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Vampire lesbians, Agatha Christie: A varied theater weekend in Central Florida
Orlando Theater BlogI had a theater weekend of extremes: From the in-your-face campiness of Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at Theatre Downtown to the cozy Agatha Christie whodunnit The Unexpected Guest at Sands Theater Center's Athens Theater in DeLand. I guess you could say it... -
Theatre Downtown’s final b-day weekend
Attention Must Be Paid» Orlando Sentinel – Attention Must Be PaidTheatre Downtown continues its “drinking age” celebration this weekend with the final performances of its 21st Birthday Bash retrospective. In variety, at least, it may be the biggest bang for your theater buck: The show features snippets of... -
Valerie Harper tackles Tallulah
![THESE days, the actress formerly known as Rhoda sports personas vastly different from the straight-talking New Yorker she created for television's classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff, "Rhoda." Three decades later, Valerie Harper still hears "Hi, Rhoda" when she walks down the street, even though the characters the four-time Emmy Award-winner plays now are far more complicated -- real women whose lives were indeed stranger than fiction.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-07/40649519-03130355.jpg "THESE days, the actress formerly known as Rhoda sports personas vastly different from the straight-talking New Yorker she created for television's classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show\" and its spinoff, \"Rhoda.\" Three decades later, Valerie Harper still hears \"Hi, Rhoda\" when she walks down the street, even though the characters the four-time Emmy Award-winner plays now are far more complicated -- real women whose lives were indeed stranger than fiction.")
Special to The TimesTHESE days, the actress formerly known as Rhoda sports personas vastly different from the straight-talking New Yorker she created for television's classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff, "Rhoda." Three decades later, Valerie Harper...Tags: Golda Meir, Tennessee Williams, Mary Tyler Moore, Music Theater, Death
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Charles Busch's 'The Third Story' at LaJolla Playhouse
Times Theater CriticLA JOLLA -- Imagine Joan Crawford's stately glamour, Susan Hayward's tough-broad shtick and Carol Burnett's parodic flair all rolled into the same male actor. Yes, the one and only Charles Busch is back on stage, starring in your garden-variety science-...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Susan Hayward, Death, Joan Crawford, Crimes
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'When Do We Eat?'
Times Staff WriterA large Jewish family gathers for a Passover Seder anxiously prepared by matriarch Peggy (Lesley Ann Warren) for prodigal son Ethan (Max Greenfield) in "When Do We Eat?," a kook-fest directed by Salvador Litvak from a script he co-wrote with his wife,...Tags: Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), West Hollywood, Ang Lee, Music Theater
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'One Last Ride'
Times Staff WriterPatrick Cupo writes and stars in "One Last Ride," the tale of a man risking everything to his compulsive gambling on horse races, based on his own stage play. That the story comes from experiences in Cupo's own family while growing up in New Jersey...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Casino and Gambling Industry, West Hollywood, Ang Lee
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'The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch'
Times Staff WriterJohn Catania and Charles Ignacio's "The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch," an affectionate tribute to the drag artist who has been a Manhattan institution for more than 20 years. From a struggling solo performer who acted all the parts in his plays,...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Music Theater, Death, Joan Crawford, New York
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Arena Players, Center Stage deserve to take bows
Sun Theater CriticThe new theater season marks milestone anniversaries for two Baltimore theaters. Center Stage turns 40, and Arena Players, billed as "the nation's oldest continuously operating African-American theater," turns 50. The fare at both is eclectic, and,...Tags: Tony Curtis, Billy Wilder, Music Theater, Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, Broadway Theater
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The House of Yes
FOR THE TIMESFriday October 10, 1997 "Excuse me," Mrs. Pascal (Genevieve Bujold) tells her assembled children as they await Thanksgiving dinner at the family home in Washington, D.C. "I'm going to go baste the turkey and hide the kitchen knives." Things...Tags: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Tori Spelling, Washington, DC, Family, Parker Posey
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Psycho Beach Party
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday August 25, 2000 "Psycho Beach Party" has to be twice as funny a play as it is as a movie.It's too much filmed theater to come alive fully on the screen, and it doesn't help that spoofing schlocky movies of the '50s, '60s and even '70s is...Tags: John Waters, Lauren Ambrose, Nicholas Brendon, Crimes, Beth Broderick
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'American Splendor' shines brightest at Sundance Festival
"American Splendor," a sly film biography that stars Paul Giamatti as churlish underground comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, won the grand jury prize, the top dramatic honor at the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance jurors gave the documentary grand prize to...Tags: Paul Giamatti, Steve James, Death, Sundance Film Festival, Utah
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Movie review: 'Die Mommie Die!'
Tribune staff reporter1-1/2 stars (out of 4) With a Tony nomination in 2001 for his story of a disaffected Upper West Side doctor's spouse, "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," veteran playwright Charles Busch made the leap from cult hit-maker to mainstream success. But it was...Tags: Cinema Industry, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Tony Parker, Death, Crimes
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