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Book review: 'Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty' by Phoebe Hoban
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAlice Neel The Art of Not Sitting Pretty Phoebe Hoban St. Martin's Press: 479 pp., $35 Here comes that old question, the one that pops up when a new biography of a prominent artist or writer is published: Do we judge an artist by the life or the work?...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Communist Party, Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945)
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Theater review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ at Actors Co-op
Culture MonsterTime has been kinder to “Merrily We Roll Along” than to its three disillusioned main characters, whose youthful idealism, creative aspirations and longtime friendship get not-so-merrily steamrollered during two pivotal decades of the last century.... -
Kevin McCarthy dies at 96; prolific actor best known for 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'
Kevin McCarthy, the veteran stage and screen actor best known for his starring role as the panicked doctor who tried to warn the world about the alien "pod people" who were taking over in the 1956 science-fiction suspense classic "Invasion of the Body...Tags: Crimes, Harry S. Truman, Celebrities, John Huston, Fredric March
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Theater review: 'Just 45 Minutes From Broadway' at Edgemar Center for the Arts
Culture MonsterHenry Jaglom's new play feels awfully familiar. First there's its title, "Just 45 Minutes From Broadway," which all but sets you to whistling the George M. Cohan song containing that jaunty phrase. Then there's the story, about a free-spirited theater....... -
Theater review: 'Camelot' at Pasadena Playhouse
Culture MonsterPoor little rich “Camelot.” Ever since its 1960 Broadway debut, the show has had to soothe its bruised self-esteem: It is regularly roughed up by critics, but comforted by the salve of its colossal box-office receipts. Born in the shadow...... -
'Chicago' creators say Disney and Miramax broke contract to the tune of $12 million-plus
Culture MonsterThe misadventures of theater folk in Hollywood have been fodder for the stage at least since Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman sent "Once in a Lifetime" to Broadway in 1930. Now comes a doozy: John Kander, Fred Ebb and...... -
Karl Malden dies at 97; Oscar-winning actor
Karl Malden, a versatile Oscar-winning actor who built a six-decade Hollywood career playing heroes and heavies -- and, often, relatable ordinary men -- yet who was certain he was best known as a commercial pitchman for American Express, has died. He...Tags: Gary, Obituaries, Literature, Movies, Hudson River
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Theater review: 'Stage Door' at Open Fist Theatre
Culture MonsterOpen 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..... -
Theater Beat: 'And Her Hair Went With Her,' 'Blue Night in the Heart of the West,' '1001' and 'I'd Rather Be Right.'
If you want to catch two wicked talents get into trouble, head for the Fountain Theatre, where Tony winner Tonya Pinkins and "Cold Case" actress Tracie Thoms are tearing it up in "And Her Hair Went With Her," Zina Camblin's vivid if uneven look at African...Tags: Satire (genre), Literature, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Broadway Theater, Entertainment
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Classic sites in Phoenix are 75 and sunny
Times Staff WriterPick up any showbiz biography about the 1930s and '40s, and odds are the actor or playwright or composer escaped to the Arizona desert in search of sun, health or seclusion. You can imagine Moss Hart hobnobbing with Cole Porter at a stylish hacienda or,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Concerts, Society, Lobbying, Native Americans
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'You Can't Take It With You,' so enjoy Everyman play now
Audiences during the Great Depression had their spirits lifted by "You Can't Take It With You," the wacky 1936 comedy by George S. Kaufmanand Moss Hart. The lively Everyman Theatre production seems likely to have the same uplifting effect for audiences...Tags: Entertainment
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Jerry Adler: Witness To Broadway History
The Hartford CourantTo some people, Jerry Adler is a familiar face known for his work as an actor in such television shows as "The Sopranos" (as Tony's Jewish mentor, Hesh), and "Northern Exposure" (as Joel's rabbi) and "Rescue Me" (as Chief Sidney Feinberg). But to...Tags: Julie Andrews, Religion and Belief, Concerts, Hal Holbrook, Celebrities
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