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Brandeis Cancels Play About Lenny Bruce After Protests
New York Times Brandeis University canceled an upcoming play about the comedian Lenny Bruce after some students and faculty expressed outrage about its content, the school announced on Monday. The play, called “Buyer Beware,” was written by Michael Weller, … Now the campus censors are silencing a play about Lenny Bruce … Protests at Brandeis University Force Cancellation of Lenny Bruce Play |
Is Lenny Bruce Too Much for Brandeis to Handle? – Inside Higher Ed
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Is Lenny Bruce Too Much for Brandeis to Handle?
Inside Higher Ed Lenny Bruce made a career of transgressing traditional social mores with his stand-up routines, culminating in his conviction for obscenity in 1964. Now a production of a play based on Bruce's comedy at Brandeis University has been canceled, after … University's statement related to the Creative Arts Award and 'Buyer Beware' |
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Brandeis cancels campus play amid student protests of its black … – The Boston Globe
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Brandeis cancels campus play amid student protests of its black …
The Boston Globe The notion that the staging of a play about comedian Lenny Bruce would be held up over incendiary content seems too ironic to be true. Or like the setup for a … Students Were Offended By a Play That Mocks Political Correctness … Playwright says Brandeis treated the cancellation of his play in a 'dangerous and corrosive way' |
Brandeis cancels play amid protests over racism — and gets more backlash – The Boston Globe
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Brandeis cancels play amid protests over racism — and gets more backlash
The Boston Globe The notion that the staging of a play about comedian Lenny Bruce would be held up over incendiary content seems too ironic to be true. Or like the setup for a scorching joke Bruce would have told. But half a century after Bruce's death, the social … Students Were Offended By a Play That Mocks Political Correctness, So Brandeis Cancelled It Playwright says Brandeis treated the cancellation of his play in a 'dangerous and corrosive way' |
Music roundup: Lewis Black brings angry back with two shows at Pabst Theater – Janesville Gazette
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Music roundup: Lewis Black brings angry back with two shows at Pabst Theater
Janesville Gazette His act involves sarcasm, profanity, shouting and angry finger-shaking, and he lists as influences such performers as George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, Bob Newhart and Shelley Berman. Black starred in two additional episodes of … |
Latter Day Jew Wants Jews to Hear His Story of Love and Conversion – Jewish Journal
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Latter Day Jew Wants Jews to Hear His Story of Love and Conversion
Jewish Journal Scott was sitting in his living room, which sported an Israeli flag, books on Judaism and the Jewish icons he has loved since childhood (Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Nora Ephron and Lenny Bruce). One of his arms was adorned with a tattoo of TV's “The … |
I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I’M LENNY BRUCE Announces an Extension Into Their 6-Month. – Broadway World
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I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I'M LENNY BRUCE Announces an Extension Into Their 6-Month.
Broadway World Theatre 68 is excited to announce the six month extension of "I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I'M Lenny Bruce" – Directed by Joe Mantegna, the World Premiere show stars Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce, has been such a hit, the Producers have extended the … |
Lenny Bruce’s fire and fury light up Theatre 68 – Los Angeles Times
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Lenny Bruce's fire and fury light up Theatre 68
Los Angeles Times In case turning back the clock to the stability and prosperity of the early 1960s seems an enticing alternative to today's sociopolitical turbulence, consider the fate of Lenny Bruce. The comic provocateur's taboo-busting, profanity-loaded monologues … |