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Friday, March 11, 2022

THE 1944 TONY AWARDS by Ron Fassler

Vintage Tony Award, prior to its eventual pedestal.Okay, there was never any such thing as a 1944 Tonys. But the awards junkie in me had this thought and decided, for the fun of it, to attem…

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Monday, March 7, 2022

LEIGH WHIPPER: “I TOOK A LOVE FOR ACTING.” by Ron Fassler

Leigh Whipper, depicted in the painting “Dans un Café a Paris” by Lois Mailou Jones (1939).Not many actors have their portraits on the walls of a museum, so imagine my surprise when I …

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

TONY WALTON: PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW by Ron Fassler

Tony Walton (1934–2022).Anthony John Walton has passed away at the age of eighty-seven. This is a personal loss for me as from the first moment I met him, I melted. He was one of those rar…

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Monday, February 28, 2022

THE GREAT GUNTON, Part 2 by Ron Fassler

Bob Gunton and Beth Fowler as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in “Sweeney Todd” (1989).“You have to love a character to play him” — Bob Gunton. And yes, that of course includes …

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Friday, February 25, 2022

THE GREAT GUNTON by Ron Fassler

Bob Gunton as Juan Peron and Patti LuPone as Evita in “Evita” (1979).When he was a young man, the actor Bob Gunton took joy in settling in front of the TV with his dad to watch reruns o…

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Sunday, February 6, 2022

“ON THE 20th CENTURY” — A LILY BLOOMS by Ron Fassler

“ON THE 20th CENTURY” — A LILY BLOOMS Judy Kaye and Kevin Kline in “On the 20th Century” (1978).For part three of the saga of On the 20th Century, we begin with the Varietyre…

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019