Tag: Theatre

• GOING PLACES

  August 12, 1937 An interesting new portrait of Lucille Ball, RKO Radio player. Miss Ball’s career is a bit unusual for a young actress, for she is building a name on the stage along with carving out a niche in the screen world. Lucille, after playing a featured part in Lily Pons’ “That Girl from…

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 12, 2021

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  1937, Hey Diddle Diddle, Lucille Ball, Theatre

• LUCY LOCO? DIZZY DESI?

  July 1, 1946 On the first of July 1946, Dorothy Kilgallen reported that Lucille Ball was considering an offer by Broadway producer Jed Harris to come to New York in the fall and star in the play Loco written by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. Lucille Ball appealed to MGM where she was under contract, to allow her to…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 1, 2021

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  1946, Broadway, Candy Jones, Desi Arnaz, Filly From Flatbush, Jean Parker, Jed Harris, Loco, Lucille Ball, Theatre

• The ‘Wildcat’ Episode, or, Did Broadway Love Lucy?

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 31, 2020

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  1960, Broadway, broadway musicals, Lucille Ball, new york times, Theatre, Wildcat

• Lucy’s Will Power!

  In honor of Shakespeare’s birthday (April 23rd) here are some examples of Lucy honoring the immortal Bard of Avon!  ROMEO AND JULIET ROMEO AND JULIET ROMEO AND JULIET THE MERCHANT OF VENICE RICHARD II  ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA THE TAMING OF THE SHREW THE TAMING OF THE SHREW JULIUS CAESAR…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 23, 2020

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  Antony and Cleopatra, Desi Arnaz Jr., Gale Gordon, Hans Conreid, Here’s Lucy, I love lucy, John Williams, Julius Caesar, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Lucy in London, Much Ado About Nothing, Orson Welles, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Stage, The Bard of Avon, The Lucy Show, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Theatre, tv, Vivian Vance, William Shakespeare

• LUCY THE CRUSADER

  A “Here’s Lucy” script by Milt Josefsberg from 1970 starring Broadway & Hollywood stay-at-home stars Klea Blackhurst (Lucy), Jennifer Simard (Kim), John Stamos (Craig), and Brad Oscar as Uncle Harry. Special appearances by Coco Peru, Richard Kind, Jonathan Freeman, Michael Kostroff, Stanley Bojarski, and Christine Pedi. Directed by John Tracey Eagan! LUCY THE CRUSADER

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 8, 2020

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  1970, Brad Oscar, Broadway, broadway musicals, Christine Pedi, Coco Peru, Corona Virus, Covid-19, Here’s Lucy, Hollywood, Jennifer Simard, John Stamos, John Tracey Eagan, Jonathan Freeman, Klea Blackhurst, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Michael Kostroff, Richard Kind, Sitcom, Social Distancing, Stanley Bojarski, Theatre, tv

• RIP Terrence McNally

  1938-2020 Described as “the bard of American theater” playwright Terrence McNally was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1996. He received the 2019 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, and the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, he was inducted into the American Academy…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 7, 2020

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  Broadway, Corona Virus, Corpus Christi, Covid-19, gay, Love Valour Compassion, Lucille Ball, Lucy, McNally, Nathan Lane, Paul Bogart, Stage, Terrence McNally, Theatre, Wildcat

• “I Want It All”

  Lucille Ball Wanted It All! The 1983 Broadway musical BABY pays tribute to Lucille Ball as a mother who wanted it all – and got it!    “I want to be Mother Teresa, Sally Ride, Lucille Ball!I want it all!” 

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 4, 2019

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  1984, Baby, Beth Fowler, Broadway, Broadway Musical, Catherine Cox, Liz Callaway, Lucille Ball, Motherhood, Musical, Richard Maltby Jr., Stage, Theatre, Tony Awards

• Woodstock Playhouse

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 20, 2019

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  I love lucy, i loved lucy, lee tannen, Lucille Ball, Lucy, new york state, plays, sandra dickinson, Stage, Theatre

• BWW Review: SIDEKICKED at Cape May Stage

  If you are near Cape May NJ this summer, SIDEKICKED is a new play about Vivian Vance (starring Sally Mayes) at Cape May Stage through September 20, 2019!   BWW Review: SIDEKICKED at Cape May Stage

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 14, 2019

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  Cape May NJ, Cape May Stage, I love lucy, Joe Steinberg, Kim Powers, Lucy, Sally Mayes, Sidekicked, Stage, Theatre, Vivian Vance

• BWW Interview: Playwright Kim Powers on SIDEKICKED, his new play opening August 7 at Cape May Stage

  Happy Birthday Vivian Vance – the spotlight is all yours! BWW Interview: Playwright Kim Powers on SIDEKICKED, his new play opening August 7 at Cape May Stage

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 26, 2019

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  Cape May Stage, I love lucy, Kim Powers, Lucille Ball, NJ, play, Sally Mayes, Sidekicked, Stage, Theatre, Vivian Vance