On December 5th, actress Beverly Garland (1926-2008) passed away.  For those of us who were kids in the Brady Bunch era, Garland is best remembered as Fred MacMurray’s new wife on the sitcom My Three Sons.  But there is a performance from Garland that deserves to be lauded as her finest achievement, and it just happens to be [...]

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A few weeks back I wrote a post about the film Billy Elliot in anticipation of the Broadway musical version. Well, I’ve now seen the show and, as expected, it can’t quite compare to the power and emotion of the movie. It’s a mildly enjoyable evening but far from a great musical. I did love [...]

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