Moss Hart

Book review: 'Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty' by Phoebe Hoban

2011-01-30 00:00:00

Alice Neel The Art of Not Sitting Pretty Phoebe Hoban St. Martin's Press: 479 pp., $35 Here comes that old question, the one that pops up when a new biography of a prominent artist or writer is published: Do we judge an artist by the life or the work?...

Theater review: â€˜Merrily We Roll Alongâ€™ at Actors Co-op

2010-09-30 16:32:58

Kevin McCarthy dies at 96; prolific actor best known for 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'

2010-09-13 00:00:00

Kevin McCarthy, the veteran stage and screen actor best known for his starring role as the panicked doctor who tried to warn the world about the alien "pod people" who were taking over in the 1956 science-fiction suspense classic "Invasion of the Body...

Theater review: 'Just 45 Minutes From Broadway' at Edgemar Center for the Arts

2009-10-22 16:32:39

Theater review: 'Camelot' at Pasadena Playhouse

2010-01-17 16:32:45

'Chicago' creators say Disney and Miramax broke contract to the tune of $12 million-plus

2010-04-29 16:33:01

Karl Malden dies at 97; Oscar-winning actor

2009-07-02 00:00:00

Karl Malden, a versatile Oscar-winning actor who built a six-decade Hollywood career playing heroes and heavies -- and, often, relatable ordinary men -- yet who was certain he was best known as a commercial pitchman for American Express, has died. He...

Theater review: 'Stage Door' at Open Fist Theatre

2010-02-18 21:32:47

Theater Beat: 'And Her Hair Went With Her,' 'Blue Night in the Heart of the West,' '1001' and 'I'd Rather Be Right.'

2008-05-16 00:00:00

If you want to catch two wicked talents get into trouble, head for the Fountain Theatre, where Tony winner Tonya Pinkins and "Cold Case" actress Tracie Thoms are tearing it up in "And Her Hair Went With Her," Zina Camblin's vivid if uneven look at African...

Classic sites in Phoenix are 75 and sunny

2004-10-17 00:00:00

Pick up any showbiz biography about the 1930s and '40s, and odds are the actor or playwright or composer escaped to the Arizona desert in search of sun, health or seclusion. You can imagine Moss Hart hobnobbing with Cole Porter at a stylish hacienda or,...

'You Can't Take It With You,' so enjoy Everyman play now

2012-05-22 08:52:00

Audiences during the Great Depression had their spirits lifted by "You Can't Take It With You," the wacky 1936 comedy by George S. Kaufmanand Moss Hart. The lively Everyman Theatre production seems likely to have the same uplifting effect for audiences...

Everyman Theatre opens season with a 'Raisin' d'exit

2011-09-02 13:32:00

An area theater that does consistently fine work is beginning its last season in its current home. Everyman Theatre’s upcoming season is slated to be its final one on N. Charles Street, in the Station North arts and entertainment district. Work...

Though this Moss Hart - George S. Kaufman Depression-era comedy hasn't aged all that well, it won the 1938 best picture, as did Capra for best director.

2008-11-18 14:58:34

Michael Andrew is 1 of a 6-member ensemble in Mad Cow Theatre's production of the Irving Berlin-Moss Hart musical revue 'As Thousands Cheer.'

2002-04-06 00:00:00