Bali: A city of celebrations Nov 19, 2009
Creative people like Charlie Chaplin, Noel Coward, Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Vicky Baum, Miguel Covarrubias, and Margaret Mead had sung paeans about this tiny island of bliss. Kesawa had already decided my itinerary. (India Times)
Could 'Virtue' be Biel's big break? Oct 18, 2009
But just when you write Jessica Biel off as Justin Timberlake's girlfriend, or the new face of Revlon, or more "celebrity" than actress, she goes and does Noel Coward on you ... Even Easy Virtue, which Elliott and his co-writer freely adapted from a 1924 Noel Coward play, was panned by the U.K.'s Coward purists. (FOX61, CT)
No comments posted. Oct 11, 2009
Greg Violand does a delightful turn as the flamboyant, egocentric Beverly, a globe-trotting English writer modeled after Noel Coward. With tousled hair, manic leer and lunatic behavior, director Zoldessy is a shoo-in for Banjo, a famous Hollywood comedian and amalgam of the Marx brothers, after whom his character is modeled. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Southern Hospitality marks an anniversary Oct 8, 2009
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward was a resounding hit, and the show raised over $1,200. We spent pretty much all of it getting flats done, and were still using those today, Carter said. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Senior Neighbors: Sept. 24 Sep 24, 2009
Friday, Sept. 25: Our Man in Havana, starring Alec Guiness, Burl Ives and Noel Coward. This witty Graham Greene classic, originally released in 1959, is now on DVD. Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Catherine Zeta-Jones to star in Broadway musical Sep 23, 2009
Her most recent Tony came this year for her work in the revival of the Noel Coward play "Blithe Spirit.". "A Little Night Music," with music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, debuted on Broadway in 1973. (CNN)
Enron play will move to West End Sep 22, 2009
The production, which has sold-out its entire six-week run at London's Royal Court, will transfer to the Noel Coward Theatre on 16 January 2010. Rupert Goold's production uses music, dance and video to explore the global financial crisis. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
City Beat (5) Sep 20, 2009
Lakeland Community College Theatre presents Noel Coward s Private Lives at the college s Performing Arts Center through Oct. 11. English comedy set in 1930s about two honeymooning couples who realize their ex-spouses are in a neighboring room. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Sept. 20) Sep 20, 2009
Jessica Biel (above) plays a race car-driving American feminist meeting British in-laws Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth in this Noel Coward adaptation. Extras: filmmaker commentary. (Boston Globe)
Classical music with a twist in Lawrence Sep 11, 2009
Today s music covers four centuries with works by Henry Purcell, Robert Schumann, Noel Coward, and Scott Wheeler. Boston mezzo-soprano Krista River will be accompanied by pianist Brett Hodgdon. (Boston Globe)
In Revealing New Memoir, a Friend Remembers Rehnquist Sep 5, 2009
"He was very funny, in a sophisticated way; he would have enjoyed a dinner party with Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward, but not Jay Leno.". The book, published by Simon & Schuster, is called "." Obermayer is 84, born 12 days earlier than Rehnquist, who died in September 2005. (Law.com)
Dressing-down on uniform Aug 31, 2009
WITH BUBBLY BREAKFASTS"'WHY do I drink champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?'' At least 350 Sydneysiders appear to sympathise with Noel Coward, having arranged to front up for a 9.30am tasting session of more than 100 varieties of Champagnes at the Hilton Sydney today. The event, organised by the Champagne Bureau, a Sydney outfit that promotes the real French stuff to the bubbly-loving Australian public- will be attended by food and wine media such as Lyndey Milan, and sommeliers and chefs... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Quentin Tarantino's Conversation Pi... Aug 27, 2009
But, then Quentin Tarantino's perfectly calibrated mix of high octane action and silky smooth talk stalled-out with Death Proof (2007); the first film in which the auteur failed to bring the gravitas audiences had come to expect, and frankly demanded of their postmodernist Noel Coward. Inglourious Basterds (2009). (Suite101.com)
Sasha Frere-Jones: The Pet Shop Boys’ Pandemonium tour. Aug 24, 2009
Tennant and Lowe are part of a great tradition of slipping intense emotions into an envelope of wit that runs straight from Oscar Wilde to Noel Coward to the Boys. But they are still a pop act, and they know that shows should be shows. (New Yorker)
Advice for Idol: Judges, host need to move on Aug 7, 2009
