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Howard Sherman: Buyer Beware controversy does Lenny Bruce and playwright Michael Weller a disservice
The Stage Weller's play intentionally drew on the university's recent receipt of the archives of the groundbreaking comedian Lenny Bruce, whose incendiary humour and vivid language led to arrests for obscenity and court challenges to those charges in the 1950s … |
Jeremy Piven has played an agent, wing-man, now trying standup – Naples Daily News
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Jeremy Piven has played an agent, wing-man, now trying standup
Naples Daily News Piven said he's long admired stand-up legends George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce and especially current headliner Dave Chappelle — all comics who have spoken "their minds in a very truthful, open and insightful and were edgy in some way." "The … |
I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I’M LENNY BRUCE Extends – Broadway World
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I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I'M LENNY BRUCE Extends
Broadway World I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I'M LENNY BRUCE Extends Theatre 68 is once again, extending Critics Choice production of "I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I'M Lenny Bruce" – Directed by Joe Mantegna, the acclaimed show stars Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce, has been such a hit … God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II: The Second | Ticket Seller Box Office |
The week ahead in LA theater, March 25-April 1: ‘American Mariachi,’ ‘Bloodletting’ and more – Los Angeles Times
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The week ahead in LA theater, March 25-April 1: 'American Mariachi,' 'Bloodletting' and more
Los Angeles Times I'm Lenny Bruce In this meticulously researched solo biography tracing the life and prosecution of the groundbreaking early 1960s comic provocateur, actor Ronnie Marmo and director Joe Mantegna offer subsequent generations not only a sense of who Bruce … |
Randazza: Scottish comedian’s Nazi salute dog video was awful. B – KBZK.com | Continuous News | Bozeman, Montana – KBZK Bozeman News
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Randazza: Scottish comedian's Nazi salute dog video was awful. B – KBZK.com | Continuous News | Bozeman, Montana
KBZK Bozeman News The best humor is transgressive. From Lenny Bruce to George Carlin to Dave Chappelle to Sarah Silverman to Chris Rock, the best humorists have used that rich spice shaved off from the fruit of painful or taboo subjects to craft their humorous … Randazza: Scottish comedian's Nazi salute dog video was awful. But it wasn't a crime Scottish comedian's Nazi salute dog video was awful. But it wasn't a … Man guilty of hate crime for filming pug's 'Nazi salutes' |
Randazza: Scottish comedian’s Nazi salute dog video was awful. But it wasn’t a crime – GANT News
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Randazza: Scottish comedian's Nazi salute dog video was awful. But it wasn't a crime
GANT News Sheriff Derek O'Carroll said in court: “The accused knew that the material was offensive and knew why it was offensive. He would have known it was grossly offensive to many Jewish people.” Certainly, it is offensive to many people (“It is grossly … Man guilty of hate crime for filming pug's 'Nazi salutes' |
Melba Moore delivers a heartrending tribute to Billie Holiday with WBTT – YourObserver.com
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Melba Moore delivers a heartrending tribute to Billie Holiday with WBTT
YourObserver.com Robertson wrote this play before VH-1's “Behind the Music,” but the template was already familiar: Despite their creative promise, Lenny Bruce or Hendrix or Janis or Elvis or [Artist Name Here] lived tragically short lives, cut down in their prime by … |
Introducing a Major New Voice in Comedy (Who Also Attacks Comedy) – New York Times
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Introducing a Major New Voice in Comedy (Who Also Attacks Comedy)
New York Times We're at a moment when I suspect audiences are not as interested in hearing from angry male comics, and yet the work of Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks laid the groundwork that allows us to see Ms. Gadsby's roaring polemic wrapped in jokes as firmly part of … |
Corporate, Detroiters, and the Battle Between Comedy’s Light and Dark Sides – Vulture
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Corporate, Detroiters, and the Battle Between Comedy's Light and Dark Sides
Vulture The dark side includes political comedy, satire, political-correctness pushers, sarcasm, violence, most insults. The light is bathroom humor, funny dancing, stupidity, impressions, cuteness, breaking, most physical comedy. The patron saints of the dark … |
Abingdon to Host Free Reading of Michael Weller’s Buyer Beware – Playbill.com
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Abingdon to Host Free Reading of Michael Weller's Buyer Beware
Playbill.com An earlier Brandeis University production of the play was canceled after students protested its contents. Lenny Bruce Library of Congress. Abingdon Theatre Company is presenting a free reading of Michael Weller's play Buyer Beware March 26 at 7 PM at … |
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