Frank Sinatra went through phases like he went through wives. The legendary crooner and movie star could exhibit impeccable taste for what people wanted to see and hear, and then, in a few year's time, completely lose his grasp of the zeitgeist.
Sinatra was threatening to enter one of his down periods in the mid-1960s. The popular music scene was in the throes of Beatlemania, while moviegoers were tiring of the Rat Pack's antics. Who wanted to see Sinatra and the gang saunter their way through Western and gangster pastiches like "4 for Texas" and "Robin and the 7 Hoods" when they could watch Elvis Presley set the screen ablaze with Ann-Margret in "Viva Las Vegas"?
To be fair, Sinatra was still Sinatra, but after giving one of his finest performances in John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate," he started playing it way too safe. Bud Yorkin and...
Sinatra was threatening to enter one of his down periods in the mid-1960s. The popular music scene was in the throes of Beatlemania, while moviegoers were tiring of the Rat Pack's antics. Who wanted to see Sinatra and the gang saunter their way through Western and gangster pastiches like "4 for Texas" and "Robin and the 7 Hoods" when they could watch Elvis Presley set the screen ablaze with Ann-Margret in "Viva Las Vegas"?
To be fair, Sinatra was still Sinatra, but after giving one of his finest performances in John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate," he started playing it way too safe. Bud Yorkin and...
- 2/1/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Transport Grouppresents Once Upon a Mattress, starringJackie HoffmanOn the Town, Difficult People, Hairspray as Princess Winnifred and John 'Lypsinka'Epperson Lypsinka's The Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford as Queen Aggravain. The production, which is directed by five-time Drama Desk Award nomineeJack CummingsIII, featuresJessica FontanaCinderella as Lady Larken,David Greenspan The Patsy as The King,Hunter Ryan HerdlickaA Little Night Music as The Minstrel,Cory LingnerOn the Town as The Jester,Zak ResnickPiece of My Heart as Sir Harry,Jay RogersHoward Crabtree's When Pigs Fly as The Wizard, andJason SweetTooth WilliamsThings to Ruin as Prince Dauntless, with Vivienne Cleary,Richard Costa, Michael De Souza,Tim Dolan,Jack Donahue,Amy Griffin,Sarah Killough,Kristen Michelle, Ali Reed,andDoug Shapiro.
- 12/4/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Transport Group will soon present Once Upon a Mattress, starring Jackie Hoffman On the Town, Difficult People, Hairspray as Princess Winnifred and John 'Lypsinka'Epperson Lypsinka's The Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford as Queen Aggravain. The production, which is directed by five-time Drama Desk Award nominee Jack Cummings III, features Jessica Fontana Cinderella as Lady Larken, David Greenspan The Patsy as The King,Hunter Ryan Herdlicka A Little Night Music as The Minstrel, Cory Lingner On the Town as The Jester, Zak Resnick Piece of My Heart as Sir Harry, Jay Rogers Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly as The Wizard, and Jason SweetTooth Williams Things to Ruin as Prince Dauntless, with Vivienne Cleary, Richard Costa, Michael De Souza,Tim Dolan, Jack Donahue,Amy Griffin, Sarah Killough, Kristen Michelle, Ali Reed,and Doug Shapiro.BroadwayWorld is taking you inside rehearsals for a special sneak peek below...
- 11/13/2015
- by TV - Press Previews
- BroadwayWorld.com
Transport Group will soon present Once Upon a Mattress, starring Jackie Hoffman On the Town, Difficult People, Hairspray as Princess Winnifred and John 'Lypsinka'Epperson Lypsinka's The Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford as Queen Aggravain. The production, which is directed by five-time Drama Desk Award nominee Jack Cummings III, features Jessica Fontana Cinderella as Lady Larken, David Greenspan The Patsy as The King,Hunter Ryan Herdlicka A Little Night Music as The Minstrel, Cory Lingner On the Town as The Jester, Zak Resnick Piece of My Heart as Sir Harry, Jay Rogers Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly as The Wizard, and Jason SweetTooth Williams Things to Ruin as Prince Dauntless, with Vivienne Cleary, Richard Costa, Michael De Souza,Tim Dolan, Jack Donahue,Amy Griffin, Sarah Killough, Kristen Michelle, Ali Reed,and Doug Shapiro.BroadwayWorld is taking you inside rehearsals for a special sneak peek below...
