Rodney Dangerfield Finds Success on the Losing Side
New York AP profile of Rodney Dangerfield tracing his rise from failing painter to stand up comic. He recounts fear of rejection, his Ed Sullivan Show break, TV setbacks, and goal to open a New York nightclub. He lives on Manhattan’s East Side with his wife and two teens, still aiming for laughs despite chronic worry.
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Broadway Playguide shows current and off Broadway offerings
UPI reports Broadway attractions with leading performers venues and ticket status for shows like Cabaret Fiddler on the Roof Forty Carats Hadrian VII Hair Hello Dolly Mame Man of La Mancha My Daughter Your Son Play It Again Sam Plaza Suite Promises Promises 1776 The Front Page The Great White Hope Zorba and popular Off-Broadway titles such as The Fantasticks You're a Good Man Charlie Brown Curley McDimple Your Own Thing The Boys in the Band Dames at Sea Little Murders Adaptation Next Ceremonies in Dark Old Men Pocket No Place To Be Somebody Promenade Oh Calcutta and more with venues including Broadway theatres like Majestic Morosco St James Shubert Booth and Imperial.
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Promenade
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Inge Dinner Theater at Town House Motel Show
Coe College summer theater presents William Inge’s The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Monday through Saturday as part of a dinner theater program at the Town House Motor Inn. Robert Harper directs with assistant Steve Cazell. cast includes Bill Skelton Verda Harper Linda Spitz Les Mendelstein Ann Dichter and Steve Hicks.
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Lani Novak Stars in St. Louis Municipal Opera Cast
Lani Novak daughter of Col. and Mrs. Jack Novak of Alexandria Virginia joins St. Louis Municipal Opera as a resident chorus member and understudies Harriet Nelson in State Fair. A DePauw University student and former Miss DePauw she follows a Cedar Rapids family legacy with ties to local football coach Leo Novak and Franklin High School reunion plans.
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Laurel and Hardy Film Shown at Cedar Rapids Theater
Laurel and Hardy classic Sons of the Desert screens Tuesday night at 8 as part of the Tuesday Night at the Funny Movies series at Cedar Rapids Community Theater. Sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Art Center and the Community Theater, admission is 1.50 with open seating. The series runs through July.
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Burt Lancaster Divorce Granted in California
Norma Lancaster has been granted an interlocutory divorce from actor Burt Lancaster after 23 years of marriage. Her suit accuses him of extreme cruelty. the order was issued by a Santa Monica superior court Friday.
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