The Column of Life

Missy shares the stage with Broadway veteran and cabaret artist Ken Lundie at the piano (Concept and Musical Direction) for a musical journey dedicated to the great performers such as Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland, Bette Midler and Ella Fitzgerald with a special tribute ...to Doris Day. “What do you get when you take a timeless selection of songs, beautiful voice, commanding stage presence, terrific sense of humor, gorgeous blonde and a top notch delivery? Answer: One of the most entertaining cabaret performances in recent memory, courtesy of Missy Keene in As Long As I'm Singing .” ~ Michael Alden- Producer/Reviewer- Fame-Wall.com Aug 2011 The Laurie Beechman Theatre (inside West Bank Café) 407 West 42nd Street @ 9th Avenue NYC $25 Cover $15 Food & Beverage minimum (plus tax and gratuity) Thursday, February 16, 2012. 7:00-8:30pm. Reservations: 212.695.6909 For those who would like to enjoy something delicious from the West Bank Café's dinner menu, please arrive at 6 PM (...

Actor, Movies, Television and Radio Voice. Guy Madison appeared in some 85 films, performed as a voice actor on the radio but his most prominent success came in a popular television series. He was born Robert Ozell Moseley in Pumpkin Center, California on January 19, 1926. In high school, he worked summers as a lifeguard and upon graduation attended Bakersfield Junior College studying animal husbandry. After two years, he worked briefly as a telephone lineman before joining the Coast Guard serving during World War II.. He never had any ambitions toward a movie career and lacked training and experience. Stationed in California and during a visit to Hollywood on leave, wearing his sailor suit, he was spotted by a talent scout while attending a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast. Recommended to David O. Selznick who was looking for an unknown to play a sailor for a cameo role in his movie Since You Went Away , he was signed as an extra. His one scene was filmed during a weekend pass and he promp...

In the year of MLK's death, 1968, George Wallace won the South in the presidential election. It was the year that Richard M. Nixon was elected president. Not long before that he was pictured on the cover of a news weekly with Robert F. Kennedy. They were called The Dream Team . A dream indeed that peace, freedom and equality might be the rule of the day. The more things change the more they stay the same. The Dream nevertheless lives on. When Mr. Obama became the 44th POTUS He did take the time to remind us that it is not the end. It's a new beginning. Mr. Obama, do you remember? Al Gore once referred to it: As Dr. King once said, "Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its move me nts and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us."

In Chicago for a farewell to One Life to Live and knowing that Mark Dobies will be joining us to celebrate Llanview, it brought to mind the following, one of our first posts back in 2005. Perhaps it is fair to say that One Life to Live has the best score card telling gay stories among its Soap Opera competition, mostly re: the character of Billy Douglas and the subsequent AIDS quilt story. However, like most if its competition, the show was held hostage by network executives and shrill fans. Gay storylines, among others, became the victim of bad writing and uninformed individuals. What needs to be remembered by the remaining shows is that this is a genre that is character and actor driven. Soap Operas fail miserably at plot driven scenarios. Anyway, back in 2005 this was our take on it. Now Mr. Dobies is in Chicago to greet his fans. The character of Daniel Colson is just a strange blip on the gay character radar screen. Perhaps it’s a viewer’s own pretense to expect daytime drama to...