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Linda Evans

Linda Evans—A Real Life Krystle Carrington

Thursday, October 6th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around

Linda Evans was the original “Good Wife.” As Dynasty‘s Krystle Carrington, the blond, angelic second wife of tycoon Blake Carrington, played by the debonair John Forsythe,

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Cast Party—An Embarrassment of Riches

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Jim Caruso threw a party and everyone came. What can you say about a program that opens with Chita Rivera and ends with Liza Minelli?

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Jim Caruso’s Cast Party at Town Hall—
Ultimate Open Mike To Bring Out the Stars

Monday, February 14th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Jim Caruso was born an only child in Pittsburgh. “I would watch the Osmonds’ Christmas Show and break into tears,” he says with a laugh.

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NEWSical’s Fun and Wacky Spin on the Headlines

Thursday, January 13th, 2011
by Lina Zeldovich on Playing Around

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to NEWSical, an award-winning lampooning spectacular where no political figure, celebrity, TV commercial or social phenomena is safe. Rick Crom, the

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The New Americana: The Johnny Rodgers Band—
Too Marvelous for Words at the Oak Room

Thursday, May 27th, 2010
by Carol Toscano on Playing Around

There’s something very American about sitting back in the Algonquin Hotel’s legendary Oak Room listening to the music of a new American classic: Johnny Rodgers

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Liza’s at the Palace at the Paley Center

Monday, November 30th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Liza’s at the Palace wowed audiences when it played on Broadway last year and won Minelli a 2009 Tony Award. The performance, filmed at the

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Baubles, Bangles and….

Sunday, November 15th, 2009
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

…Statement Jewelry–including some of the best, most originally designed clip earrings in New York! The first thing you’re likely to see when you walk into

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Woman Around Town: Rosanna Scotto—
Good Day New York

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town

Nothing is more competitive in New York than morning news where all the programs compete for viewers and the advertising dollars that follow. In this

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