In a very sad development, Carly Simon lost both of her sisters this week, with Broadway composer Lucy Simon dying of breast cancer Thursday and former opera singer Joanna Simon passing from thyroid cancer on Wednesday.
Both deaths were confirmed by a source close to pop superstar Carly. Lucy Simon was 82, Joanna Simon was 84.
Born into wealth and a rarified atmosphere of celebrity and literati to Simon & Schuster publisher Richard Simon and wife Andrea, the Simon sisters – their brother Peter was the youngest sibling – would all find their ways to success in professional music careers.
Lucy entered show business in the early 1960s when she and Carly formed the folk singing duo The Simon Sisters, performing in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and New York City’s Greenwich Village. In 1964, the sisters recorded and released the song “Wynken, Blynken & Nod” to moderate success.
Within 10 years Carly Simon would become one of pop music...
Both deaths were confirmed by a source close to pop superstar Carly. Lucy Simon was 82, Joanna Simon was 84.
Born into wealth and a rarified atmosphere of celebrity and literati to Simon & Schuster publisher Richard Simon and wife Andrea, the Simon sisters – their brother Peter was the youngest sibling – would all find their ways to success in professional music careers.
Lucy entered show business in the early 1960s when she and Carly formed the folk singing duo The Simon Sisters, performing in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and New York City’s Greenwich Village. In 1964, the sisters recorded and released the song “Wynken, Blynken & Nod” to moderate success.
Within 10 years Carly Simon would become one of pop music...
- 10/21/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Well, my little piggies and wolves, the next CDs I'm eliminating from my apartment are all the recordings of all the versions of Into The Woods. I'm talking London cast, movie version, Broadway revival and ouch, the one that's gonna leave a gaping hole in my heart, that beautiful Original Broadway Cast Recording starring Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg and above them all as the Witch receiving the deal-breaking top billing the producers previously refused Patti LuPone when they offered her the role Bernadette Peters.
- 2/8/2019
- by Ben Rimalower
- BroadwayWorld.com
1966: Dark Shadows' Barnabas was aged into an old man.
1982: Gh's Blackie jammed with Eddie (Sammy Davis Jr.).
1990: Another World's Vicky covered for Marley.
1992: As the World Turns' Holden didn't recognize Lily."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1965: On Peyton Place, Leslie Harrington (Paul Langton) traveled to Boston to ask Martin Peyton (George Macready) for help in getting Rodney out of jail.
1967: On Dark Shadows, Dr. Julia Hoffman's (Grayson Hall) experiments with Barnabas Collins' (Jonathan Frid) blood went terribly awry and his youthful appearance reverted to that of a 175-year-old vampire.
1982: Gh's Blackie jammed with Eddie (Sammy Davis Jr.).
1990: Another World's Vicky covered for Marley.
1992: As the World Turns' Holden didn't recognize Lily."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1965: On Peyton Place, Leslie Harrington (Paul Langton) traveled to Boston to ask Martin Peyton (George Macready) for help in getting Rodney out of jail.
1967: On Dark Shadows, Dr. Julia Hoffman's (Grayson Hall) experiments with Barnabas Collins' (Jonathan Frid) blood went terribly awry and his youthful appearance reverted to that of a 175-year-old vampire.
- 10/27/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Title: Into the Woods (1991 Original Broadway Production) Rlj Entertainment / Image Entertainment Director: James Lapine Writer: James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim Cast: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg Running time: 153 minutes, Not Rated Special Features: None Available December 2nd The 1991 Broadway filming of a musical about several storybook characters whose lives intertwine. The baker (Chip Zien) and his wife (Joanna Gleason) are childless and make a wish to have a child. Jack (Ben Wright) and his mother (Barbara Bryne) are penniless and make a wish that the selling of their milk-less cow will bring them some money. Cinderella (Kim Crosby) is denied by [ Read More ]
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- 12/5/2014
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Into the Woods has been crying out for a big screen adaptation since it launched on Broadway back in 1987.
With its combination of catchy songs, heartwarming moments, classic characters and pure fantasy, it is surprising that it has taken 27 years for a movie to be made. Despite winning several Tony Awards and revivals, it hasn't quite reached total mainstream status yet. That may be all about to change this Christmas thanks to the big screen adaptation.
In fact, a film version has been in the pipeline for over a decade. In the early 1990s, Columbia and Jim Henson Productions were developing a version starring the likes of Robin Williams, Goldie Hawn, Cher, Danny DeVito, Steve Martin and Roseanne Barr. A few years later, Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and Susan Sarandon were attached.
After years of failed attempts, the project appears to be in good hands, as Chicago director Rob Marshall is behind the camera,...
