Hollywood's Gone With the Wind arrived in Washington last week. For thesecond night's performance a mysterious, big-hearted donor bought outthe Palace Theatre, resold the 2,357…
For her 19th annual “Walk Through Black History” presentation at First Baptist Church, director and playwright Peggy Jackson has chosen to highlight the lives of two trailblazing actors and political
Last year, America was reminded of the anti-Nazi onscreen activism of Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, who died on Feb. 5 at age 91, after the previous occupant of the White House’s State of the Union address.
After that event, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up a copy of the speech in a filmed image which was quickly turned into a GIF juxtaposing Plummer as Baron von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” tearing a Nazi flag into pieces.
Even if Plummer is best remembered for his appearance in “The Sound of Music,” his full achievements were vaster and varied. A fervent, if sloppily edited, memoir published in 2008, reminds us that his artistry was often inspired by Yiddishkeit.