Entertainment & Arts
Director Paul Blake had several brainstorms when he cast the Santa Barbara Theatre Festival production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”
June 22, 1988
Obituaries
Various editions of ‘The Billy Barnes Revue’ helped launch the careers of performers such as Ken Berry and Jo Anne Worley. Barnes also contributed songs to ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In’ and Oscars shows.
Sept. 25, 2012
Aptly titled, “Nunsense,” now playing at the La Mirada Theatre, is a frothy comedy revue very loosely configured around a silly premise.
May 14, 1991
The Falcon Theatre’s revamping of a classic fairy tale emphasizes family and stars the still-wacky Jo Anne Worley.
March 19, 2000
Jo Anne Worley, actress and comedian, makes no bones about it. She loves to shop.
Feb. 26, 1988
Even with JoAnne Worley, Falcon Theatre’s version of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ is short on imagination and staging.
March 30, 2000
Would someone please write a great musical for Jo Anne Worley?
May 11, 1987
Billy Barnes dies at 85; satirical songwriter for Hollywood revues
Jo Anne Worley, who uncorks Irving Berlin’s “Call Me Madam” on Thursday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, laughs at the memory: The last time she played Pasadena, “They asked me not to come back.”
May 6, 1987
Celebrities and their pets are slated to appear in “Aardvarks to Zebras,” the fifth annual musical tribute to animals benefiting PAWS/LA, at the Pasadena Playhouse on Oct. 7.
Sept. 16, 1996