Michel Galabru (right) and Louis de Funès in 'Le gendarme et les gendarmettes.' 'La Cage aux Folles' actor Michel Galabru dead at 93 Michel Galabru, best known internationally for his role as a rabidly reactionary politician in the comedy hit La Cage aux Folles, died in his sleep today, Jan. 4, '16, in Paris. The Moroccan-born Galabru (Oct. 27, 1922, in Safi) was 93. Throughout his nearly seven-decade career, Galabru was seen in more than 200 films – or, in his own words, “182 days,” as he was frequently cast in minor roles that required only a couple of days of work. He also appeared on stage, training at the Comédie Française and studying under film and stage veteran Louis Jouvet (Bizarre Bizarre, Quai des Orfèvres), and was featured in more than 70 television productions. Michel Galabru movies Michel Galabru's film debut took place in Maurice de Canonge's La bataille du feu (“The Battle of Fire,...
- 1/5/2016
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Cory Weaver / Vertical Player Repetory A scene from the Vertical Player Repertory production of “La Calisto”
For a gaggle of would-be Roman Gods on Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, Heaven is just a fire escape away.
These Gods, who formed the core cast of the Vertical Player Repertory’s recent production of Francesco Cavalli’s “La Calisto,” used an alleyway behind Park Slope’s Proteus Gowanus gallery to tell the Roman myth behind the creation of the Big and Little Dipper.
For a gaggle of would-be Roman Gods on Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, Heaven is just a fire escape away.
These Gods, who formed the core cast of the Vertical Player Repertory’s recent production of Francesco Cavalli’s “La Calisto,” used an alleyway behind Park Slope’s Proteus Gowanus gallery to tell the Roman myth behind the creation of the Big and Little Dipper.
- 7/28/2011
- by Nick Andersen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Inspired by British satire In The Loop, first French film to tell story of a serving president breaks last taboo
It threatens to be so true to life that it's more like a documentary than a feature film. "I'm surrounded by cretins!" shouts a stack-heeled, would-be French president at his terrified advisers. "Remember, I'm a Ferrari. When you open the bonnet, you use white gloves."
When the Cannes film festival opens next week, it will break the last taboo in French film. La Conquête, a scathing portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power - the first French feature film brave enough to tackle a serving president - will be shown on La Croisette after a row over whether officials wanted to sideline it to spare the Elysée's blushes.
Inspired by the merciless British satire In the Loop, and subtitled "The man who won the presidency, but lost a wife...
It threatens to be so true to life that it's more like a documentary than a feature film. "I'm surrounded by cretins!" shouts a stack-heeled, would-be French president at his terrified advisers. "Remember, I'm a Ferrari. When you open the bonnet, you use white gloves."
When the Cannes film festival opens next week, it will break the last taboo in French film. La Conquête, a scathing portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power - the first French feature film brave enough to tackle a serving president - will be shown on La Croisette after a row over whether officials wanted to sideline it to spare the Elysée's blushes.
Inspired by the merciless British satire In the Loop, and subtitled "The man who won the presidency, but lost a wife...
- 5/10/2011
- by Angelique Chrisafis
- The Guardian - Film News
Directions Theatre Company is pleased to present the New York premiere of Eric Overmyer's adaptation of Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro and ?d?n von Horv?th's Figaro Gets a Divorce. Figaro/Figaro follows the iconic characters Figaro, Susanna, the Count and Countess Almaviva and other favorites through the ups and downs inherent in all relationships - husband and wife, master and servant, family ties and the like.
- 2/3/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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