Rachel Brosnahan Reveals Her Most Difficult ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Scene In Season 1 Elite Daily
The mad divorcée of the Upper West Side, aka Midge of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, is due for a return in the Amazon comedy’s second season later this year, …
WTOP |
Q&A: 'Turn Me Loose' celebrates comedy, activism of Dick Gregory …
WTOP Actor Edwin Lee Gibson joins WTOP to dish on his role as comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory in the play “Turn Me Loose” at Arena Stage. |
94.7 The Wave (blog) |
Ronnie Marmo Talks Lenny Bruce Production with David Caprita
94.7 The Wave (blog) By Scott T. Sterling. When it comes to the Mount Rushmore of comedy, Lenny Bruce is certainly front and center. The pioneering '60s comedian famous for routines like “The Meaning of Obscenity” and once being arrested in L.A. for using the word “schmuck … |
Charleston Gazette-Mail |
Jack Newhouse: Does the president speak your language? (Gazette Opinion)
Charleston Gazette-Mail In earthy style of today's roasting environment, Comedy Central goes beyond those “seven words that you can't say on television” offer by the late George Carlin in 1972. Carlin was impressed by Lenny Bruce. Bruce was arrested for obscenity during his … |
PJ Media |
PC Police Step Up Efforts to Completely Ruin Stand-Up Comedy
PJ Media Legendary comedian Lenny Bruce went on trial 54 years ago for obscenity. It wasn't the first time he was arrested for obscenity either. Bruce was willing to repeatedly risk arrest because he thought his right to free speech was more important than the … |
San Clemente Times |
Historical Happenings: Jerry Velasco: 90 and Still Swingin'
San Clemente Times He was performing on three different occasions when controversial comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested. He has toured the U.S. and Europe as a featured jazz musician. Today, he mainly sings and plays keyboard, but in the past has played everything from … |
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Saint Mary's student reflects on comedy-centered internship
Observer Online She used the example of comedian Lenny Bruce, who was active in the 1950s and was arrested for obscenity charges and served a major figure in first amendment rights issues involving comedy due to his routines. He was posthumously pardoned of all … |
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Saint Mary's student reflects on comedy-centered internship // The …
Observer Online The student newspaper of Notre Dame and St. Mary's. |
Hollywood Reporter |
'Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America': Film Review | Telluride 2018
Hollywood Reporter That said, the guest lists for the shows were pretty phenomenal, full of faces the public was not generally accustomed to seeing on the tube in those days, beginning with the just-out-of-jail Lenny Bruce. Most notably, however, a great many of the … |