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1967's Other Summer of Love
New York Times (blog) It was while studying psychology at Rutgers University in 1963 that he first went to the Lower East Side to see Lenny Bruce perform. He also rode a motorcycle and supplied pot to his “intellectual friends,” who were “discussing everything from Buddha … |
All You Need To Know About: Neil Diamond in Vancouver – Straight.com
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All You Need To Know About: Neil Diamond in Vancouver
Straight.com In a 1976 Rolling Stone profile he admitted to going into therapy after auditioning for a film about Lenny Bruce. “Suddenly here I was, speaking words that I had never spoken before,” Diamond told writer Ben Fong-Torres. Out of his sessions Diamond … |
Critically Acclaimed Show I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I’M LENNY BRUCE Extends – Broadway World
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Critically Acclaimed Show I AM NOT A COMEDIAN…I'M LENNY BRUCE Extends
Broadway World I'M LENNY BRUCE Extends Theatre 68 is excited to announce the 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 … |
Trump Hasn’t Killed Comedy – Slate Magazine
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Trump Hasn't Killed Comedy
Slate Magazine The idea that we couldn't perceive the human soul until Lenny Bruce told jokes about masturbation in 1957 not only warps our understanding of the comedy that followed, it blots out the comic traditions that existed before and alongside him. It has no … |
Joey Folsom to Play Lenny Bruce – TheaterJones Performing Arts News
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Joey Folsom to Play Lenny Bruce
TheaterJones Performing Arts News The next move is a big one: Folsom playing comedy legend Lenny Bruce in the one-man play Lenny Bruce is Back. Performances are throughout August at the Dallas Comedy House and the burlesque house Viva's Lounge in the Dallas Design District, and in … |
‘Talk Show’ at Centre Stage – Castanet.net
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'Talk Show' at Centre Stage
Castanet.net Multimedia artist Erick Thompson is hosting an entertainment variety show at Centre Stage Theatre on August 1. Talk Show features stories, music and conversation. Thompson will act as emcee and will also interview TV and film actor Roark Critchlow … |
10 fabulous US music venues – CNN
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10 fabulous US music venues
CNN The list of those artists is a staggering "who's who" of the comedy, folk, and rock scenes of the 1960s and 1970s. Lenny Bruce, Cheech & Chong, Bill Cosby. Tom Waits, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt. The list goes on. In one way or another … |
‘Criminal Minds’ actor Joe Mantegna takes a turn as stage director with ‘Lenny Bruce’ – The Columbus Dispatch
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'Criminal Minds' actor Joe Mantegna takes a turn as stage director with 'Lenny Bruce'
The Columbus Dispatch I'm Lenny Bruce,” which opened recently at Theatre 68 in North Hollywood and runs through July 29. The play, with Ronnie Marmo in the title role, chronicles the life and times of the legendarily incendiary performer. Mantegna, a native Chicagoan, spoke … |
Truths lurk in comedian’s ‘Last Words’ – Chicago Tribune
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Truths lurk in comedian's 'Last Words'
Chicago Tribune I was too young to appreciate the foul-mouthed godfather of such raunchy humor, Lenny Bruce, who I once thought was a comedy duo called Lenny and Bruce. Forty-five years have passed since I first heard those seven dirty words, yet they're still not … |
Q&A: Joe Mantegna leads charge into Bruce’s comedy – Worcester Telegram
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Q&A: Joe Mantegna leads charge into Bruce's comedy
Worcester Telegram I'm Lenny Bruce,” which opened in June at Theatre 68 in North Hollywood and runs through July 29. The play chronicles the life and times of the legendarily incendiary performer. Ronnie Marmo plays the title role. Mantegna, a native Chicagoan, took a … |