Fanny Brice

Review: Jewish songwriters set 'Broadway Musicals' singing on PBS

2013-01-01 15:06:00

"Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy," which airs New Year's night on PBS (that's PBS SoCal, for local viewers) as part of its "Great Performances" series, shares again the great open secret that American culture is to a great extent Jewish culture. More...

Southern California Close-up: Westside of Los Angeles

2011-09-25 00:00:00

You're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles — not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south of the Santa Monica Mountains. This means you'll be well-fed, well-rested and...

Oscars by the Numbers

2012-02-02 16:41:14

Ahmanson lands Broadway's 'Follies' to fill gap in its season

2011-12-06 16:32:55

Oscar voters: 99-year-old in academy 'never wanted to be a star'

2012-02-20 16:39:25

L.A.'s postwar art scene: Hot rods and hedonism

2011-09-18 00:00:00

In September 1945, under a pall of ocher smog and summer heat, Los Angeles entered the postwar world. The city then was bigger, wealthier and more diverse than ever. Its established people — mostly past middle age and conservative, a few who were...

Fanny Brice's former Holmby Hills estate is for sale

2011-07-18 15:24:00

A Holmby Hills estate once owned by Ziegfeld Follies headliner and radio star Fanny Brice has come on the market at $65 million. The owners are Richard King, a director of King World Productions, and his interior designer wife, Lauren. Originally...

Hot Property: Brooke Burke, David Charvet list in Malibu

2011-07-30 00:00:00

"Dancing With the Stars" co-host Brooke Burke and actor David Charvet have put their Malibu house up for sale at $12.5 million. Designed to evoke the south of France, where Charvet was born, the chateau-style home is in the Serra Retreat neighborhood. An...

'Funny Girl' will open on Broadway in April after Ahmanson run

2011-10-05 16:32:58

'Funny Girl' revival postponed indefinitely for L.A. and Broadway

2011-11-03 21:32:57

Lauren Ambrose is 'Funny Girl' at the Ahmanson Theatre

2011-08-03 16:33:28

Monster Mash: Grammy Awards lawsuit; Lauren Ambrose in 'Funny Girl'

2011-08-04 16:33:11

Present and past Ziegfeld Follies chorus gals, September 2, 1941. Famous Ziegfeld girls include Lillian Lorraine, Barbara Stanwyck, Fanny Brice and Marion Davies.

2013-01-25 15:33:41

Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks

2011-11-01 15:41:07

Age: 24 Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio First impression of Chicago: The lake & the skyline. I fell in love with the waterfront People tell me I look like: Elaine from Seinfeld My dream role is: Fanny Brice from "Funny Girl" OR a bad-ass action role. The kind Angelina Jolie would play.

2011-11-01 13:23:37