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A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Sheridan Whiteside : [opening a box of candy] “Ah, pecan butternut fudge!” Nurse Preen : “Oh, my, you mustn't eat candy, Mr. Whiteside, it's very bad for you.” Whiteside : “My great aunt Jennifer ate a whole box of candy every day of her life. She lived to be 102 and when she'd been dead three days she looked better than you do now!”—George S. Kaufman...
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Liquor Barn's Party Line Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... …to be ”Father of the Blues” and to put Beale Street on the map! 1889 - Dramatist and director George S. Kaufman born …to be “The Great Collaborator” on “The Man Who Came to Dinner” and “You Can’t Take it With You” and many others! 1907 – Oklahoma became the 46th United State …where the wind comes rushing down the plains! OK! 1958 – Actress Marg Helgenberger born …on “China Beach”...
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Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Gratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of **** It would be perfectly understandable if The Royal Family showed its age. After all the play, by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber , made its Broadway debut 82 years ago, in 1927. The story is based on the Barrymore clan and the only Barrymore I know is Drew . Well, the Manhattan Theatre Club revival of this three-act play is anything but a...
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A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... performance I saw, of Is Life Worth Living ?, met all of my expectations. This comedy from the 1930s, which closed a week and a half ago after a run of several weeks, is a wry valentine to the impossible world of theater in the manner of Moss Hart’s Light Up the Sky and the George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber dramedy, The Royal Family (now itself being revived on Broadway)....
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... opening recently at Manhattan Theatre Club of an often enjoyable revival of "The Royal Family," George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's screwball slice of theatrical life. The new production of that classic 1927 comedy, about the daft members of a teetering Broadway acting clan, doesn't achieve consistent buoyancy, except when it is floating on the talents of the remarkable Rosemary Harris...
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JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Stage Door: A theatrical boarding home is the setting for this remarkable film, from an Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman play. The dynamite cast contains Hepburn as an opulent gal trying to be successful on her own, Menjou as proposing creator, Leeds as allergic actress, and a few future stars such as Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, and Eve Arden. Cast includes Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers,...
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Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Henry Jaglom's new play feels awfully familiar. First there's its title, "Just 45 Minutes From Broadway," which all but sets you to whistling the George M. Cohan song containing that jaunty phrase. Then there's the story, about a free-spirited theater...
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Edward Copeland on Film (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... actress currently starring in Manhattan Theatre Club’s well-presented revival of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber’s decidedly dated comedy The Royal Family , is 82 years of age. If this venerated veteran of the boards doesn’t really seem to register the implications of what’s printed on her birth certificate, it doesn’t appear that Father Time is paying...
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TrueBloodNet.com - True Blood News (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Rutina Wesley was recently spotted at the opening night of “The Royal Family” on Broadway in New York City. The play is being presented by the Manhattan Theater Club and is a revival of the 1927 play of the same name written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. The play is about the glittering, drama-filled [...]
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Out West Arts (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Joey Slotnick as Groucho in Animal CrackersPhoto: Eric Y. Exit/Goodman Theater 2009Before leaving Chicago this weekend, I was fortunate to catch one of those shows you don’t expect to be as entertaining as it is. The show in question is a revival of George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind’s musical star vehicle for the Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers, now on stage at the Goodman...
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NYtheatre.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Some reasons to see the new revival of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's The Royal Family , at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre: Performances by Rosemary Harris and Tony Roberts; a chance to see an early, pre-Moss Hart George S. Kaufman play; and a rare glimpse at what the world thought of the Barrymore Family at the height of their prowess.
