Today I point you to Stephen Nadler’s fab site, Attempted Bloggery to see a rare program (provided by Scott Burns) for a production of The Male Animal staged in wartime Paris at The Madeleine Theater. Ohio State roomies (and life-long friends) James Thurber & Elliott Nugent collaborated, post-college, on the comedy, which became a successful Broadway play
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The Washington Post’s Sempe Obit From The Washington Post, August 27, 2022, from Brian Murphy, “Jean-Jacques Sempe, Whimsical Illustrator Of New Yorker Covers, Dies At 89” __________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, August 22-26, 2022 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: Mary Lawton, J.A.K., Felipe Galindo,
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Happy Birthday Sam Gross! The Spill wishes the great Sam Gross a Very Happy Day. Here’s his Spill A-Z entry: Sam Gross Born August 7, 1933, Bronx, NY. New Yorker work: August 23, 1969 -. Other than his work in The New Yorker Gross is probably best known for his work
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Attempted Bloggery On An Auctioned Addams Family Original From Attempted Bloggery, July 22, 2022, “Charles Addams: Wednesday’s Grades” — a report on the recent Sotheby’s auction of an original Addams Family drawing. Spoiler alert: it didn’t go cheap. ___________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, July 18-22, 2022 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work
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