Mario Puzo: an author you can’t refuse  Financial Times

Over the years, I have made recalcitrant colleagues offers they can’t refuse, taunted my family by referring to them as my own cosa nostra, sworn to go to the …

Jonathan P. Baird: Lenny Bruce and Uncle Dave  Concord Monitor

When I was 10 years old, I had my first experience with the law. My dad took me to court in downtown Philadelphia. It was the early 1960s, and it was not just any …

Jules Feiffer Discusses Early Days and #MeToo Movement  Variety

Last year, a piece in the Washington Post raised the question, “Is Jules Feiffer Our Greatest Living Cartoonist?” To which Pulitzer Prize-winning “Maus” creator …

Rubel: Some Thoughts On The Rules Of Profanity  KRWG

Commentary: I still have vivid memories of the day my grandfather taught my cousin Johnny and me the rules of profanity. After letting one slip, he explained that …

‘Mrs. Maisel’ Scene Brings New Customers to a Classic UWS Bar; ‘The Harp is Always Shining’ at Dublin House  westsiderag.com

By Carol Tannenhauser. When The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel needed a bar where Midge Maisel and Lenny Bruce could commiserate about the hardships of being …

‘I’m Not A Comedian…I”m Lenny Bruce’ – Blog  The Island Now

Review by Elyse Trevers. Thanks to Amazon’s hit television series, “The Amazing Mrs. Maisel,” Lenny Bruce, the comedian, has found a new generation of fans.

Op-Ed: Ronnie Marmo delivers best one-man solo performance of 2018  Digital Journal

Veteran actor Ronnie Marmo delivered the best one-man show in New York this year with “I’m Not A Comedian, I’m Lenny Bruce.”

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Stuns With Season 2 Finale  The Atlantic

At the end of its second season, the Amazon series made a surprising, gratifying decision.

Ronnie Marmo talks ‘I’m Not A Comedian, I’m Lenny Bruce’ play (Includes interview)  Digital Journal

New York – Veteran actor and playwright Ronnie Marmo chatted with Digital Journal about his play “I’m Not A Comedian, I’m Lenny Bruce,” where he stars as the …

Reality Check – RESURRECTING LENNY: In Praise of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel & The Spirit of the Great Lenny Bruce  Aquarian Weekly

I probably should have penned this piece last year after the first season of Netflix’s magnificent series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel written and directed by the.