That's not to say that you can't engage in the witty banter that's made "Idol" the modern equivalent of Noel Coward. (Or Shemp Howard, anyway. (MSNBC -- News)
Breaking Ground Festival marks musical’s latest stage of growth Jul 24, 2009
10) and ends with Noel Coward s Blithe Spirit (May 7-June 5). In between are the comedy Dead Man s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl (Oct. (Boston Globe)
Report: Porsche near deal with VW Jul 19, 2009
More Noel Coward than John Belushi. But there'll be blood on the walls before the cognac is served. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Edward Steichen exhibits showcase breadth of photographer’s career Jul 19, 2009
Some of them remain instantly recognizable: Paul Robeson, brooding and implacable, in his Emperor Jones costume; Noel Coward so preposterously suave, even Coward must have approved; Charlie Chaplin using his cane as dexterously as Steichen was using the camera to record it. Other portraits aren t as well known, but the sitters are: Greta Garbo, Winston Churchill, Herbert Hoover, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Lillian Gish, William Butler Yeats. (Boston Globe)
The Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shangha... Jul 18, 2009
Actor and playwright Noel Coward penned Private Lives at the Cathay while recuperating from a bout of the flu in 1929. Silent film stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were honored with a reception at the hotel. (Suite101.com)
Vivian and the play readers Jul 5, 2009
She moved here in 2005, the same week the Playhouse held auditions for Still Life by Noel Coward. Connolly joined the cast. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Fly Larvae Shun The Light Jun 30, 2009
24, 2004) The songwriter Noel Coward once declared that only mad dogs and Englishmen went out in the midday sun. Now MIT biologists have a third candidate--fruit flies with defects in a gene called. (Science Daily)
Cheers! Worlds 10 most legendary bars Jun 30, 2009
Harry's Bar; Venice, ItalySince opening in 1931, Harry's Bar has been frequented by famous people such as Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, Noel Coward, Orson Wells, Charlie Chaplin, and Peggy Guggenheim. The bar also claims credit for inventing the Bellini and Carpaccio. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Memoir review: 'Losing Mum and Pup' Jun 20, 2009
Describing her most formidable voice as a cross between Noel Coward and a snapping turtle is a good line, but doesn't do much to make her particularly attractive or beguiling. Holding her up as a grande dame of New York society gives loads of ammunition to critics of that institution. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
What's Playing Jun 18, 2009
There are a couple of good lines, courtesy of the source material's author Noel Coward, but the story belongs on the stage, where the dialogue can crackle. On-screen, it feels too diluted, too wispy, too much like great scenes were hacked up to cobble together a so-so screenplay. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Hooked on self-help books against her will Jun 17, 2009
In her author photo, she looked like the luscious, sly heroine of a Noel Coward play. Her book begins with a dialogue between a sophisticated minx named Cypria and a naive damsel named Saccharissa. (CNN)
Queen of the comebacks Jun 6, 2009
When your mother is Dorothy from The Wizard Of Oz, and your father is a famous director (An American In Paris, Gigi), your life's cast is peppered with family friends who read like a credit list: Ira Gershwin (her godfather), Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Noel Coward, Humphrey Bogart and Fred Astaire. "They were the neighbours," she says, waving away raised eyebrows. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
CRITIC'S CHOICE: Who should, will win 2009 Tonys Jun 5, 2009
Should/will win: Lansbury is a national treasure, and was the single best reason to see this charming Noel Coward revival. Best featured actor in a musical. (USA Today -- Life)
Nocturnes: Five Stories Of Music And Nightfall Jun 4, 2009
Extraordinary, as Noel Coward said, how potent cheap music is. Nocturnes: Five Stories Of Music And Nightfall. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Easy Virtue' provides a risky trip to the Roaring Twenties May 29, 2009
Easy Virtue" is based on a 1925 Noel Coward play, and it strains like mad to hoist his weightless, witty Jazz Age banter into the 21st century. The strain shows, but not so badly as you might think; if you can ignore a ridiculously overbearing soundtrack - a big if - the film's a pleasant bauble. Still, those coming in cold may be forgiven for thinking they've wandered into "Atonement" remade as a farce.If nothing else, "Easy Virtue" represents a calculated gamble on the part of its star,... (Boston Globe)
