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Posted July 31, 2020 - No Comment

Leaving the world with a lifetime of laughter to enjoy forever, legendary comedy producer/director, Sydney Lotterby, dies at 93

While we never had the good fortune to speak with Sydney for our any of our PBS specials that featured not only the stars of some of the all-time great British comedy series but also focused on the writers and creators of some of the classics of British comedy, it was through the words of John Cleese, Dame Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Jenny Funnell, Moira Brooker, Philip Bretherton, Richard Briers, Michael Crawford, Roy Clarke, David Jason, Karl Howman, Bob Larbey and Frank Thornton that we were immediately schooled on the greatness that was Sydney Lotterby.

Posted November 30, 2018 - No Comment

From the Vault: It’s a pre-‘Phantom of the Opera’ British Christmas with Michael Crawford

How did he prepare for 1,300 performances as the Phantom? On ’70s British comedy ‘Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.’

Posted February 21, 2016 - No Comment

‘Some Mothers Do Have ‘Em’ next up for possible BBC reboot

Now that the BBC has spent recent days dusting potential reboots of Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances off the comedy shelf, word out of the UK comes that next in line for a possible re-do will be the 1978 classic, Some Mothers Do Have ‘Em, starring Michael Crawford. Crawford, who went on to star in the original […]

Posted October 5, 2011 - No Comment

The Phantom of the Opera's landmark 25th anniversary performance – see it TONIGHT

October 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic musical, The Phantom of the Opera. Royal Albert Hall was the place to be this past weekend for three sold out performances where more than 200 original and current cast members combined to pay special tribute to the incomparable music of the night. The […]