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Ron died early last Friday morning, losing a long battle with throat/tongue cancer. The plays he authored or co-authored though will continue to be performed around the world. The last one "…
I don't have to tell you how good he was because you've seen The Andy Griffith Show and Three's Company and The Incredible Mr. Limpet and all those appearances with Steve Allen. I just wanted to get on here and tell you that the most beloved person in all of show business has died. Because that's what he was: The most beloved person in all of show business.
I won't tell you Book of Mormon is the greatest thing ever put on stage because, well, it's not. But it's real, real good. My problem with it, and this is sure not a reason to not go, is tha…
As I've written here before, the best night I've ever spent in a theater was down at the Ahmanson in L.A. and it was October 14, 1971. It was the second night of a revival of A Funny Thing H…
The recent New York production of Follies is now playing down at the Ahmanson Theater here in Los Angeles and I'm seeing it in a week or two. If I didn't already have the cast album, I could…
The recent New York production of Follies is now playing down at the Ahmanson Theater here in Los Angeles and I'm seeing it in a week or two. If I didn't already have the cast album, I could…
My friend Dave Schwartz (one of thousands of Dave Schwartzes I know) informs me that he went to see What About Dick? last night and the evening did not close with "The Dick Anthem," the song…
My friend Dave Schwartz (one of thousands of Dave Schwartzes I know) informs me that he went to see What About Dick? last night and the evening did not close with "The Dick Anthem," the song…
And this is not Dick Clark we're talking about here. It's Dick, an Oxford undergraduate and Aunt Maggie's nephew…the lead character in a new play by Eric Idle with songs by Mr. Idle an…
And this is not Dick Clark we're talking about here. It's Dick, an Oxford undergraduate and Aunt Maggie's nephew...the lead character in a new play by Eric Idle with songs by Mr. Idle and hi…
He's been saying it was about to open for years now but he never had a theater and actual dates before! Jerry Lewis's oft-announced stage musical of The Nutty Professor opens July 24 at the …
He's been saying it was about to open for years now but he never had a theater and actual dates before! Jerry Lewis's oft-announced stage musical of The Nutty Professor opens July 24 at the …
This year's Tony Awards telecast will be June 10. And Neil Patrick Harris will be back as host.
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