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RAUNCHY LITTLE MUSICAL – BELLE BARTH IS BACK! to Heat Up PGA Arts Center
Broadway World Belle Barth burst onto the 1950s Miami Beach scene as the "female Lenny Bruce". The self-proclaimed founder of "Ball Breakers Anonymous", this purveyor of dirty jokes who topped the charts of the Adults Only record section, had an attitude that made … |
Jon Lovitz explains why Donald Trump won over Pennsylvania – PhillyVoice.com
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Jon Lovitz explains why Donald Trump won over Pennsylvania
PhillyVoice.com He studied drama at the University of California, Irvine, but happened to be a fan of Bob Fosse's “Lenny” (about comic avatar, Lenny Bruce) and Woody Allen's “Take the Money and Run” and wanted desperately to be a comedian. “I would perform Bruce and … |
Stale Edinburgh fringe satire needs a ‘cattleprod in the bollocks’ says Keith Allen – iNews
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Stale Edinburgh fringe satire needs a 'cattleprod in the bollocks' says Keith Allen
iNews Political satire in Britain needs a “cattleprod in the bollocks”, the veteran comic actor Keith Allen has claimed, in a blast at the careerist comics touting their wares at the Edinburgh Festival. The father of singer Lily, Allen was one of the most … |
Backstage Bits: Why attempt a one-person show? For these D-FW performers, it’s personal – Dallas News
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Backstage Bits: Why attempt a one-person show? For these D-FW performers, it's personal
Dallas News Joey Folsom didn't write the one-man show Lenny Bruce Is Back. But the way Bruce's comedy routine lanced hypocrisy in this Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein play spoke to him, Folsom says. Plus, a one-man show gives him the opportunity to test out a new way … |
Today In History, Aug. 3: Jesse Owens – STLtoday.com
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Today In History, Aug. 3: Jesse Owens
STLtoday.com 1966: Lenny Bruce. AP; Aug 2, 2017. In 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, whose raunchy brand of satire and dark humor landed him in trouble with the law, was found dead in his Los Angeles home; he was 40. 1981: Air Traffic Controllers. 8 … |
Q&A: Joey Folsom – TheaterJones Performing Arts News
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Q&A: Joey Folsom
TheaterJones Performing Arts News Lenny Bruce is Back reflects the commitment of Folsom's Upstart Productions to socially relevant work in non-traditional venues. Nathan Autrey directs; Bren Rapp produces. The one-man, 70-minute play by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein places Bruce at his … |
Sam Shepard, the cowboy playwright who rewrote the rules of the American stage – Los Angeles Times
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Sam Shepard, the cowboy playwright who rewrote the rules of the American stage
Los Angeles Times Why shouldn't theater artists pose as direct an assault on the senses as a Charlie Parker jazz riff or a Janis Joplin wail or a Jackson Pollock action painting or a Lenny Bruce harangue? Shepard didn't see why he should have to choose between Beckett … |
Scaramucci’s Swearing – New York Sun
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Scaramucci's Swearing
New York Sun The way they talk now on late night television these days would make prompt Lenny Bruce himself to call the cops. Which may well be why President Trump, a compulsive watcher of television, himself seems so inured to such talk. It's hard to say when all … |
One-Man Show Lenny Bruce Is Back Visits Dallas Comedy and … – Dallas Observer
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One-Man Show Lenny Bruce Is Back Visits Dallas Comedy and …
Dallas Observer Joe Folsom is quick to defend one of the most influential and controversial performers of the 20th century, Lenny Bruce. “He's wasn't an asshole, he… It's the Bruce and Burlesque Bash! |
Show Brings Controversial Comedian Lenny Bruce Back to Life in Dallas Clubs – Dallas Observer
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Show Brings Controversial Comedian Lenny Bruce Back to Life in Dallas Clubs
Dallas Observer Joe Folsom is quick to defend one of the most influential and controversial performers of the 20th century, Lenny Bruce: “He's wasn't an asshole; he just didn't suffer assholes," he says. Bruce was famously misunderstood and was arrested numerous times … It's the Bruce and Burlesque Bash! |