Ethel Merman had a confidence as rock solid as her powerhouse vocals in musicals such as Hello, Dolly! “If somebody had said to her, ‘You know, you have to go on diet pills,’ she would have been like, ...

Two biographies of Ethel Merman in the same month? You may think that’s overkill, but you may also think that one biography of Ethel Merman is overkill, considering that there already are two, one of ...

My earliest recollection of the late showbiz legend Ethel Merman dates back to an early-1960s episode of The Lucy Show, in which zany Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball) meets the Merm and assumes that she ...

The Book of Merman, a new musical comedy in which two Mormon missionaries find themselves on Ethel Merman's doorstep, premiered Off-Broadway following a sold-out run in Chicago. Bringing Merman to ...

It started off as a chance encounter with a drug-addicted female impersonator and turned into a personal anthem about being gay. Playwright and actor L. Robert Westeen’s one-man show Cocaine & Ethel ...

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In Laguna Beach, Broadway (the street) stops just before it gets to the Laguna Playhouse, whereupon it becomes Laguna Canyon Road. Next week, although the playhouse isn’t on Broadway, Broadway will be ...

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Bad ideas really don’t come much worse than this, now do they? In 1979 — the very tail-end of the disco era, if not the beginning of the post-disco era — A&M thought it wise to make “The Ethel Merman ...

It sounds like the beginning of a joke: “So, two Mormons knock on Ethel Merman’s door …” That’s the premise of “The Book of Merman,” a silly little musical comedy that’s so light it threatens to float ...

The Book of Merman, a new musical comedy centered around one of Broadway's most iconic stars, will make its off-Broadway debut this fall. Performances will begin at St. Luke's Theatre on October 5 ...

Leo Schwartz and DC Cathro’s musical is a title in search of a show. A mildly campy spoof of The Book of Mormon, this 75-minute one-act focuses on two young Mormon men in contemporary Los Angeles ...