For Veteran Standup Comics, a Life on the Road Is No Laugh a Minute
Terry McGrath, a 79-year-old Irish American, is a borscht-belt comic. Well, sort of. The borscht belt doesn't exist anymore and McGrath doesn't pretend to be a Henny Youngman or Buddy Hackett facsimile. Nevertheless, he has mastered the Yiddish inflections and cadences and his act is peppered with Yiddishisms.
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
On a moonlit July night in Barstow, Calif., strange, seductive things can happen, especially if you talk to the moon, which is portrayed as an aging, violin-playing dandy in a Panama hat and white suit.
"Blur," presented by Meadows Basement at Theatre/Theater, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Mar. 4-Apr. 10. $15. (323) 782-6218.
ATA: SAG Must Clarify Rule One Work
The Screen Actors Guild's position on whether actors can work on films and TV shows shot outside the United States in the event of a strike is raising more questions for talent agents than it's answering.
2/12 from 10AM-1PM and 2-6PM at New Dance Group, 254 W. 47 St., NYC.
Opera Composed by Joplin Is Reborn
SAN FRANCISCO -- An opera composed by ragtime musician Scott Joplin decades ago has been reborn -- despite the loss of the original score.
The screenwriters of The Girl Next Door have learned to manage Hollywood's treacherous waters by keeping the faith.
Drama Dispatch: April 6, 2005: 'Steel Magnolias'; 'Hot 'n' Throbbing'; 'Going to St. Ives'
Yet another revival offers a blast from the past, but sitcom staging obscures honest emotions. Paula Vogel examines the connection between erotica and dysfunctional families.
Screen Actors Guild/New York will, once again, make available to its members discounted movie tickets for movies showing at Loews/Cine-plex/Sony and United Artists theatres. On sale from Dec. 1-31, at SAG's 1515 Broadway offices, tickets for United Artists theatres will cost $4.50; tickets for Loews ...
Golden wake-up calls ring in awards season for nominees
"I am a 10 o'clock-in-bed kind of girl," Nicole Kidman said.
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