Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury is getting great reviews for her work in the Broadway play Blithe Spirit . Angela Lansbury may be approaching 90, but that doesn't mean she's slowing down. The famous British actress, known for movies such as Bedknobs & Broomsticks and long-running television show Murder, She Wrote , is receiving rave reviews for her work in the current revival of Blithe Spirit on Broadway. From a review of the prodution at mycentraljersey.com: We have to begin with Lansbury, who makes a triumphant return to Broadway after finding herself in the disaster that was "Deuce" by Terrence McNally in 2007. Lansbury is a delight ... Read Full Story

Ada Harris (Angela Lansbury), a London charwoman in the 1950’s, sees a Dior dress and decides that she’s going to own one. First, she scrimps and saves her money, but when she has enough, and takes a trip to Paris, she learns that buying an original couture creation is a little harder than simply plunking down cash. Along the way to her goal, she manages to befriend a count, unite young lovers, and dodge customs. Now this film has a really special place for me, as it was a movie that I had watched when I was little with my Nanna telling me it ... Read Full Story

Man says image of Jesus appeared in spoon Yeah, I know, people find religious images in odd places all the time. But, have you ever stopped to wonder – why these people? Or, why it is that they immediately want to sell these things on eBay? I mean, obviously there is a market for spoons and potatoes and corn flakes that resemble Jesus or Mary or William Taft. Sadly, the people that buy these items are never the people that discover them. What sort of cruel world do we live in that prevents the people who collect religiously themed food items from ever finding ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (AP) - Angela Lansbury is ready for a little down time, but you still have a few weeks left to see her on stage in ''Deuce,'' Terrence McNally's play about two tennis doubles champions who are reunited at the U.S. Open. It closes Aug. 19. Read more! Read Full Story

Those Blithe Spirit tickets are flying off the box office counters, what with the impressive reviews the all-start cast has received. Playing at the Schubert Theatre since March 2009, this revival of the 1941 Noel Coward comedy stars Rupert Everett and Christine Ebersole in the male and female leads respectively. Also featuring a noteworthy performance by Angela Lansbury as the flaky medium Madame Arcati, this revival stays true and loveable to the original improbable farce. Blithe Spirit tells the story of a writer Charles Condomine, who while doing research for his new mystery novel, decides to hold a séance at his home. Unfortunately the ... Read Full Story