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No impersonations in bringing 'I Love Lucy Live' to the stage
Sirena Irwin has been rocking the curly red hair (OK, it's a wig) and wide-eyed charm of Lucille Ball — or at least Lucy Ricardo — since last fall in "I Love Lucy Live on Stage." The hit show, created by director Rick Sparks and producer Kim...
Tags: Lucille Ball, Music Industry
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On Theater: 'Absurd Person' a singular laugh fest
Alan Ayckbourn often has been termed the British Neil Simon due to his prodigious output of plays in a quirky comical vein. South Coast Repertory has yet to mount a Simon show, but has produced myriad Ayckbourn offerings and is quite familiar with the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Suicide, Frank Foster
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At Home In Litchfield Hills With Soap Writer Pete Rich
The Hartford CourantRemember when Reva Shayne of "Guiding Light" stripped in the downtown fountain and announced, "I baptize myself the slut of Springfield, scarlet woman, common tramp?" Or when Tad Martin on "All My Children" proclaimed to his wacky mother Opal, "I am...Tags: Arts and Culture, Opera (genre), Bob Hope, Guiding Light (tv program), Comedy (genre)
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Steinberg: NFL needs to replace the replacements
Are you ready for some football? The first full weekend of NFL games kicks off Sunday, but this won't by any normal opening weekend. Something critical is missing — real NFL officials. The league and its officials have been deadlocked...Tags: High School Sports, National Football League, NFL Network (tv network), DirecTV Group Inc., National Football League Players Association
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A restaurant for every voting bloc
First, there is the confounding name: MB Financial Park, which sounds like the headquarters for a midlevel insurance firm but is an entertainment complex where one can go from restaurant to comedy club to bowling alley without moving the car.
Once you...Tags: Animal, Entertainment, Pizzas, Chicken, Pies and Tarts
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Don't touch that NPR dial
For a confederation of supposed liberals, public radio can be awfully conservative. Ask someone to name a public radio show, any public radio show, and the chances are the answer will have been around during the Reagan administration: "A Prairie Home...
Tags: Passenger Cars, John Wesley, Entertainment, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry
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William Asher dies at 90; 'I Love Lucy,' 'Bewitched' director
As the director of more than 100 episodes of the enduringly classic 1950s sitcom "I Love Lucy," William Asher considered the first episode he directed to be one of his most memorable: Lucy and Ethel working in a chocolate factory. But for Asher, who died...Tags: Danny Thomas, World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, Comedy (genre), Dracula (movie, 1931)
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'I Love Lucy' actress Doris Singleton dead at 92
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Doris Singleton, who played Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's neighbor on "I Love Lucy," has died. She was 92. Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, confirmed the death in a post on her Facebook page. Singleton...
Tags: Nora Ephron, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
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Wallpaper adds another layer to home decorating
There was a time when wallpaper was reminiscent of grandma's parlor and furniture with plastic slipcovers, but those days are so over. What's haute now: the era of wallpaper 'wow.'
Wallpaper is experiencing a renaissance, design aficionados say, one that...Tags: Furniture, Sean John Combs, Companies and Corporations, Arts and Culture, New Products
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Doris Singleton: 'I Love Lucy' star dead at 92
Pop2itDoris Singleton, who was a recurring guest star as Lucy and Desi's meddling neighbor on the 1950's-era sitcom "I Love Lucy," passed away on Tuesday (June 26) in Los Angeles. She was 92.... -
Lucille Ball museum: Where you can love Lucy all over again
Special to the Los Angeles TimesEven though she was born 100 years ago next month and her mega-hit TV show premiered 60 years ago this October, there remains a single truth about Lucille Ball: We still love Lucy. "I Love Lucy" is in black and white, and the fashions are outdated, but...Tags: Hot Dogs, Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, Travel
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Pendleton Woolen Mills company history
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticFrom the first celebrity customer — Apache leader Geronimo — to the recent collaboration with high-end boutique Opening Ceremony, which introduced the brand to the fashion crowd, here are a few key moments in the 102-year history of...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Native Americans, Entertainment, Olympic Games, Justin Timberlake
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