Movies
Glynis Johns, best known as Mrs. Banks in Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’ and for her Tony-winning turn as Desiree Armfeldt in ‘A Little Night Music,’ has died at 100.
Jan. 4, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Glynis Johns returns to the stage in ‘A Little Night Music.’ At 67, she is relinquishing her signature song and part to another actress — happily, she says.
April 17, 1991
Culture Monster Blog
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Aug. 2, 2010
The Hollywood Roosevelt is a great under-utilized party space, commodious enough to hold several hundred people.
April 23, 1991
A Little More Music: Tony Award-winner Glynis Johns will play the role of Madam Armfeldt in Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” opening April 18 at the Doolittle Theatre.
March 6, 1991
Actor Rex Harrison, 81, made it through two acts of W.
Oct. 6, 1989
Television
The new “ABC Kids Movie Matinee” earns points for not being yet another “action” (a euphemism for “violent”) children’s show, but the first offering in this series of original feature-length movies for children--an animated, musical version of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel “The Secret Garden”--loses points for turning out to be just another Saturday morning cartoon.
Nov. 4, 1994
The Scene: Reopening night of Stephen Sondheim’s controversial 1991 musical comedy “Assassins”--about infamous killers and attempted killers of American Presidents--at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on Friday night with a reception afterward.
April 5, 1995
Archives
Betty Evelyn Box, 83, successful British film producer of such comedies as “Miranda.”
Jan. 19, 1999
The funniest moment on the recent “Saturday Night Live” anniversary show belonged to comedian Chris Rock.
Oct. 8, 1999