Books
Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club choices tend to be about women who overcome horrendous odds. A.
Jan. 19, 2000
Entertainment & Arts
Broadway bound: It’s official: “Curtains,” the Kander & Ebb musical that had a successful run at the Ahmanson Theatre in L.A. this summer, will open on Broadway in March, with David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk reprising the roles they played here.
Nov. 3, 2006
From their hoots ‘n’ hollers to their standing ovation, the opening night crowd at the Old Globe Theatre gave a real down-home welcome to the rockabilly revue, “Pump Boys and Dinettes.”
March 29, 1986
What’s happening in the next few weeks: * Yasmina Reya’s play, “Art,” which has already wowed audiences in London, opens March 1 in New York with Alan Alda, right, Victor Garber and Alfred Molina as three friends whose lives are turned upside down when one of them purchases a work of modern art.
Feb. 19, 1998
Part way through the first half of “Oil City Symphony” at the Pasadena Playhouse, the audience is invited to participate in a collective rendition of the “Hokey Pokey.”
Nov. 17, 1992
Thursday’s TV highlights
Nov. 3, 2011
Archives
Basson, Alice, 91, of Sherman Oaks, retired office manager for Robinson’s department store.
March 14, 1998
The launching of a new Lanford Wilson play is always cause for rejoicing, but his “Redwood Curtain,” which opened Thursday at the Old Globe Theatre here, is decidedly minor Wilson.
Jan. 27, 1993
In the old days, most musicals ended with a marriage and the promise of all-consuming, all-appeasing love.
Oct. 30, 1995
Television
Entertainment: ‘3rd Rock’s’ Johnston, ‘Frasier’s’ Pierce win for supporting roles.
Sept. 13, 1999