In the midst of the Great Depression, a dancer named Sally Rand helped turn national attention to San Diego’s California Pacific International Exposition in Balboa Park. Stage Aspirations Told by Star ...
The latest movie from acclaimed director Robert Zemeckis is “Welcome to Marwen” and it stars Steve Carell. It opens in theaters on Dec. 21, with Carell playing the victim of a violent assault who ...
My father — maybe some of your fathers too — told me stories about the remarkable things he saw at A Century of Progress, the world’s fair held on Chicago’s lakefront in 1933 and 1934. Of all the ...
In 1933, the Chicago World's Fair celebrated "A Century of Progress" at the same time the Great Depression blanketed the country with despair. Through the fair's gates rode a nude Lady Godiva astride ...
Lowe delivers an exhaustive and entertaining debut biography of actress and burlesque dancer Sally Rand, whose risque fan dance at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair made her a national sensation. Drawing ...
In a return engagement, Sally Rand will come to Harvard Tuesday, when she will headline a list of sparkling entertainers from stage, screen, radio, and the professional wrestling ring at the annual ...
The good news is that musical theatre has returned to the Downtown Cabaret Theatre. The bad news is it’s the area premiere of “Fan Dance: The Legend of Sally Rand”. It must be noted that the good will ...