The Actors Fund — the national human services organization that fosters stability and resiliency, and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan — announced today that television favorites Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy) and Oscar Nuñez (The Office) will portray Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom by Gregg Oppenheimer, on Saturday, March 2 (7pm) at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills.
Sarah Drew and Oscar Nunez to star in The Actors Fund's I Love Lucy... benefit performance
Credit/Copyright: Mike Petit
All proceeds from this one-night-only live radio theater performance will benefit The Actors Fund’s programs and services. Tickets are now on sale at actorsfund.org/Lucy or via phone by calling 212-221-7300 ext. 134.
The performance will be directed by playwright Gregg Oppenheimer. Rounding out the cast are Seamus Dever (Castle...
Sarah Drew and Oscar Nunez to star in The Actors Fund's I Love Lucy... benefit performance
Credit/Copyright: Mike Petit
All proceeds from this one-night-only live radio theater performance will benefit The Actors Fund’s programs and services. Tickets are now on sale at actorsfund.org/Lucy or via phone by calling 212-221-7300 ext. 134.
The performance will be directed by playwright Gregg Oppenheimer. Rounding out the cast are Seamus Dever (Castle...
- 1/29/2019
- Look to the Stars
California-based Image Entertainment reports it has acquired North American rights to the 1960's horror anthology TV series "Thriller" from NBC/Universal, hosted by actor Boris Karloff ("Frankenstein").
Created by Hubbell Robinson for Revue Studios (later purchased by Universal) and produced by Canadian Fletcher Markle, William Frye, and Maxwell Shane, writers for the series included Robert Bloch, adapting his own stories including "The Weird Tailor".
Karloff acted in several of the episodes alongside guest stars including William Shatner ("Star Trek"), Scott Marlowe, Judson Pratt, Leslie Nielsen ("Forbidden Planet"), Mary Tyler Moore, Elizabeth Montgomery ("Bewitched"), Rip Torn, Richard Chamberlain, Cloris Leachman, Robert Vaughn ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E."), John Carradine and Ursula Andress. Other notable performers included Dayton Lummis as 'Clarence' in "The Cheaters" (1960) and Laura Craig in "Mr. George" (1961).
In his book "Danse Macabre", author Stephen King, aside from admitting that his best stories were cribbed from EC horror comics of the 1950's,...
Created by Hubbell Robinson for Revue Studios (later purchased by Universal) and produced by Canadian Fletcher Markle, William Frye, and Maxwell Shane, writers for the series included Robert Bloch, adapting his own stories including "The Weird Tailor".
Karloff acted in several of the episodes alongside guest stars including William Shatner ("Star Trek"), Scott Marlowe, Judson Pratt, Leslie Nielsen ("Forbidden Planet"), Mary Tyler Moore, Elizabeth Montgomery ("Bewitched"), Rip Torn, Richard Chamberlain, Cloris Leachman, Robert Vaughn ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E."), John Carradine and Ursula Andress. Other notable performers included Dayton Lummis as 'Clarence' in "The Cheaters" (1960) and Laura Craig in "Mr. George" (1961).
In his book "Danse Macabre", author Stephen King, aside from admitting that his best stories were cribbed from EC horror comics of the 1950's,...
- 5/9/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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