Plans for new Broadway musicals about silent star Charlie Chaplin and country singer Loretta Lynn are unveiled in New York and Nashville. full story ![]()

There's a Rocky musical headed to Broadway. The show, which first landed on our radar back in 2011, will open on Broadway in February, producers announced yesterday. A German-language version opened in Hamburg last year, but the show was written in English, with a score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen ... More »
vulture.com (22 days ago)

In March 1978, in the small village of Corsier, on the edge of Lake Geneva thieves dug up and stole the body of Charlie Chaplin and demanded a million Swiss Francs from the Chaplin family for its safe return. The BBC’s Mike Lanchin hears from one of the men involved in tracking down the grave-robbers.
bbci.co.uk (2 months and 11 days ago)

ADIPUR, India -- Canes in hand and bowler hats firmly in place, dozens of Charlie Chaplin impersonators tramped through the streets of a small port town in western India on Tuesday to celebrate the birthday of the legendary comic actor and filmmaker. Chaplin has an odd resonance in this industrial town.
nydailynews.com (1 month and 3 days ago)

Chaplin has an odd resonance in this industrial town. Surrounded by salt flats bordering the Thar desert, Adipur's only claim to fame is the annual parade — now in its 40th year — to honor the silent era actor. More than 100 people participated in the parade that included brass bands, camel carts and open jeeps carrying life-sized cut-outs of Chaplin.
oregonlive.com (1 month and 4 days ago)

Jane Chaplin, a councillor in Wellington in Shropshire, says she had always known that she was female, but did not want to come out as transgender while her wife was still alive.
dailymail.co.uk (3 days ago)
Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez heading to Broadway in 'First Date'
msn.com (1 day ago)

Former Port Adelaide defender Troy Chaplin will make his Richmond debut against Carlton at the MCG on Thursday night.
abc.net.au (1 month and 24 days ago)
A small port town in western India is home to a Chaplin fan club that celebrates the legendary actor's birth with an annual parade
cbsnews.com (1 month and 2 days ago)
She plays Ivy Lynn, an ambitious Broadway actress, on the NBC hit series "Smash." It's something actress Megan Hilty knows a little about. She starred as Glinda in "Wicked" and went on to play the Dolly Parton role in the musical "9 to 5," also on Broadway. The multitalented 31-year-old will debut her first album, "It Happens All the Time," from Portrait and Columbia Records...
journalgazette.net (1 month and 23 days ago)

NEW YORK — The off-Broadway show "Giant" and the quickly shuttered Broadway musical "Hands on a Hardbody" lead the Drama Desk nomination race this season, with the British import "Matilda," the audience-friendly "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and a revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Passion" close behind. "Giant," based on the 1952 Edna Ferber novel of the same name, made its...
huffingtonpost.com (21 days ago)
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