In the summer of 1974, Steve Stoliar was out of a job — which proved to be a lucky break. The UCLA student soon found himself employed as an assistant to his childhood idol, Groucho Marx. “Initially, ...

Frank Ferrante does a Groucho Marx so convincing he doesn’t even rehearse his show anymore; it’s all ad-libbed. And while Ferrante does incorporate some classic lines into An Evening with Groucho, his ...

So no one was more astonished than he that by the early ’50s, he was more popular than ever–as a quiz master, no less, on a game show that was less a contest of skills than one of wills, with Groucho ...

Groucho Marx has been dead since 1977, but to hear his grandson talk about him, one can imagine a smile on his face, those remarkable eyebrows raising “He and I became very close in his later years,” ...

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Need some April Fools' Day laughs? WCET-TV replays Frank Ferrante's Groucho, the hilarious one-man show taped in 2017 at the Playhouse in the Park Shelterhouse at 9:30 p.m. today on CET Arts Channel ...

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Bob May has 50 years experience in the performing arts and business in Southern California. He has been a stage and film actor and director. He has also been a producer, business consultant, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Marx Brothers' historic three-month run at ...

Does Groucho Marx still matter? You bet your life he does. The best case for his relevance is Frank Ferrante’s “An Evening With Groucho,” which the 61-year-old actor will deliver three times in ...