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'Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy' airs Tuesday
As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot, "In any great adventure, if you don't want to lose...you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews." Eric Idle's cheeky lyric, which unfailingly generated knowing...
Tags: Popular Music (genre), Leonard Bernstein, Theater, John Kander, Entertainment Events
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Rachel Rockwell to stage 'Oliver' as part of new Drury Lane season
The Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace said Monday that it will stage the British classic "Oliver," the Broadway farce "Boeing-Boeing," the contemporary musical "Next to Normal," the redoubtable "Hello, Dolly!" and the Mel Brooks spoof "Young...Tags: Next to Normal (musical), Music
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Mel Brooks getting ‘American Masters’ treatment
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel2013 is shaping up as the year of Mel Brooks. The filmmaker will receive the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in June, and TNT will show the event later that month. The special will repeat on TCM. But first, PBS' “American... -
Guide to December 2012 TV premieres, movies and holiday specials
RedEyeDecember is all about the holiday specials on TV, but you'll find other interesting viewing as well. On Dec. 7 Sundance debuts "Restless," a gripping two-night miniseries about a former WW II spy. Nat Geo Wild kicks off its annual Big Cat Week Dec. 9...Tags: Joy Behar, The CW (tv network), WGN, HGTV (tv network), Charlie Brown (fictional character)
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Vanity Fair's big holiday funny bone!
Liz Smith"Two months after Mike Nichols and Elaine May arrived in New York, in 1957, their improv act was the toast of the town. Half a century has passed. But as Sam Kashner discovers, in an unprecedented joint interview, the celebrated director and...Tags: Madonna, Super Bowl, Liz Smith, Skyfall (movie), Entertainment Events
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'The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged Comedy'
The title says it all, as the icon of humor is featured in a wide variety of appearances, from episodes of "Get Smart" (which he co-created) and "Mad About You" to the Emmy-nominated HBO special "Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again" and segments...
Tags: DVDs, Dick Cavett
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A list of favorite old and new flicks for creepy Halloween fun
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comThere's nothing like a good scare to get your heart pumping. And what better time to celebrate things that go bump in the night better than Halloween? In celebration of Halloween, I have put together a list of some of my favorites for the season. Some...Tags: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie), Bette Midler, The Shining (movie), Charlie Brown (fictional character), Psycho (movie)
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Alex Karras dies at 77; NFL star turned actor
Alex Karras, an All-Pro defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions who later worked as a "Monday Night Football" co-host and parlayed his hulking strength into a Hollywood acting career, died Wednesday. He was 77. Karras died at his Los Angeles home, his...Tags: Detroit Free Press, Alzheimer's Disease, George Plimpton, National Football League, Detroit Lions
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Alex Karras, former Detroit Lions lineman, actor, dies at 77
DETROIT (AP) — Alex Karras was one of the NFL's most feared defensive tackles throughout the 1960s, a player who hounded quarterbacks and bulled past opposing linemen. And yet, to many people he will always be the lovable dad from the 1980s...
Tags: Concussion, Detroit Lions, Stomach Cancer, Head Injuries, Alan Alda
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Alex Karras dies at 77; actor also starred in the NFL
Alex Karras, an All-Pro defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions who later worked as a "Monday Night Football" co-host and parlayed his hulking strength into a Hollywood acting career, died Wednesday. He was 77. Karras died at his Los Angeles home, his...
Tags: Detroit Free Press, Detroit Lions, Babe Ruth, Freedom of the Press, MASH (tv program)
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On Theater: There's a Hitch in Playhouse mystery farce
Not since Mel Brooks served up the movies of Alfred Hitchcock like so much chopped liver in "High Anxiety" has the master of suspense been more comically garroted than he is in "The 39 Steps," the latest attraction at the Laguna Playhouse. And, as he did...
Tags: Movies, North by Northwest (movie), Cary Grant, James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock
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Mel Brooks is AFI's Life Achievement honoree: Multi-hyphenate has won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Tonys
VarietyMel Brooks has been tapped to receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, to be presented at a gala tribute June 6 in Los Angeles. "Mel Brooks is America's long-reigning king of comedy -- and as he taught us long ago, it's good to be the...Tags: Tony Awards, Buck Henry, Entertainment Events, Carl Reiner, Academy Awards
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