrities, Liza Minnelli, Charles Dickens, Holidays
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Eddie Murphy 'excited' ... Daniel Craig, talkative and Googling
Liz Smith"Mister President, this is your moment. We're ready to be led," said the Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner. Here's Gail Collins in The New York Times after the Democrats won the election. "By the end, it sounded as if the only cliff-...Tags: Paramount Pictures, Daniel Craig, Liz Smith, Elections, John Boehner
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Larry Sloan dies at 89; co-founder of 'Mad Libs' publisher
Nonsense was big business for Larry Sloan, who co-founded a Los Angeles publishing company in the 1960s to print books that were blueprints for silliness. The series of word-game books, "Mad Libs," became absurdly popular and marked its 50th...
Tags: The Washington Post, Mae West, Judaism, Printing Service, New York City
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