Sunday, January 1, 2017
Happy New Year. I can't believe how many wonderful people we lost last year, including Carrie Fisher. As I mentioned earlier we were casual friends (until shock treatments erased…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMThursday, December 29, 2016
Readers have been wondering why I haven’t been reviewing movies. Simple. I haven’t seen any. I was too involved with my play and Tetris Classic. Well, now I’m catching u…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMFriday, December 16, 2016
Aloha. Here are some Friday Questions from paradise.Wayne starts us off:Now that Mike Nichols is no more, who is the top director of comedy plays?I don’t think there is only one. Joe Man…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMTuesday, December 6, 2016
With the Jackie Kennedy movie out this Oscar (I mean “holiday”) season, I am reminded of the time she and I went to the theater together.Okay, pick yourself off the floor.We didn’t go …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMTuesday, November 29, 2016
This may be the only review on the entire internet that pans MOANA. Oh well. At least you know I don’t just follow the pack.First off – the obligatory disclaimer: I love animated mo…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMSaturday, November 26, 2016
Like everybody, I was so sad to hear that Florence Henderson passed away Thursday. She was 82. I didn't really know her personally. We met briefly one time at Dodger …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMMonday, November 21, 2016
Dennis Pearson, me, David Babich, Troy Metcalf, Annie Abrams, Emyli GudmundsonThis is a love letter to anyone who worked on my play. Or came to see my play (especially yesterday in the rain…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMSunday, November 13, 2016
Only two more weekends for my play, GOING GOING GONE currently running at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood. Happy to say we’re completely sold out again this weekend. Next weekend is…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMFriday, November 4, 2016
Friday means two things now. FQ’s and another weekend of my play, GOING GOING GONE at the Hudson Theatre. Come see it. The laughs are on me.Cat starts us off: Ken, I've been able to spo…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMFriday, October 28, 2016
Getting ready for another weekend of my play, GOING GOING GONE at the Hudson Theare in Hollywood. Come join us.And now, since it’s Friday… Jerod Butt starts us off: I seem to remember …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMThursday, October 27, 2016
There is currently a revival on Broadway of the 1928 classic play, THE FRONT PAGE written by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur. (There have been several movie adaptations, the best by far …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMMonday, October 24, 2016
The best comic actors know they have to trust the material and not push it. I can always see an actor working, winding up to deliver a punch line. As opposed to actors who are just natural…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMFriday, October 14, 2016
It’s Friday Question Day, and weekend three of my play GOING GOING GONE at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood. Hope you can see it and realize that the half-price ticket offer makes it wel…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMThursday, October 13, 2016
Here’s another chapter in the making of a play – notably mine – GOING GOING GONE, currently playing at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood. Now the play is up and just clicking along. Get…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMTuesday, October 11, 2016
This Friday night, if you come to my play, arrive early for a little reception at the Hudson Theatre Cafe. I thought this would be a great way to meet and thank some of you for support…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:30AMSaturday, October 8, 2016
I'm forever amazed at how actors can memorize entire plays and TV scripts. I've been reminded of that recently watching my cast of GOING GOING GONE memorize a 90 minute show. (Ha…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMSunday, October 2, 2016
If you do, I'll have to kill you.This is one of those posts where I will ask you to kindly indulge me. There’s no great point. No major lesson. This is just a chance for me to vent and…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMSaturday, October 1, 2016
Well, this is it. Opening night. It’s the day my emotions always swing back and forth between “this is what it’s all about!” and “why the fuck did I do this?” But mostly (this…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMFriday, September 30, 2016
Friday Questions on the last night of previews. Hope you come see my play. It opens officially tomorrow night.Mark gets us started with a question about GOING GOING GONE: Can you tell us …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMMonday, September 26, 2016
Okay, this is part one of a two-parter. It didn’t start out a two-parter but I just had so much to share I couldn’t stop writing. Even the two parts are a little long. But the subject…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMFriday, September 23, 2016
Who’s ready for some Friday Questions?Justin Russo begins:What does a show do if the lead actor becomes sick (not gravely ill where a character can be written out) but perhaps just a flu? …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMFriday, September 16, 2016
First off, Happy Birthday to my father, who is a young 89 today! Love you, Dad.Now to some Friday Questions.Mark starts us off.What happens to the actors who play regular characters (like…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMThursday, September 15, 2016
There is a small indie movie that’s been showing up in theaters in various areas. And I’m sure if it’s not on VOD it will be in eleven seconds. It’s called SPACEMAN and it stars J…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMTuesday, September 6, 2016
Rehearsals continue for my new play, GOING GOING GONE that opens Oct. 1 (with two previews beforehand) at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood.As we stagger through the various steps leading up t…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMSaturday, September 3, 2016
With networks buying pilot pitches, I thought I’d take this Friday Question from Jill Pinnella Corso and devote an entire post to it. The question:Do you think premise pilots are a …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMMonday, August 29, 2016
So sorry to hear today of the passing of Gene Wilder. He was 83. What a truly talented, funny, and from what I've always heard -- lovely man. I didn't know him person…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 08:55PMThis is one of those posts where I really want your input. In 1982 there was a popular movie released called VICTOR/VICTORIA by comedy stalwart Blake Edwards. I went to see it in a full th…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMSaturday, August 27, 2016
On the surface that's what you'd think. Be a voice over artist. Go into a recording studio. Read one tag line, collect a big paycheck, and you're back in your car in five m…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMThursday, August 25, 2016
Happy to announce that my new play, GOING GOING GONE, will be performed for six weekends beginning October 1st at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood. The Hudson is unique in that there’s a…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
Seeing Barbra Streisand in concert is a big deal. A BIG deal. She rarely performs concerts. And when she does the tickets are usually $2000 a head. So I could either see Barbra Streisand…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 11:47AMMonday, July 25, 2016
In her Playbill bio, Ms. Mode notes that since 2001 FULLY COMMITTED has been one of the ten most produced plays in the United States. Very impressive. And not to take anything away from it…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:44AM 