With its combination of catchy songs, heartwarming moments, classic characters and pure fantasy, it is surprising that it has taken 27 years for a movie to be made. Despite winning several Tony Awards and revivals, it hasn't quite reached total mainstream status yet. That may be all about to change this Christmas thanks to the big screen adaptation.
In fact, a film version has been in the pipeline for over a decade. In the early 1990s, Columbia and Jim Henson Productions were developing a version starring the likes of Robin Williams, Goldie Hawn, Cher, Danny DeVito, Steve Martin and Roseanne Barr. A few years later, Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and Susan Sarandon were attached.
After years of failed attempts, the project appears to be in good hands, as Chicago director Rob Marshall is behind the camera,...
- 11/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Anna Kendrick in Into the WoodsPhoto: Walt Disney Pictures The Into the Woods publicity campaign is in full force now, with the December 25th release just under two months away. Today, Disney has released ten new character posters for the film, which you can see below. They include James Corden's Baker, Emily Blunt as his wife, Meryl Streep as the Witch, Johnny Depp as the Wolf, Anna Kendrick as Cinderella, and more. Today is a very important day in the history of Into the Woods because on this day in 1987, the original Broadway production of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine show opened. That cast included Bernadette Peters as the Witch, Chip Zien as the Baker, Joanna Gleason as his wife (who won a Tony for her performance), Kim Crosby as Cinderella, and Robert Westenberg as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince. Having been born after it opened, I...
- 11/5/2014
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
Audiences have an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to journey back into the woods and American musical theater history with the creators and original Broadway cast of the award-winning musical Into the Woods on Sunday, November 9 at 6 p.m. in Segerstrom Hall. Part conversation, part musical selections, this one-night-only reunion celebration is being written and produced by Eileen Roberts in association with Segerstrom Center for the Arts. It features special guests composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and author and director James Lapine, along with original Broadway cast members Bernadette Peters The Witch, Joanna Gleason The Baker's Wife, Chip Zien The Baker, Robert Westenberg Cinderella's Prince and Wolf, Kim Crosby Cinderella, Danielle Ferland Little Red Riding Hood and Ben Wright Jack. Mo Rocca is the moderator Tedd Firth is the musical director.
- 9/9/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
John Wojtowicz may be the perfect embodiment of Maslow's ideal of self-actualization. The inspiration for Al Pacino's character in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon and now subject of Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren's fascinating documentary The Dog, Wojtowicz was many things: soldier, bank robber, libertine, and both "Goldwater Republican" and "McCarthy peacenik." Through it all, however, he was a lover. And it was his love of Ernest Aron (later Elizabeth Eden) that spurred him to realize, in his own words, "On Aug. 22, 1972, I had to do something."
That "something" was robbing a Brooklyn branch of Chase Manhattan with accomplices Sal Naturale and (briefly) Robert Westenberg. Fifteen hours later, Naturale was dead and Wojtowicz was in custody, facing a 20-y...
That "something" was robbing a Brooklyn branch of Chase Manhattan with accomplices Sal Naturale and (briefly) Robert Westenberg. Fifteen hours later, Naturale was dead and Wojtowicz was in custody, facing a 20-y...
- 8/6/2014
- Village Voice
Dog Day Afternoon is one of the quintessential New York City films of the ‘70s, and documentary The Dog, which tells the true story of the life of bank robber and libertine John Wojtowicz, is every bit as funny and oddly touching as Sidney Lumet’s celebrated depiction of the robbery that made Wojtowicz infamous.
Wojtowicz was born in New York City in 1945. He served in Vietnam and was married to Carmen Bifulco in 1967, but his rampant libido and bisexuality meant that they didn’t stay married for long, separating in 1969 after having two children together. He met Ernest Aron in 1971, and the two were married (although not legally) in April 1971 in Greenwich Village. On 22nd August 1972, Wojtowicz, Salvatore Naturale and Robert Westenberg attempted to rob the Chase Manhattan Bank at the corner of East 3rd Street and Avenue P in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Wojtowicz’s motivation for the robbery, as portrayed in Dog Day Afternoon,...
Wojtowicz was born in New York City in 1945. He served in Vietnam and was married to Carmen Bifulco in 1967, but his rampant libido and bisexuality meant that they didn’t stay married for long, separating in 1969 after having two children together. He met Ernest Aron in 1971, and the two were married (although not legally) in April 1971 in Greenwich Village. On 22nd August 1972, Wojtowicz, Salvatore Naturale and Robert Westenberg attempted to rob the Chase Manhattan Bank at the corner of East 3rd Street and Avenue P in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Wojtowicz’s motivation for the robbery, as portrayed in Dog Day Afternoon,...
- 9/26/2013
- by Ian Gilchrist
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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