Ethel Merman
Merman’s Monumental Career: Everything Came Up Roses
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Call her Ethel! With Irving Berlin in 1954.
Two biographies of Ethel Merman in the same month? The real problem isn’t the duplication; it’s that although she had one of the greatest careers in Broadway history, she was just an uninteresting woman. read more »
From Ballet to Broadway- A Genius Makes His Mark
One of the most touching tales in Amanda Vaill’s Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins is about a read more »
Everything Comes Up Roses For Great American Musical
As the most famous line in Broadway musical history goes, "Sing out, Louise!" And so I shall. read more »
Pee-Wee Merman's Big Adventure
Imagine a disco-era Ethel Merman trapped in the body of Pee-wee Herman, entertaining the likes of Li read more »
Kids II: The Murderers
After A.I. , Steven Spielberg's extravagantsummer banquet, everything else at the movies is scraps. read more »
A Rowlands Revival
In the forthcoming avalanche of big-budget, end-of-the-year Hollywood epics with limitless money for read more »
