The actress, singer and dancer Lynda Baron, star of stage, cinema and television, died recently at the age of 82. She was a brilliant actress who brought to any part she played a definite quality all her own. As someone who has followed her career for over 60 years, Michael Darvell pays tribute to a […]
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There will always be a place to enjoy his comic genius’: Remembering Neil Simon
NEIL SIMON, the most prolific comedy writer in the world who died on 26 August 2018 at the age of 91, had a very long career as a writer for television, the theatre and the cinema. There was just nobody else to match him, not even Shakespeare! Michael Darvell looks back at the life of a total comic […]
Little Me – Encores! – New York City Center
Little Me, presented by Encores!, continues at New York City Center until 9 February. Little Me, with its book by Neil Simon and its score by lyricist Carolyn Leigh and composer Cy Coleman, captures the joy-giving essence of those two oft-maligned words: musical comedy. This show from 1962 has plenty of great comedy and plenty […]
