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The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Stranger - Slog | 1 week ago

Those Were the Days, My Friends

...they were paid to endorse trains? Alexander Wollcott... was the inspiration for Sheridan Whiteside in the play The Man Who Came to Dinner. Alexander Wollcott... was born in an 85-room...

Denver Post Entertainment | 1 month ago

The 10 most important American plays

...the play to Alexander Woollcott, the critic and inspiration for Sheridan Whiteside, the main character in "The Man Who Came to Dinner." The story: A family of displaced and...

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Playbill.com | 1 month ago

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Harriet Harris

I really pinch myself when I get into a musical, because I dreamed of it as a little girl. And I loved The Man Who Came to Dinner; I adore working with Nathan [Lane]. I got to do Noises...

Playbill.com | 1 month ago

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Present Laughter Garber Gives Acting Liaisons

...secretary of a blowhard egomaniac. She similarly served Nathan Lane's Sheridan Whiteside as Maggie Cutler in The Man Who Came to Dinner when the remodeled theatre opened in 2000.

Playbill.com | 2 months ago

Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 19

...shows, and serve as the model for the character of Sheridan Whiteside in George S. Kaufman's comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner. 1909 What is The Easiest Way? Eugene Walter's play...

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

The Man Who Came to Dinner

...and Richard Travis. It had its world premiere at the Capitol Theater in Paragould, Arkansas. In 1949, The Man Who Came to Dinner was produced for CBS Radio for The Hotpoint Holiday...

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

John Hoyt

...so remarkable that he was hired for the original cast of the Broadway comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner, in which he played Beverley Carlton. Hoysradt began his movie career still...

Playbill.com | 2 months ago

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 26, 2009-Jan. 1, 2010: Zaks' Showbiz!

...the show's star Nathan Lane. The two have worked together on Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened..., The Man Who Came to Dinner and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Zaks will assist...

Playbill.com | 3 months ago

Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 25

...runs just 57 performances at the Morosco Theatre. Kaufman will use Woolcott as the subject of his 1939 comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner. 1952 The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie is...

Oregonian | 4 months ago

Broken roof trusses prompt emergency repairs at Aloha High School

...other rooms and the auditorium was shut down until the work is complete. A November theater production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" will be postponed until December. Principal Ken...

boston.com - Today in History | 5 months ago

Today in History - Oct. 16

...of Brooklyn. (The clinic ended up being raided by police and Sanger was arrested.) In 1939, the comedy "The Man Who Came to Dinner," by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, opened on...

Wikipedia | 6 months ago

Sherry!

...Lipton and music by Laurence Rosenthal. The musical is based on the George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart play The Man Who Came to Dinner. George Sanders originally was signed to play...