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Carol Channing

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January 31, 1921 (91)

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THE JUDY SHOW to Benefit Walk to End Alzheimer's, 2/23
by BWW News Desk - Feb 10, 2012

A benefit for Walk To End Alzheimer's at The Loft in The Mesquite Country Club on Thursday, February 23rd will feature an all-you-can-eat buffet dinner and the acclaimed one-man hit The Judy Show starring local celebrity Michael Holmes. (more...)

Review - Ionescopade & 10th Annual New York Nightlife Awards
by Michael Dale - Feb 06, 2012


BROADWAY RECALL: Gentlemen Don't Prefer Eponine
by Michael Dale - Feb 04, 2012

The week's big casting news includes Megan Hilty in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for Encores! and Samantha Barks in the screen version of Les Miserables. (more...)

BWW Reviews: California Musical Theater Turns Favorite Musicals Into FORBIDDEN BROADWAY
by Harmony Wheeler - Feb 02, 2012

A small piece of the national tour of “West Side Story” remains in Sacramento these next two months, but it’s not what you might think. And while many anticipate the arrival of the hit musical “Wicked,” they can get their Wicked kicks at California Musical Theater’s Cosmopolitan Cabaret, but with more humor than magic. Songs from these and many more shows are part of a Broadway revue in downtown Sacramento playing through March 18. But this isn’t your typical revue. This revue has four fantastic actors constantly changing from excessive costume to excessive costume as they take on some of the most well know Broadway tunes with a revised, “forbidden” twist. The tunes are there, but the cleverly reinvented lyrics of “Forbidden Broadway” make fun of everything musical theater. (more...)

Carol Channing on LARGER THAN LIFE, Dream Roles, and More!
by BWW News Desk - Feb 01, 2012

Entertainment One US is releasing Carol Channing: LARGER THAN LIFE in New York and San Francisco on Friday, February 3, following the documentary's successful premiere in Los Angeles on January 20, 2012. The film, directed by Dori Berinstein (ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway, Some Assembly Required, Gotta Dance), examines the life and career of Tony Award-winning Broadway legend, Carol Channing - her extraordinary stage life, her offstage struggles and survival and the extraordinary storybook romance that found her reunited with her junior high school sweetheart after over 70 years. Channing shares a little bit about the film, her career, and more below! (more...)

In Another Marilyn Monroe Role! SMASH Star Megan Hilty to Star in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES at Encores!
by BWW News Desk - Feb 01, 2012

Megan Hilty has been cast as Lorelei Lee, the diamond-loving blonde made famous by Carol Channing, in the Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, opening May 9 at New York City Center. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes will be directed by John Rando with music direction by Rob Berman and choreography by Randy Skinner and will play for seven performances, May 9 – 13, at New York City Center, 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/31- Carol Channing
by Stage Tube - Jan 31, 2012

Happy Birthday Carol Channing! She is the recipient of three Tony Awards (including one for lifetime achievement), a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Channing is best remembered for originating, on Broadway, the musical-comedy roles of bombshell Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and matchmaking widow Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! She also appeared in two New York revivals of Hello, Dolly!, and toured with it extensively throughout the United States. Channing also appeared in a number of movies, The First Traveling Sales Lady (1956) with Ginger Rogers, the cult film Skidoo and Thoroughly Modern Millie, opposite Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore. (more...)

Southern California Motion Picture Council's St. Valentines Ball, Hosted by Margaret O'Brien, Set for 2/13
by BWW News Desk - Jan 27, 2012

The Southern California Motion Picture Council (SCMPC) will present their annual St. Valentines Ball with Oscar winning actress, Miss Margaret O'Brien, as the evening's hostess. The highlight of the gala will be the presentation of the 2012 Golden Halo Award to actress, singer and humanitarian, Ms. Barbara Van Orden. (more...)

Bobby Cannavale, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, et al. Set for CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY in February
by BWW News Desk - Jan 27, 2012

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns with its new edition, Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, to the Triad Theater for two February shows—Monday, February 13 and a special benefit performance on Wednesday, February 15. Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter performs at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street. (more...)

Frank Barrie, James Bentham Lead Finborough Theatre's GAY'S THE WORD
by BWW News Desk - Jan 27, 2012

The Finborough Theatre's 'Celebrating British Music Theatre' series follows Perchance to Dream with Ivor Novello’s last musical. (more...)

