Hello, Dolly! is not revived that often. It only feels that way, because Jerry Herman’s score (book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder’s play The Matchmaker) is so infectious and ubiquitous, because so many larger-than-life stars have played Dolly Levi over the years—among them Carol Channing (of course), Pearl Bailey, Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, […]
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Austin Pendleton goes time-tripping back to Skidoo
The Steppenwolf ensemble member recalls making an LSD comedy with Groucho Marx.
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Film and Theater Historian John Willis Dies
John A. Willis, longtime editor of the Screen World and Theatre World books, succumbs to lung cancer at age 93.