Entertainment & Arts
Singer, actor Charles GaVoian found himself suited to play celebrated tenor Mario Lanza, whose life ended tragically.
Nov. 7, 1996
Everybody asks Damon Lanza if he can sing.
July 15, 1994
Although Mario Lanza has been dismissed by critics, his voice continues to enrapture the world.
June 29, 1999
Sports
How many ballplayers do you know, off-hand, who get ready for a game by listening to a guy singing, “Your tiny fingers are frozen”--in Italian?
June 10, 1988
Thirty years have passed since the death of Mario Lanza, the curly haired movie star with the booming tenor voice that earned him the nickname “the new Caruso.”
Nov. 5, 1989
In his one-man show “The Mario Lanza Story” at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, Charles GaVoian displays more than a touch of hammake that prosciutto.
June 2, 1995
Obituaries
Terry Robinson, a bodybuilding denizen of Muscle Beach in the late 1940s who became a fitness trainer for Hollywood stars such as Clark Gable and Mario Lanza, died May 19 at his home in West Los Angeles.
May 25, 2014
Stage Solos Patsy Cline, Mario Lanza and Albert Einstein are all subjects of one-person shows. . . .
Nov. 28, 1996
Archives
The knock came at 11 a.m. last Thanksgiving Day.
Nov. 24, 1996
The players behind the stage versions of Patsy Cline, Albert Einstein and Mario Lanza don’t like to shatter the illusion--but they’re not who they say they are.