Dick Martin

Review: GOLDIE HAWN at Bank Of America Performing Arts Center
by Cary Ginell - Sep 24, 2023

What did our critic think of GOLDIE HAWN at Bank Of American Performing Arts Center?

BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO OPERA'S BARBER OF SEVILLE at Pechanga Sports Arena
by Ron Bierman - Apr 29, 2021

The San Diego Opera continued its quixotic foray into parking-lot adventures with The Barber of Seville by Rossini, social distancing once again forcing substantial changes to a production's length and cast size. Revisions to libretto, costumes, set and lighting went all out for a zany farcical effect that even many staid opera lovers of a certain age would eventually realize harkened back to the free-wheeling spirit of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in, complete with 'Sock it to me,' chicken jokes and Rowan's trademark closing 'Say goodnight, Dick.' This always said to his seemingly clueless partner Dick Martin. Lest you think it was a radically revised libretto, I offer assurances that most of the explicit references to the bygone TV show were displayed in hand-drawn lettering on cardboard placards held up by a man near the stage whose humble garb included a Santa Clause hat. This seemingly homeless but cheerful gentleman was teamed offstage with a gaggle of other extras. Some of them were chorus members, policemen and musicians usually on stage for Rossini's comic opera, but now, during difficult times, especially for opera directors and stage managers, they were singing, dancing and gesticulating wildly offstage, one of them mounted on a pickup truck.

Watch as Lily Tomlin Launches Her Career in LAUGH-IN: The Complete Third Season, Coming to DVD
by Macon Prickett - Mar 6, 2018

The 7-Disc Set, Available for the Very First Time at Retail, Features 26 Complete, Remastered Episodes from the Landmark Emmy® And Golden Globe®-Winning Series. Season Three Guest Stars IncludeJohnny Carson, Peter Sellers, Michael Caine, Bob Hope, Diana Ross, Sonny & Cher, The Monkees, Carol Channing, Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Jack Benny, Engelbert Humperdinck, Peter Lawford, Phyllis Diller, Roger Moore, James Garner, Bing Crosby, Tony Curtis, Andy Griffith, Carl Reiner, Ringo Starr and More!

Time Life Socks it to Home Audiences with LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2018

This January, Time Life socks it to home viewers with the latest DVD installment of TV's legendary star-studded, pop culture variety show, ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON, out January 9, 2018.

Time Life Socks it to Home Audiences with LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 19, 2017

This January, Time Life socks it to home viewers with the latest DVD installment of TV's legendary star-studded, pop culture variety show, ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON, out January 9, 2018.

BWW Review: POTTED POTTER at Starlight Theater
by Alan Portner - Jan 22, 2016

Potted Poter called 'Gloriously Goofy' in the best Music Hall tradition.

Connecticut Cabaret Theatre Presents LAUGH IN
by Sally Henry Fuller - Oct 2, 2015

The Connecticut Cabaret Theatre presents Connecticut Premiere of Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, Based on the Sketch Comedy Television Program, By Ed Friendly and George Schlatter, Directed by Kris McMurray, September 18th thru October 24th, 2015.

Ross Valley Players Present OTHER DESERT CITIES, Now thru 6/15
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2014

Ross Valley Players presents the 2012 Pulitzer Prize nominee for Best Drama, Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. Other Desert Cities begins with a preview tonight, May 15 and runs through Sunday, June 15. Opening night is Friday, May 16 at 8PM.

Ross Valley Players to Present OTHER DESERT CITIES, 5/15-6/15
by BWW News Desk - May 6, 2014

Ross Valley Players presents the 2012 Pulitzer Prize nominee for Best Drama, Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. Other Desert Cities begins with a preview on Thursday, May 15 and runs through Sunday, June 15. Opening night is Friday, May 16 at 8PM.

Kelli O'Hara, David Hyde Pierce and More Set for Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2012 Benefit Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Nov 18, 2012

On the heels of its record-breaking 2012 Summer Season, Williamstown Theatre Festival will pay tribute to Abe Burrows, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and director, at its 2012 Benefit, to be held tonight, November 18th at 6:30 p.m. at the Edison Ballroom in New York City (240 West 47th Street), it was announced today. The evening will feature performances by recent Williamstown Theatre Festival alumni David Hyde Pierce (director of last season's The Importance of Being Earnest), Steven Pasquale and Kelli O'Hara (WTF's Far From Heaven), Greg Naughton, Malcolm Gets (WTF's Ten Cents a Dance) and more.

Kelli O'Hara, David Hyde Pierce and More Set for Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2012 Benefit, 11/18
by BWW News Desk - Nov 6, 2012

On the heels of its record-breaking 2012 Summer Season, Williamstown Theatre Festival will pay tribute to Abe Burrows, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and director, at its 2012 Benefit, to be held on Sunday, November 18th at 6:30 p.m. at the Edison Ballroom in New York City (240 West 47th Street), it was announced today. The evening will feature performances by recent Williamstown Theatre Festival alumni David Hyde Pierce (director of last season's The Importance of Being Earnest), Steven Pasquale and Kelli O'Hara (WTF's Far From Heaven), Greg Naughton, Malcolm Gets (WTF's Ten Cents a Dance) and more.

Charles Fleisher Headlines The Improv at Harrah's Las Vegas
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 25, 2011

Budd Friedman and Mark Lonow's world-famous Improv Comedy Club at Harrah's Las Vegas showcases a different marquee of acts each week.

Comedian and Director Dick Martin Dies in Santa Monica
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2008

Dick Martin, who co-created and co-hosted Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In - a show which forever changed the face of television - and who championed free speech and satire as staples in American media, died today of respiratory complications, while surrounded by his wife, family, and friends. He was 86 years young.