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DC Theater Arts likes Bloody Broadway. https://dctheaterarts.org/2025/12/30/four-2025-book-releases-for-theater-lovers/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPBT9RjbGNrA8FPwWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHnfVWKE5Zg05xoo0SRRcciOxt0CbiBzIKyobLZ70HH05hNwvhjbbA7Pbyn6q_aem_vET0rDI-N9x0SgYtOQlcjA  

A Day in Mayberry   How well do you know Andy Taylor and the rest of the memorable inhabitants of Mayberry, North Carolina?   1.      Mayberry’s lovable town drunk and direct descendant of Nathan Tibbs, ________ Campbell 2.      Andy’s girlfriend Peggy was a ________ _ by occupation. 3.      The ‘Fun Girls hailed from Mount _______. 4.      Besides being the Sherrif of Mayberry Andy was also _______of the Peace. 5.      Before he joined the Marines, ________ Pyle was a gas station attendant. 6.      Opie accidently killed a _______with his sling shot. 7.      Barney’s best girl Thelma Lou was portrayed by ________...

  Q&A with Lawrence Schulman, author of UNFETTERED: Words on Music by a Hi-Def Critic in an MP3 World, Volume II   1.    What is UNFETTERED: Words on Music by a Hi-Def Critic in an MP3 World, Volume II about?It consists of all my writings since FREE, that is post-2024. These include sound recording reviews, book reviews, and articles that are or will be published in the ARSC Journal, and also a Coda, an Afterword, and a talk on FREE. Some of the artists I have recently written about are Jacques Tati, Bobby Darin, Carly Simon, Harold Arlen, Maurice...

  Q&A with Maggie McCormick, author of Sister Act - The Story of the Lane Sisters Who were the Lane Sisters? Priscilla, Rosemary, Lola, and Leota Lane were four sisters who performed individually and in various combinations in movies, on stage, on the radio, and on television, from the 1920s through the 1950s.  Priscilla, Rosemary, and Lola are best known, as they made many feature films, including Arsenic and Old Lace, Saboteur, The Roaring Twenties, Hollywood Hotel, Marked Woman, and the Four Daughters series.  Leota made a few shorts, but mostly concentrated on stage musicals, operettas, nightclubs, concerts, and opera....