"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
He's the host of Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning on WOR710. He also got married this summer. Very rarely he contributes a piece to the NY Post or another outlet (he did a piece on Music Man for Vanity Fair), but for the most part is focused on radio & books.
Does he still talk about theatre and broadway on his show?
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BETTY22 said: "Theatre news/gossip, doesn't do well at The Post - even when it runs on Page SIX."
Tell that to Johnny Oleksinski who seems to be trying to be both a gossip columnist, a theatre critic, and a film critic in those hallowed pages of the Post.
It just seems quite a turn-around. People used to wait or dread what he might print.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Locked in a secret location with his former cohost Susan Haskins, trying to teach her how to pronounce theater performers names correctly after twenty years
nativenewyorker2 said: "Locked in a secret location with his former cohost Susan Haskins, trying to teach her how to pronounce theater performers names correctly after twenty years"
The noise I just let out at my desk.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
I interviewed him (twice) recently for my forthcoming podcast exploring what went wrong with Dance of the Vampires. He was an unexpectedly charming guy who gave the impression his shtick in the Post and on Theatre Talk was somewhat of an act he loved living up to. (He put it in no uncertain terms, paraphrasing of course, that he saw the money in writing was in the vitriol and the gossip, so why not be Addison DeWitt.)
Don't get me wrong, it was still abundantly clear personality-wise why David Leveaux would take him to fist city in a bar; it was all I could do not to ask the guy who was a Young Republican at 12 if he felt at all vindicated by the TV success of Family Ties. But it was a more or less pleasant experience, regardless.
I mean, if you want to know, I've been in touch recently. He seems fine. (There may be a loose relation between his infamous archive and the "aurora spiderwoman" YouTube channel, if anyone's curious...)
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "BETTY22 said: "Theatre news/gossip, doesn't do well at The Post - even when it runs on Page SIX."
Tell that to Johnny Oleksinski who seems to be trying to be both a gossip columnist, a theatre critic, and a film critic in those hallowed pages of the Post."
And failing at all three. What’s the opposite of a triple threat?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Kad said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "BETTY22 said: "Theatre news/gossip, doesn't do well at The Post - even when it runs on Page SIX."
Tell that to Johnny Oleksinski who seems to be trying to be both a gossip columnist, a theatre critic, and a film critic in those hallowed pages of the Post."
And failing at all three. What’s the opposite of a triple threat?" A triple failure?
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)