- 11/13/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Transport Groupwill soon present Once Upon a Mattress, starringJackie HoffmanOn the Town, Difficult People, Hairspray as Princess Winnifred and John 'Lypsinka'Epperson Lypsinka's The Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford as Queen Aggravain. The production, which is directed by five-time Drama Desk Award nomineeJack CummingsIII, features Jessica Fontana Cinderella as Lady Larken,David Greenspan The Patsy as The King,Hunter Ryan HerdlickaA Little Night Music as The Minstrel,Cory LingnerOn the Town as The Jester,Zak ResnickPiece of My Heart as Sir Harry,Jay RogersHoward Crabtree's When Pigs Fly as The Wizard, andJason SweetTooth WilliamsThings to Ruin as Prince Dauntless, with Vivienne Cleary,Richard Costa, Michael De Souza,Tim Dolan,Jack Donahue,Amy Griffin,Sarah Killough,Kristen Michelle, Ali Reed,andDoug Shapiro.
- 10/26/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Transport Groupwill soon present Once Upon a Mattress, starringJackie HoffmanOn the Town, Difficult People, Hairspray as Princess Winnifred and John 'Lypsinka'Epperson Lypsinka's The Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford as Queen Aggravain. The production, which is directed by five-time Drama Desk Award nomineeJack CummingsIII, features Jessica Fontana Cinderella as Lady Larken,David Greenspan The Patsy as The King,Hunter Ryan HerdlickaA Little Night Music as The Minstrel,Cory LingnerOn the Town as The Jester,Zak ResnickPiece of My Heart as Sir Harry,Jay RogersHoward Crabtree's When Pigs Fly as The Wizard, andJason SweetTooth WilliamsThings to Ruin as Prince Dauntless, with Vivienne Cleary,Richard Costa, Michael De Souza,Tim Dolan,Jack Donahue,Amy Griffin,Sarah Killough,Kristen Michelle, Ali Reed,andDoug Shapiro.The company just met the press and you can check out a photo preview from the special day below...
- 10/26/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Transport Group has announced that casting has been completed for its upcoming revival ofOnce Upon a Mattress, which starsJackie HoffmanOn the Town, Difficult People, Hairspray as Princess Winnifred andJohnLypsinkaEppersonLypsinka'sThe Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford as Queen Aggravain. The production, which is directed by five-time Drama Desk Award nominee Jack Cummings III, featuresJessica FontanaCinderella as Lady Larken,David GreenspanThe Patsy as The King,Hunter Ryan HerdlickaA Little Night Music as The Minstrel,Cory LingnerOn the Town as The Jester,Zak ResnickPiece of My Heart as Sir Harry,Jay RogersHoward Crabtree's When Pigs Fly as The Wizard, andJason SweetTooth WilliamsThings to Ruin as Prince Dauntless, withVivienne Cleary,Richard Costa,Michael De Souza,Tim Dolan,Jack Donahue,Amy Griffin,Sarah Killough,Kristen Michelle,Ali Reed,andDoug Shapiro.
- 10/16/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Doris Day movies: TCM’s ‘Summer Under the Stars 2013′ lineup continues (photo: Doris Day in ‘Calamity Jane’ publicity shot) Doris Day, who turned 89 last April 3, is Turner Classic Movies’ 2013 “Summer Under the Stars” star on Friday, August 2. (Doris Day, by the way, still looks great. Check out "Doris Day Today.") Doris Day movies, of course, are frequently shown on TCM. Why? Well, TCM is owned by the megaconglomerate Time Warner, which also happens to own (among myriad other things) the Warner Bros. film library, which includes not only the Doris Day movies made at Warners from 1948 to 1955, but also Day’s MGM films as well (and the overwhelming majority of MGM releases up to 1986). My point: Don’t expect any Doris Day movie rarity on Friday — in fact, I don’t think such a thing exists. Doris Day is ‘Calamity Jane’ If you haven’t watched David Butler’s musical...
- 8/1/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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