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Kipp Osborne and Canal Park Playhouse –
Home to Variety Vaudeville

Monday, February 11th, 2013
by on Playing Around

When Kipp Osborne was ten, he taught himself ventriloquism. At 14, his clever mom bought one of Paul Winchell’s Jerry Mahoney dummies, took it to

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Oddly Familiar: A Ben Stiller Show Reunion

Thursday, November 15th, 2012
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As part of the recent New York Comedy Festival, The Paley Center for Media held a panel discussion about The Ben Stiller Show, the short-lived

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Woman Around Town: Anita Gillette—
After All, a Working Actress

Monday, September 17th, 2012
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At 18, Anita Luebben had a GS4 Government rating with security clearance. She was a medical stenographer. If you had suggested that three years later,

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Four From the Fringe

Friday, August 17th, 2012
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The Importance of Doing Art An average looking young guy with an average income, Jack (Tom Morf) is looking to score. One evening in a

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Into the Woods: Broadly Misconceived, Still Potent

Monday, August 13th, 2012
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Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods is an intimate show with profound ideas (and unflagging black humor). Characters must be our focus. The more complicated the

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The Normal Heart—A Tableau of Rage

Sunday, June 17th, 2012
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A personal letter from playwright Larry Kramer makes a vital point about The Normal Heart brilliantly directed with visceral simplicity by George C. Wolfe and

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Diane Keaton Talks About Jack, Woody, and Motherhood

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
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The 92nd Street Y never fails to attract some of the biggest names in the celebrity world, and recently lived up to that reputation with

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