Anne Francis News

Legendary leading ladies Elizabeth Taylor, Greta Garbo, Rita Hayworth and Barbra Streisand are featured in the July Reel 13 schedule. 

It's an interesting and unintentional coincidence: PETER PAN, which wrapped up Playhouse on the Square's Holiday Season, offered the younger set its first taste of transvestism, with musically gifted actresses alternating in the role of 'Peter' (talk about the incipience of gender confusion); now, as the New Year has begun, the older set has its exposure with Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. This isn't the first time Playhouse has allowed a cast and crew to indulge themselves in fishnet hose and makeup; I can recall previous performances of this guilty pleasure with the remarkable Mark Chambers (anyone who ever saw him 'strut his stuff' is not likely to forget his performance - 'boomers' who 'time warped' in the aisles still talk about it). I imagine that everyone involved in this production dived headfirst into their costume fittings with all the giddy zeal of children glamming it up at Halloween.

The Library of Congress has today announced its annual list of 25 films that will be included in the National Film Registry.

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of the third season of Rod Serling's groundbreaking, science fiction anthology The Twilight Zone: The Complete Fourth Season, available on DVD today, Aug. 6, 2013, at an SRP of $29.98.

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of the third season of Rod Serling's groundbreaking, science fiction anthology The Twilight Zone: The Complete Fourth Season, available on DVD on Aug. 6, 2013, at an SRP of $29.98.

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of the third season of Rod Serling's groundbreaking, science fiction anthology The Twilight Zone: The Complete Fourth Season, available on DVD on Aug. 6, 2013

Warner Archive Collection announces New Releases: Time Bombs & Bombshells

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will remember the life and career of Academy Award(R)-winning actor Ernest Borgnine with a 24-hour marathon of his films today, July 26.

As we come to the middle of July - the unofficial midway point of summer (already?!), I trust you will want to plan on attending a number of the productions currently (or soon to be) running at any number of the theatre and live performance establishments located here on the idyllic Central Coast of California!

As we come to the middle of July - the unofficial midway point of summer (already?!), I trust you will want to plan on attending a number of the productions currently (or soon to be) running at any number of the theatre and live performance establishments located here on the idyllic Central Coast of California!

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will remember the life and career of Academy Award(R)-winning actor Ernest Borgnine with a 24-hour marathon of his films on Thursday, July 26.

The Hartt School Community Division (HCD) presents a performance by the Fry Street Quartet on August 7, at 6:00 PM, in Millard Auditorium at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT. This renowned string quartet will present a concert including Haydn's Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76, Sunrise and Brahms' Quartet in C Minor, op. 51, no. 1. This concert is free and open to the public. Contact the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228 or visit www.hcd.hartford.edu for more information.

The Fry Street Quartet will be in residence at The Hartt School Community Division July 29 through August 7, working with advanced teenaged string players in the David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar.

The Seattle premiere of MARY POPPINS opens tonight, Friday, May 13 at 8 pm at The Paramount Theatre for a limited three-week engagement through Sunday, May 29.

Actress Anne Francis passed away yesterday in California due to complications from pancreatic cancer. She was 80 years old. Francis is survived by daughters, Jane and Maggie.

The Fry Street Quartet will be in residence at The Hartt School Community Division (HCD) July 30 through August 8, working with advanced teenagers in HCD's 3rd annual David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar. The week long seminar features a performance by the Fry Street Quartet on August 4, at 7:00 PM in Lincoln Theater. Admission is $20 for adults with discounts available for seniors and students. Please contact the Hartt Community Division office at 860.768.4451 or visit the performance and events calendar at www.hartford.edu/hartt for details.

The Duplex Cabaret Theatre is pleased to announce plans for the first-ever BARBRA STREISAND FILM FESTIVAL! On Sundays, February 6, 13 and 20 at 7pm, we'll kick off the proceedings with screenings of three film classics...