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Monday Nov 30 | Magic 107.1

O Holy Night - Michael Crawford

Most popular to theatre audiences from his title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's version of The Phantom of the Opera, Michael Crawford was in fact a star of the British stage and screen for almost two decades before.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, Hello, Dolly!, Musical Movies, How I Won the War, War Movies, Michael Crawford

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Variety

Zero Hour

Jim Brochu channels Zero Mostel in 'Zero Hour,' his solo show about the outsized performer, at Theater at St.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Zero Mostel, Theater, Arts

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Rooster 106.1

O Holy Night - Michael Crawford

Most popular to theatre audiences from his title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's version of The Phantom of the Opera, Michael Crawford was in fact a star of the British stage and screen for almost two decades before.

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Related Topix: How I Won the War, War Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Michael Crawford

Sun Nov 01, 2009

New York Times

From the Start, Still a 'Funny Thing'

You can't always judge a musical by its first number. But "Comedy Tonight," which opens "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," tells you from the get-go whether you'll be in good hands.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Classical, Stephen Sondheim

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Chatting with Tony Walton at Goodspeed's "Funny Thing" Opening: Behind the Curtain | Frank Rizzo

I bumped into Tony Walton, looking terrific, at the opening Wednesday night of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Zero Mostel, Classical, Stephen Sondheim, Theater, Arts

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Hartford Courant

Riz's Blog Review: Goodspeed's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"

The Show: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" The Place: Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam What is it?: A musical comedy with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Larry Gebart and Burt Shevelove.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, East Haddam, CT, Haddam, CT, Classical, Stephen Sondheim, Theater, Arts

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Tulare Advance-Register

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Talk about your change of pace. Last year, College of the Sequoias was getting ready to mount the sold-out run of the scarefest 'Dracula.' This year, the theater department picked the beloved madcap musical comedy 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' for its big fall production.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, College, Theater, Arts, Musical Movies, Classical, Stephen Sondheim

Thu Sep 17, 2009

Daily Breeze

Comic gets a `Forum' for vaudeville, ad-libs

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" stars, clockwise from top, Nick Santa Maria , Barry Pearl , Michael Betts and Jeffrey Landman .

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Santa Barbara Metro, Santa Maria, CA, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, Theater, Arts, Classical, Stephen Sondheim

Wed Sep 16, 2009

The Jewish Press

Menachem Wecker Zeroing In On Blacklisted Jewish Actors

Though the members of the House Committee on Un-American Activities had a copy of Lucille Ball's signed 1936 communist registration card, they accepted her excuse that she joined the party just to please her grandfather, because her name wasn't Jaffe, Chodorov, Berman or Phillip Loeb.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, The Producers, Theater, Arts, Israel, World News, Middle East, Zero Mostel

The Huffington Post

Robert J. Elisberg: Larry Gelbart. The Mold Was Just Broken

Some days, you wish you didn't answer the phone. Today was that day. It was a friend telling me that Larry Gelbart had died.

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Related Topix: Larry Gelbart, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Theater, Arts, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies

Mon Sep 14, 2009

The Australian

From clangers to M*A*S*H

OBITUARY: Larry Gelbart. Comic writer. Born Chicago, Illinois, February 25, 1928.

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Related Topix: Larry Gelbart, Chicago Metro, Carl Reiner, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies

Sat Sep 12, 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Larry Gelbart dies; helped create M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart, the writer whose caustic wit was a creative force behind the enduring success of the television series "M*A*S*H," Broadway hits like "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and film comedies like "Tootsie," died Friday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Larry Gelbart, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Short, Tootsie

Fri Sep 11, 2009

Hollywood Reporter

'M*A*S*H' creator Larry Gelbart dies

Larry Gelbart, who created the classic TV adaptation of Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" and whose talented comedy writing stretched from the days of radio to the big screen and cutting-edge cable shows, died of cancer at his Beverly Hills home on Friday.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Larry Gelbart, Beverly Hills, CA, Jack Carson, Bob Hope, Oldies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Movies

Thu Sep 10, 2009

Express

Continue Reading "How to Calculate Zero: Jim Brochu's 'Zero Hour'"

ZERO MOSTEL WAS hailed as the greatest performer on the American stage, but his star has receded since his 1977 death.

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Related Topix: The Producers, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Zero Mostel

Tue Sep 08, 2009

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

On This Day in History: September 8 - Zero' Regrets

On September 8, 1977, the Brooklyn-born comedic actor Zero Mostel died at the age of 62.

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Related Topix: The Producers, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, The Front, Musical Movies, Zero Mostel

Sun Sep 06, 2009

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Jim Brochu Ably Brings The Hero to 'Zero Hour'

Here we are, back at Madame Tussauds's School of Drama. You may recall some of the other recent exhibitions: Valerie Harper at Arena Stage as Tallulah Bankhead ('Looped'), Emily Skinner at Signature Theatre in the guise of Mae West ('Dirty Blonde').

The fascination with celebrity impersonation goes on and on. And actors, being actors, seem to love nothing more than slipping into the skins of other actors. So now, the writer-performer Jim Brochu is moving among us, as the embodiment of the great Broadway clown Zero Mostel, in a polished if predictable solo show at Theater J.

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Related Topix: Mae West, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Easy-Listening, Broadway, Comedy Movies, The Producers, Musical Movies, Zero Mostel, Theater, Arts

Fri Sep 04, 2009

Washington Times

THEATER: Sum, substance of Zero Mostel

It is no wonder Zero Mostel was a substantial man. No mere ectomorph could contain such a mass of contradictions.

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Related Topix: The Producers, Theater, Comedy Movies, Arts, Musical Movies, Zero Mostel

Tue Aug 18, 2009

Peterborough Examiner

Sean Cullen to play Stratford

" Peterborough comedian Sean Cullen will be stepping in play the role of Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, it was announced yesterday.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Last Comic Standing, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Sean Cullen, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, The Producers, Zero Mostel

Fri Jul 31, 2009

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

For classic plays and musicals, look north of the border

Rochesterians who love classic theater are blessed each summer with the presence of two world-class repertory companies within easy striking distance, in nearby Canada.

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Related Topix: Rochester, NY, Theater, Arts, Canada, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies

Fri Jul 17, 2009

Staten Island Advance

Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre's 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' opens tonight

Think there's no way to take a fresh look at "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"? Think again.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Staten-Island, NY, Musical Movies, New York, NY, Classical, Stephen Sondheim, Arts, Ballet, Entertainment

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Movie Info

Directed by Richard Lester

Starring Zero Mostel and Buster Keaton

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