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The Care and Feeding of the Lovable Schlemiel

George Heymont | Posted 02.11.2013 | Arts
Read More: M. Graham Smith, Anthony Newley, Stephen Buescher, Gwen Loeb, Lorenzo Pisoni, Ken Slattery, Shotgun Players, Truffaldino Says No, Michael Phillis, Commedia Dell?Arte, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

Most actors develop their versatility by training to perform in comic as well as tragic roles. But, as the old saying goes, "Dying is easy, comedy is hard."

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Howie Richmond (1917-2012): Music Publishing Pioneer With a Big Heart

Michael Sigman | Posted 07.28.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Traffic, Howie Richmond, Pink Floyd, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Carl Sigman, Charles Aznavour, Anthony Newley, Pete Seeger, Johnny Mercer, Guy Lombardo, Shel Silverstein, Howie Richmond Dead, Video, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

You may not know the name Howie Richmond, but without him, it's likely you'd have never gotten to know the music of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly and many other essential figures in American and European popular music.

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The Irrationality of Love and Art

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: San Francisco Arts Commission, Christopher Guest, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Rescue Dog, M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, Ruth Asawa, Union Square, Leslie Bricusse, Mike Daisey, Miles Egstad, Bethany Center, Best in Show, Ghirardelli Square, Ruth?S Table, Golden Gate Park, Bob Toy, Princess Abby, Don R. Lewis, Garden of Remembrance, Jacobellis v. Ohio, Black Mountain College, Ruth Asawa: Roots of an Artist, Anthony Newley, Jean-Michele Gregory, Josef Albers, San Francisco State University, Carrie Prejean, Dawn Goehring, John T. Beck, Cyril Ritchard, The Roar of the Greasepaint ?€“ the Smell of the Crowd, Chinese Crested, Worst in Show, World?S Ugliest Dog Contest, Bayside Plaza, California Arts Council, Sonoma-Marin Fair, Walt Disney Studios, Academy of Art University, Buckminster Fuller, 13th San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Potter Stewart, Mockumentary, S&M, Dane Andrew, National Endowment for the Arts, Rohwher, Film, Arts News
George Heymont

In 1964, when the United States Supreme Court ruled on Jacobellis v. Ohio, Associate Justice Potter Stewart gained fame for his description of obscen...

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Hot New Night Club Duo: Michael Feinstein and David Hyde Pierce

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Anthony Newley, Dolly!, Christine Ebersole, Noel Coward, Cheyenne Jackson, Spamalot, Curtains, Leslie Bricusse, Hello, Jerry Herman, David Hyde Pierce, Ralph Blane, Cole Porter, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Tyne Daly, Hugh Martin, Mary Martin, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, Marilyn Maye, Betty Buckley, Michael Feinstein, New York News
David Finkle

Pierce has a resonant baritone-bass that doesn't come as a total surprise after his stints in the one-word-titled musicals Spamalot and Curtains.

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