In other words, think of him as the Frasier of the 1940s. As first glimpsed by us in 1942’s The Great Gildersleeve, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve is an “overstuffed walrus” with a scary laugh and a deep, singsongy voice. He also serves as guardian to his orphaned niece and nephew (Nancy Gates and Freddie Mercer), but […]
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‘Grease’ girl
Although Olivia Newton-John earned her stripes well before starring in 1978’s Grease and released her debut album an entire decade before 1981’s Physical, odds are that when you think of the Australian pop star, you think of one of two things: black hot pants or a leotard. Despite those benchmarks, she has performed nonstop for […]
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Can it
Any given performance of Stomp brings the noise with paint cans, basketballs, oil drums, inner tubes, poles, hammers, garbage cans, brooms, drumsticks — enough to give its silent stars ringing ears and a migraine. “I’m probably going to be deaf when I get older,” said performer Guido “Guy” Mandozzi. “We have earplugs backstage, but you […]