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    Sep 21, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Dorothy Parker and the Marriott circle [updated]

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    The Algonquin Hotel, famed as the 1920s martini-swilling location of choice for some of the era's great literary figures -- Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and "The New Yorker" founder Harold Ross -- has entered a partnership with the Marriott hotel......
    2. Dec 21, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  2. 29 literary films to fill your holidays [Updated]

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    A list of 29 top literary films, from 1982 to 2010....
    3. Oct 9, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  3. 'The Royal Family' revival rules Broadway

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    The new Manhattan Theatre Club revival of the 1927 George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber comedy "The Royal Family" has the critics bowing down. "The Royal Family" is a sly satire of the fabled Barrymore acting clan. This acclaimed production is sure to be among...
    4. Apr 26, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  4. 'Memphis' and 'The Royal Family' top Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations

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    The new musical "Memphis" and the old chestnut "The Royal Family" lead with seven Outer Critics Circle nominations apiece. Not surprisingly, the latter -- a George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber 1927 comedy based on the Barrymores -- netted three acting bids,...
    5. Apr 27, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Can Denzel Washington climb 'Fences' to Tony Awards?

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    "Fences" -- the 1987 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner by August Wilson -- opened Monday to rave reviews for its first rialto revival. Two-time Oscar champ Denzel Washington was praised for his performance as Troy, a one-time baseball star turned...
    6. May 4, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Jan Maxwell only fourth actress to get double nominations for Tony Awards

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    Jan Maxwell earned two Tony Award nominations Tuesday for her leading performance in "The Royal Family" and her featured turn in "Lend Me a Tenor." Both of these comedies are contenders for the best play revival award. One of Maxwell's rivals in the...
    7. Jun 13, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Talkin' Tonys with double nominee Jan Maxwell

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    Jan Maxwell is the fourth person to earn two acting bids in one year at the Tony Awards. She's nominated for her lead performance in "The Royal Family," the 1927 George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber chestnut about an acting dynasty modeled on the Barrymores....
    8. Feb 18, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Theater review: 'Stage Door' at Open Fist Theatre

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    Open Fist, a company best known for staging edgy contemporary works, scored a surprise hit with last year's a pitch-perfect revival of Moss Hart's classic satire of Broadway foibles, "Light Up the Sky." Following up with "Stage Door," another historical.....
    9. May 1, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. UCLA Archive unearths gems in 'Unburied Treasures'

    The UCLA Film & Television Archive is no small place. The Library of Congress aside, it's the biggest collection in the country, with film holdings alone numbering a staggering 85,000 titles. Wouldn't you like to take a peek at the rarities hidden in the dark corners of the archive's massive vaults? Now you can.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    The UCLA Film & Television Archive is no small place. The Library of Congress aside, it's the biggest collection in the country, with film holdings alone numbering a staggering 85,000 titles. Wouldn't you like to take a peek at the rarities hidden in...

    Tags: Lionel Barrymore, Family, World War I (1914-1918), Theater, Sports

    10. Nov 11, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Writers have marginalized themselves

    Although he certainly could not have imagined DVDs, streaming video, the iPhone and the Internet at the time, the novelist and screenwriter James M. Cain decided in 1947 that Hollywood studios had too much power over writers. He thought screenwriters...

    Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Academy Awards, Television, Fiction, DVDs

    11. Oct 3, 1985 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Rock Hudson Dies at 59 After Fighting AIDS

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    Actor Rock Hudson lost his yearlong struggle against AIDS Wednesday, dying of complications arising from the incurable disease he had helped bring to worldwide attention. Hudson, 59, a longtime Hollywood star who stunned the world three months ago when...

    Tags: Happiness (state of mind), Arts and Culture, Tab Hunter, Tony Curtis, Biography (genre)

    12. Mar 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. A house of many styles, often confusing

    THEATER REVIEW: "Ten Chimneys" at Northlight Theatre ★★ ... When Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were not reigning supreme on the Broadway stages of the 1930s and 1940s, they were reposing at Ten Chimneys, their summer house in Genesee Depot, Wisc.
    When Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were not reigning supreme on the Broadway stages of the 1930s and 1940s, they were reposing at Ten Chimneys, their summer house in Genesee Depot, Wisc. The Midwestern location — as distinct from the usual celebrity...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Helen Hayes, Linda Kimbrough, Uta Hagen, Laurence Olivier

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