His four-decade stint introducing NBC’s Saturday Night Live was just the highest-profile gig in a 70-year career that included (before most of you reading this were born) the original versions of The Price Is Right and Jeopardy!. (includes Weird Al video)
Tag: 08.18.14
Was I That Bad? How Actors Cope With Really Bad Reviews
John Hurt, Una Stubbs, Meera Syal, Douglas Hodge, and Peter Egan recount tales of critical maulings and how they dealt with them.
“Carrie”-the-Musical Will Not Die
“The much-maligned musical will now drag its blood-soaked self to Los Angeles in a new production that promoters are billing as an ‘immersive’ experience” – ew! – “featuring a theater transformed into Ewen High School, the setting for much of the story.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 08.18.14
Corcoran Case: Over. “Painful.” But Necessary, Alas?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-08-19
Dora’s amazing tax credit adventure
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-08-18
Revived American Folk Art Museum: The Ingenuity of “Self-Taught Genius”
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-08-18
Museum-Goers Say The Darndest Things
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-08-18
The M word
AJBlog: Performance Monkey | Published 2014-08-18
Comedy and Tragedy Dance a Duet
AJBlog: Dancebeat | Published 2014-08-18
Monday Recommendation: Mehmet Ali Sanlikol
AJBlog: RiffTides | Published 2014-08-18
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Lockout Averted: Metropolitan Opera Has Tentative Agreements With Musicians’ And Singers’ Unions
Following a midnight deadline and overnight talks, a Federal mediator announced that Met management has settled on contract terms with Local 802 of the AFM (instrumentalists) and AGMA (choristers, some soloists and stage managers).