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    Dec 11, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Perspective: Christian musicals with miraculous staying power

    Before "Godspell" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" first hit off-Broadway and Broadway, respectively, 40 years ago — the first like an ember that caught fire, the other like an explosion — who but the most prescient or devout would have laid odds on any musical that ended with a crucifixion?
    Before "Godspell" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" first hit off-Broadway and Broadway, respectively, 40 years ago — the first like an ember that caught fire, the other like an explosion — who but the most prescient or devout would have laid...

    Tags: History (tv network), Concerts, Mitt Romney, Protestantism, Evita (musical)

    2. Mar 18, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Book review: 'At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing,' edited by George Kimball and John Schulian

    At the Fights
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    At the Fights American Writers on Boxing Edited by George Kimball & John Schulian Library of America: 517 pp., $35 Part freak show, part sitcom, part mortal combat — ah, yes, behold the world of professional prizefighting, the face-break...

    Tags: Muhammad Ali, World War I (1914-1918), Sherwood Anderson, Joe Louis, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    3. Sep 5, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Dark Passages: Where American dreams go to die

    America has long trafficked in the idea that so long as you have a sound mind, a strong work ethic and maybe a connection or two, the sky is the limit, and dreams can come true. Most of the time this idea is mythology, its metaphorical streets littered with broken souls who never came close or were within tantalizing reach of everything they wanted. And yet, the country still keeps this myth alive thanks to the scant few who do make it happen and the thousands, if not millions, panting for success.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    America has long trafficked in the idea that so long as you have a sound mind, a strong work ethic and maybe a connection or two, the sky is the limit, and dreams can come true. Most of the time this idea is mythology, its metaphorical streets littered...

    Tags: Crimes, Documentary (genre), Los Angeles International Airport, Iraq War (2003-2011), Folklore and Mythology

    4. Dec 18, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 'Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything' by Kevin Cook

    Alvin Clarence Thomas, a.k.a. Titanic Thompson, was a gambler and golf hustler who died at age 82 on May 19, 1974, but whose outlaw career really flourished, as Kevin Cook records with breezy relish in his biography "Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything," between 1920 and 1950. That period was a golden age in the history of the American confidence game.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    Alvin Clarence Thomas, a.k.a. Titanic Thompson, was a gambler and golf hustler who died at age 82 on May 19, 1974, but whose outlaw career really flourished, as Kevin Cook records with breezy relish in his biography "Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on...

    Tags: Crimes, Clarence Thomas, Golf, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino

    5. Oct 9, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Matt Weinstock, Oct. 9, 1959

    The Daily Mirror
    Refreshing View People who were reared in small towns and now live in big, busy cities are inclined to forget the life they knew unless, as in the case of Mrs. Pat Bernesser of Inglewood, they get a look at the hometown paper. Then it all comes back,...
    6. May 19, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. PASSINGS

    Lee Solters Publicist for Broadway, Hollywood Lee Solters, 89, a longtime publicist who worked with some of the biggest names of Broadway and Hollywood, died Monday of natural causes at his home in West Hollywood, according to Jerry Digney, his...

    Tags: Mae West, Brooklyn (New York City), New York University, Defense, Columbia University

    7. May 26, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. John Sayles, novelist, seeks a binding agreement

    For 40 minutes last month he held them spellbound, reading about America in 1898. John Sayles didn't just give the crowd a taste of his new novel, "Some Time in the Sun" -- he performed a comedy about tabloid newsboys in New York, playing 26 characters with thick, period accents.
    For 40 minutes last month he held them spellbound, reading about America in 1898. John Sayles didn't just give the crowd a taste of his new novel, "Some Time in the Sun" -- he performed a comedy about tabloid newsboys in New York, playing 26 characters...

    Tags: Education, Theodore Roosevelt, William Randolph Hearst, Civil Rights, Philippines

    8. Aug 27, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 'I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy's Golden Era' by William Knoedelseder

    They came from New York, the Midwest, the Southern states, a great exodus of young comics traveling west in search of a few minutes with Johnny Carson. That's all it took to begin the migration: In 1972, "The Tonight Show" moved from New York to Burbank, and stand-up comedy's center of gravity went with it.
    They came from New York, the Midwest, the Southern states, a great exodus of young comics traveling west in search of a few minutes with Johnny Carson. That's all it took to begin the migration: In 1972, "The Tonight Show" moved from New York to Burbank,...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Ellis Island, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Ringo Starr

    9. Jan 8, 2006 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Finding laughter in the grief

    <I>&quot;700</I> Sundays" began as a sad calculation. Right before my 50th birthday, I found myself thinking about how life has been like an express train whizzing by as I stand on the platform watching the blur, the wind and noise almost knocking me over. I thought of my father and our all too short relationship. He died when I was just 15 years old. He worked at two, sometimes three jobs, and our one day together was Sunday.
    Special to The Times
    "700 Sundays" began as a sad calculation. Right before my 50th birthday, I found myself thinking about how life has been like an express train whizzing by as I stand on the platform watching the blur, the wind and noise almost knocking me over. I...

    Tags: Billy Crystal, Concerts, HBO (tv network), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Entertainment Events

    10. Sep 14, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Roping In a Legacy

    When he died, the nation mourned. Flags flew at half-staff. Movie screens went dark. Radio broadcasters observed 30 minutes of silence. Under a scorching sun in Glendale, 50,000 people filed past his casket.
    Times Staff Writer
    When he died, the nation mourned. Flags flew at half-staff. Movie screens went dark. Radio broadcasters observed 30 minutes of silence. Under a scorching sun in Glendale, 50,000 people filed past his casket. In an era of hip-hop and reality TV, it is...

    Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Clark Gable, Tourism and Leisure, American Red Cross, Car Engine Repair

    11. May 25, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. His wit was hard-boiled

    WE think we know Damon Runyon, and we might think we're pretty jaded about him, but a fat new anthology, <b>&quot; 'Guys and Dolls' and Other Writings" </b>(Penguin: 636 pp., $18 paper), introduced by <b>Pete Hamill </b>and edited and annotated by Cornell professor <b>Daniel R. Schwarz</b>, makes us see afresh a writer whose hard-bitten and ironic point of view prefigures the fictional worlds of "The Godfather" and "The Sopranos." There's much more to Runyon than Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra looking sharp and talking cute in the 1955 film version of "Guys and Dolls."
    Special to The Times
    WE think we know Damon Runyon, and we might think we're pretty jaded about him, but a fat new anthology, " 'Guys and Dolls' and Other Writings" (Penguin: 636 pp., $18 paper), introduced by Pete Hamill and edited and annotated by Cornell professor Daniel...

    Tags: Salman Rushdie, Phil Spector, Marshall Field, Landforms, Susan Sontag

    12. Feb 4, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Unwitting pioneer of the battered-woman defense

    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Nellie May Madison got off on the wrong foot in life. She eloped at 13, married several times, chain-smoked, drank whiskey and, she'd later say, shot husband No. 5 in the back because he'd abused her. Convicted of murder, she was sentenced to death. In...

    Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Tourism and Leisure, Movies, Public Employees

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