'The Mel Brooks Collection On Blu-ray Disc' Set for 12/15 Release
by Eddie Varley
- Sep 25, 2009
Best known as a creator of broad film farces and uproarious parodies, jack-of-all-trades Mel Brooks has been entertaining audiences for years with his wacky and absurdist humor. Now just in time for the holidays, the king of comedy's brilliant work is available for the first time in high definition in The Mel Brooks Collection on Blu-ray Disc, debuting December 15 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Sofa Snark: Live Emmy Awards Blogging
by James Sims
- Sep 20, 2009
So sit right back, catch the Emmy Awards live on CBS and make sure to check back here on SofaSnark.com for live blogging throughout the night. You can also follow me on Twitter @columbiajames ...
BWW INTERVIEWS: Lewis Cleale: THE FANTASTICKS' 'Man In Black'
by Eddie Varley
- Jul 7, 2009
Color symbolism is a literary device that is hammered home by high school English teachers around the country. Students are encouraged to ponder why Jay Gatsby reaches out to the green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan's dock and what Robert Frost meant when he wrote about two roads diverging in a yellow wood. Why did these authors choose the colors green and yellow? What did they mean?
Photo Tribute: Remembering Dom DeLuise
by Walter McBride
- May 5, 2009
Actor, comedian, film director, TV producer, and author Dom DeLuise passed away in his sleep on Monday at age 75. He had been fighting a long battle with cancer.
'Student Gypsy' Opens at Eureka Theater on 03/29
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 10, 2008
42nd Street Moon continues its fifteenth season of Uncommon Musicals in Concert with Alameda native Rick Besoyan's riotously funny The Student Gypsy (or 'The Prince of Liederkranz'), the 1963 follow-up to his smash-hit operetta-spoof, Little Mary Sunshine. Maureen McVerry, who made her highly-acclaimed company debut last year in Pardon My English, returns to play the role of gypsy queen Zampa Allescu. The show previews on March 27 & 28, opens on March 29 at 6 pm, and runs through April 13, with a special family matinee on Saturday April 5 @ 1 pm.
