She’s the first Black actor to portray the ultimate stage mother, Mama Rose — a part previously played by greats Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone and Ethel Merman. And Gyllenhaal, who was on ...

The song has been done on Broadway by legendary actresses in the original production and numerous revivals, including Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Peters, Patti LuPone, and now Audra ...

This madcap caper has an all-star cast including, Spencer Tracey, Milton Berle, Sid Caeser, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry Thomas, Jonathan Winters ...

Wolfe-helmed revival, chiseling a new visage into the rockface of Mount "Rose"-more that includes Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters and Patti Lupone. For the first time ...

She’s the first Black actor to portray the ultimate stage mother, Mama Rose — a part previously played by greats Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone and Ethel Merman. And Gyllenhaal, who was on Broadway in ...

I wistfully reflected on the broken-doll quality that Bernadette Peters brought to a character formed in the battleship mode of Ethel Merman, the original Rose. As soon as the orchestra began ...

Ethel Merman, Judy Garland, Jerry Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Bette Midler, Shirley MacLaine, and Diana Ross. In 1965, James M. Nederlander turned it into a legitimate theatre for the opening of ...

My mom had an LP with the songs from Anything Goes and Panama Hattie that starred the brass-lunged Mother of Broadway, Ethel Merman. I adored the memorable Cole Porter hits like “You’re the ...

Geoffrey Mark, A.K.A. Mr. Showbiz, Hollywood biographer and Author of The Lucy Book, Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway and Ella: A Biography of Legendary Ella Fitzgerald joins Steve Dale ...