Theater Talk celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Hello, Dolly with a trio of guests, each with a different association with the long-running show. Actress Sondra Lee was the production's original Minnie Fay Lee Roy Reams was Cornelius in the 1978 revival and directed the second revival in 1995 and dancer Marge Champion, married to the show's director-choreographer Gower Champion, was present at the show's creation. The 1964 mega-hit was a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, with a book by Michael Stewart, score by 26-year-old Jerry Herman and produced by the notorious David Merrick. The show's original cast included Carol Channing, David Burns, Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan and Ms. Lee. It ran for a record-breaking 2,844 performances from Jan. 15, 1964 to Dec. 27, 1970 and won 10 Tony Awards, a record it held for 35 years.
- 2/25/2014
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
This episode of Lie to Me (TV) is proof positive of one unalterable fact: if you want to date Gillian Foster (Kelli Williams), you have to get through Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) first. And plan on being spied upon, too. It's also a fact that the Callian (Gillian/Cal) ‘shipers were probably in heaven during this episode. Lightman's been suspicious of Foster's new boyfriend, David Burns (Max Martini) since they met. With good reason, since Burns is actually a DEA agent working undercover. Cal just "happens" to be hanging out in the diner that Foster and Burns frequent for breakfast, and Foster has him pegged straight off. He's there to pry. When Burns receives a call and leaves the diner, Lightman follows. He sees Burns talking to a woman, who is telling him to leave town fast. Back in the diner, when Foster tells him he can't help himself when...
- 8/24/2010
- by mbijeaux@corp.popstar.com (Melissa Bijeaux)
- TVStar
Joss Whedon has now won his first ever Emmy. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences only noticed him once before, in 2000 for writing the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episode "Hush" as a nominee, but it took a small Web project written and produced during the Writers Guild of America strike more than a year ago now to bring him a gold statue for him. "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" captured the Outstanding Special Class - Short Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs during the 2008-09 Creative Arts Emmys handed out over the weekend ahead of the main event later this week. Whedon shared the award with Michael Boretz and David Burns. The Web-only production had some stiff competition including from "Battlestar Galactica" with its "The Face of the Enemy" production, the Bruce Springsteen ...
- 9/13/2009
- GeekNation.com
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