FILM: Summer 2009 preview May 1, 2009
Set in the '20s, it's based on a Noel Coward play. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Ben Stiller, Amy Adams) -- Ben Stiller brings exhibits at the Smithsonian to life. (Sioux City Journal)
LETTER: Using Bible to denounce homosexuality is wrong Apr 29, 2009
The Question wrote on Apr 28, 2009 4:59 PM:" If you were to retroactively withdraw the accomplishments of gay people from history, you'd find yourself somewhere back in the Dark Ages, at least.Subtract the achievements of these: Alexander the Great, Socrates, Hadrian, Richard the Lionhearted, Edward II, Saladin, Francis Bacon, Frederick the Great, Byron, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Willa Cather, E.M. Forster, Tchaikovsky, Marcel Proust, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Julius Caesar, Pope Julius... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Gossip Columnist Hedda Hopper Dishes Hollywood Dirt in "A Scandalous Affair" New York City Premiere, Merkin Hall, Sunday, April 19, 8:00 PM Apr 17, 2009
Laced with humor and shocking revelations, the love story unfolds as narrated by character Hedda Hopper with a spectacular mix of music by Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Rodgers and Hart, Romberg, Herbert, Verdi and Giordano. The show includes references to Clark Gable, L.B. Mayer and others that interacted in the MacDonald-Eddy story. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Jonathan Moscone penning a play about his father Apr 10, 2009
A: We're doing "Private Lives," Noel Coward, then Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," with Marsha Mason. It's about a woman who is up to her neck in sand. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Princes of pop reveal new kind of rhythm Apr 6, 2009
Tennant says: "I do sympathise with them. But, as Noel Coward said something along the lines of, in this changing world you might as well go with the flow. And technology has changed everything.". Indeed, the recipe conjured up in early '80s London, when Tennant, a journalist for the music magazine Smash Hits, crossed paths with Lowe, an architecture student, in a synthesiser shop, could be boiled down to "Coward to the tune of modern technology". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Spirit' Willing, Flash Weak Mar 16, 2009
But while the star almost never delivers a line exactly the way Noel Coward wrote it, she trades precision for zaniness. Few other things in this placid production by Michael Blakemore ("Copenhagen," "Kiss Me, Kate") match her unpredictable anarchy. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Curtain Time (2) Mar 8, 2009
Director Jeanette Knight, in her interview on the current Desert Entertainment This Week, says the play is a cross between Noel Coward and Agatha Christie. Curtain time: Photo Flash, 7 p.m. Thurs. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Primed for prejudice Mar 7, 2009
The weird project is his new film, Easy Virtue, a 1920s-set screwball-style comedy based on a little-known play by Noel Coward ... " But the Coward purists weren't happy and Elliott copped some scathing reviews by the posher members of the British press. The Times said Noel Coward would be "seething in his smoking jacket if he were around to witness the hash that has been made out of his play". The Guardian said the film had a "miasma of naffness" hovering over it. Elliott says "sod them". The... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Army Archerd Feb 10, 2009
Angela starts rehearsals of the play Jan. 26 and she forewarns that the 2009 staging of the Noel Coward comedy has opened up many physical possibilities. "It's a very physical role," she laughed and hinted there will be uplifting physical innovations. (Variety)
New on DVD: Streisand's deluxe 'Yentl'; 'Zack and Miri' Feb 8, 2009
In Havana, Alec Guinness, as a vacuum cleaner salesman recruited by the British Secret Service, is supported by a spectacular cast: Ralph Richardson, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noel Coward and even ing. nue Jo Morrow (then soon to appear in Ray Harryhausen's The 3 Worlds of Gulliver). (USA Today -- Life)
Oscar shows us his shorts Feb 7, 2009
This year I feel especially grateful for a short like "Presto," or Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith's outrageous, black-comic "This Way Up." Pure entertainment seems like a less self-indulgent commodity in dark times (as Noel Coward more or less observed, while writing farces for Londoners to watch while the bombs dropped around them) and the Oscar shorts have become something of a mourn-fest in recent years. It sometimes seems like aspiring filmmakers think they've got to tell stories about losers,... (Salon)
