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Standup Guys: The Book!

Melanie Chartoff | Posted 02.16.2013 | Books
Read More: Lincoln, Catch a Rising Star, The Improv, Woody Allen, Letterman, Caro?S Passage of Power, Andy Kaufman, Johnny Carson, John-Debellis, Kerns? Team of Rivals, Ptsd, Michael Richards, Jay Leno, Larry David, Jackie Mason, Rita Rudner, Elayne Boosler, Sardi's, Lbj, Groucho Marx, Bette, Books News
Melanie Chartoff

"There probably was no one more combative than Larry David, nor courageous. He bombed more than anyone, because of the nature of his material, which was way offbeat, borderline insane."

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Stage Door: Neighborhood Watch, James Barbour, Cirque Shanghai

Fern Siegel | Posted 02.09.2012 | Arts
Read More: Entertainment, Music, Circus, James Barbour, Concert, Theater, Sardi's, Cirque Shanghai, Alan Ayckbourn, Satire, British Theater, Neighborhood Watch Play, Arts, New York, China, Arts News
Fern Siegel

Middle-class frustrations are an Alan Ayckbourn specialty -- and in his 75th play, Neighborhood Watch, now at 59E59 Theaters, he posits a plausible story with unexpected results.

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Paul Newman: No Autographs, Please

Donald Liebenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Paul Newman, Sardi's, Paul Newman Tribute, Paul Newman Death, Paul Newman Autograph, Entertainment News
Donald Liebenson

Paul Newman said that he remembered the instant he stopped signing autographs. "I was standing at a urinal in Sardi's," he recalled, "and this guy came though the door with a piece of paper."

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