Shirley Jones To Be Honored at Oscar Night Las Vegas
by BWW News Desk - Jan 24, 2012

Actress Shirley Jones, winner of the 1961 Oscar(R) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Elmer Gantry," will be honored by Variety, The Children's Charity of Southern Nevada, at Oscar Night(R) Las Vegas. (more...)

Photo Flash: Lily Tomlin Hosts LARGER THAN LIFE Screening
by BWW News Desk - Jan 23, 2012

Lily Tomlin, Joanne Worley, Carole Cook, Bruce Vilanch along with filmmaker and multi TONY-winning Director and Producer, Dori Berinstein all gathered on one stage to salute a star, an icon and a legend - Ms. Carol Channing. On Wednesday night, the Paley Center featured these incredible talents as well as gathering many more in the audience for the Los Angeles premiere screening of "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life." The panel members, who also appear in the critically acclaimed documentary, gathered with other friends, colleagues and fans of the woman who has been dubbed, and deservingly so, "The First Lady of Musical Theatre." Seen among those in attendance were a who's who of TONY, OSCAR, EMMY & GOLDEN GLOBE award winners including George Chakiris, Charles Fox, Davis Gaines, Ilene Graff, Tippi Hedren, Michael Learned, Kate Linder, Julie Newmar, Connie Stevens, Ruta Lee, Rose Marie, Richard Skipper, Barbara Van Orden, Dee Wallace and co-producer, B. Harlan Boll, to enjoy a film that also featured such noted industry greats as Loni Anderson, Marge Champion, Tyne Daly, Jerry Herman, Angela Lansbury, Bob Mackie, Margaret O'Brien, Debbie Reynolds, Chita Rivera, Tommy Tune, Barbara Walters and many more. (more...)

Joan Curto Comes to Madden Theatre, 2/26
by BWW News Desk - Jan 19, 2012

Performing at such prestigious venues as New York’s Lincoln Center and Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre has earned After Dark Award-winning vocalist and Naperville native Joan Curto the title of "cabaret icon" by NBC TV Chicago. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/16- HELLO, DOLLY!
by Stage Tube - Jan 16, 2012

Today in 1964, Hello Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 2844 performances. The show features lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. Hello, Dolly! was first produced on Broadway by David Merrick in 1964, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and nine other Tonys. The show album Hello, Dolly! An Original Cast Recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. The show has become one of the most enduring musical theatre hits, enjoying three Broadway revivals and international success. It was also made into a 1969 film that was nominated for seven Academy Awards. (more...)

Indianapolis Symph Orch Performs Concert Stage Production of Hello, Dolly!
by BWW News Desk - Jan 13, 2012

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly will perform the world premiere of a new symphonic concert stage production of Jerry Herman’s famous Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! starring versatile singer Sandi Patty as Dolly Levi and renowned Tony Award-winning actor Gary Beach as Horace Vandergelder in Printing Partners Pops Series concerts Friday and Saturday, January 13 and 14, at the Hilbert Circle Theatre and Sunday, January 15, at The Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts in Carmel, Ind. (more...)

Ten Chimneys Opens Preeminent Flexible Venue for Cleveland Play House
by BWW News Desk - Jan 13, 2012

Cleveland Play House (CPH) will to produce Jeffrey Hatcher’s backstage comedy Ten Chimneys as the inaugural production in the new Second Stage, one of only three fully outfitted, flexible theatres in the nation. (more...)

Bobby Cannavale, John Benjamin Hickey & More Set for Celebrity Autobiography, 2/15
by BWW News Desk - Jan 12, 2012

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography will perform its new edition,Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter on Wednesday, February 15, at 8pm, as a special benefit for SLAM (Sobriety, Learning and Motivation), a board dedicated to the creation of New York’s first recovery based high school. Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter performs at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street. (more...)

Jessica Chastain, Christopher Plummer Among 2012 Dorian Award Nominees
by BWW News Desk - Jan 11, 2012

As reported in The Hollywood Reporter, the Gay & Lesbian Critics has announced their 2012 Dorian Award nominations for film and TV. (more...)

Jim Caruso's Cast Party Returns to Hollywood 2/29, 3/1
by BWW News Desk - Jan 09, 2012

JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY will return to Los Angeles for two nights, Wednesday and Thursday, February 29 & March 1, 2012. (more...)

LA’s Next Great Stage Star Kicks Off 1/8
by BWW News Desk - Jan 08, 2012

LA’s Next Great Stage Star™ 2012 bows to the New Year beginning Sunday, January 8th at Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's, the most critically acclaimed, award-winning supper club of its kind in Los Angeles. (more...)

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