Judy Garland

Tracie Bennett becomes Judy Garland as a dynamo at rainbow's end

2013-03-16 05:00:00

For movie musical lovers in general and gay men of a certain age in particular, Judy Garland represents the alpha and omega of stardom. So it was with some trepidation that I knocked on the apartment door of Tracie Bennett, the English actress who has...

Review: A high-voltage 'End of the Rainbow'

2013-03-21 16:25:00

Playing Judy Garland in the months leading up to the actress' fatal 1969 overdose, Tracie Bennett spends much of "End of the Rainbow" horizontal — though rarely for more than 10 seconds at a time. The central prop of the bio-musical now playing at...

Great and powerful? Recalling the original ‘Wizard of Oz’ [Photos]

2013-03-08 10:02:09

Tony Awards 2012: For 'Once' daring trumps commerce

2012-06-11 08:00:00

Will wonders never cease: David overcame Goliath in a rare victory at the Beacon Theatre that will force us to rethink the old truism that commerce trumps independent vision on Broadway. "Once," the little musical spun from an Irish art house film,...

Ahmanson's 2012-13 season includes 'Seminar,' Beatles musical

2012-05-30 09:27:00

The 2012-13 season at the Ahmanson Theatre will feature Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar," starring Jeff Goldblum, and the U.S. premiere of "Backbeat," a new musical about the origin of the Beatles, based on the 1994 movie. As previously announced, the...

Sheriff's sale of former Westside home of Judy Garland is canceled

2012-06-04 17:12:00

The sheriff's sale of a French estate on the Westside that was once the battleground for the bitter custody battle between screen star Judy Garland and Sid Luft was canceled this week after the parties involved negotiated a settlement. The 6,255-square-...

Tony Awards 2012: Nina Arianda snags lead actress in a play win

2012-06-10 20:15:00

Nina Arianda won the Tony Award for lead actress in a play for her provocatively sexual performance in the two-hander play "Venus in Fur" by David Ives. "Venus in Fur," adapted from the Leopold von Sacher-Masoch novella, first ran at the Classic Stage...

Tony Awards 2012: In L.A., a party to benefit actors

2012-06-11 13:45:00

Theater lovers in Los Angeles watched the Tonys together Sunday night at the Tony Awards Viewing Party, a benefit for the Actors Fund, at the Skirball Cultural Center. Although most viewers on the West Coast couldn't see the show until 8 p.m., party-...

The David O. Selznick Collection: Kenneth Turan's DVD pick

2012-06-07 16:39:29

Buyer takes a shining to Jack Nicholson home

2011-10-09 00:00:00

A-list actor Jack Nicholson has sold his longtime retreat in Malibu for $3.5 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows. The 28-acre property came on the market in February at $4.25 million. Zoned for equestrian use, the spread includes a ranch-style...

Mort Lindsey dies at 89; Judy Garland's musical director

2012-05-10 16:18:00

Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show," has died. He was 89. Lindsey, who was in declining health...

Julie Andrews' Brentwood house isn't going for a song

2012-05-13 00:00:00

Singer and actress Julie Andrews has listed the Brentwood house she owned with her late husband, director and screenwriter Blake Edwards, for $2.649 million. Less than a month after coming on the market, the tidy white home with gray shutters is already...

Many film fans point to Garland's performance in 1955's "A Star is Born" as the work that should have brought her an Oscar (she never did win a competitive Academy Award). But at least she was nominated for that.

2013-02-22 12:28:39

During the Tonys montage of the best plays of the season, Tracie Bennett took to the stage in character as Judy Garland in "End of the Rainbow" and performed her famous "Clang Clang Clang (Went the Trolley).

2012-06-10 00:00:00

The Westside home belonged to Judy Garland and Sid Luft in the 1960s.

2012-06-04 17:15:55