Come Rain or Come Shine
Larry Gelbart, author of Tootsie and the TV series M*A*S*H and much else, had a famous crack that, if Hitler's still alive, he hopes he's on the road with a musical in trouble. Exactly three-quarters of a century ago - March 1946 - two great songwriters, Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, knew exactly what he was getting at. They were trying out a show on which everything that could go wrong was going wrong, and then some. It started with a successful novel, Arna Bontemps' St Louis Woman. Bontemps and another admired writer of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, Countee Cullen, adapted it as a play. And a Hollywood producer thought it would make a smash all-black musical on Broadway and persuaded MGM not only to back it but to loan the show one of ... |
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The Mark Steyn ShowThe Hundred Years Ago Show
Since Mark launched the Coronacopia audio edition of The Mark Steyn Show during that long-ago "fifteen days to flatten the curve", one of his regular features has been The Hundred Years Ago Show. Each week Mark gives you his "world news update" from a century ago accompanied by some appropriate musical sounds of the era. It's proved so popular that we're now reprising it as a monthly omnibus version we'll be airing on the last Sunday of each month. In this latest episode, aside from Communism on the march, French troops massing on the German border, and Negro lynchings in the American South, Steyn reports on, among other matters, Kaiser Bill's first interview in exile, the restoration of the Bogd Khan to the Mongolian throne, and on the ... The Mark Steyn ShowAssuming the Position
Mark starts with a too literal example of Chinese penetration, moves to the silenced victims of Justin's Covid isolation facilities, the hell of lockdown without end, a fine way to treat a Steinway, and concludes with Chairman Xi's plans for small Pacific states... Clubland Q&APlaying Defense
If you missed our livestream Clubland Q&A on Thursday afternoon, here's the action replay. Simply click above and settle back for an hour of my answers to questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet on post-nationalist nations, a judges' republic, following the science over the cliff, and Boris and his magic roundabout... Clubland Q&ALive Around the Planet: Thursday February 25th
Mark answers questions from Steyn Club members around the world Laura's LinksAppealing Jokes
Laura Rosen Cohen on Canada's most litigated joke making its way to the Supreme Court, a Muppet Show trigger warning, and lockdown psychosis... The Mark Steyn ShowOffensively Pre-Canceled
This edition of The Mark Steyn Show begins with an innovative example of pre-cancel culture and ends with a last word on Rush. In between Steyn has an early favorite for Brit Wanker Copper of the Year, a genocidal Justin (but very relaxed about it), a poem to mark the two hundredth anniversary of Keats' death, the days when Democrat election fraud had consequences, and another rummage through Mark's Mailbox... Steyn on the AirKathryn in for Rush Today
Mark hosts a very special edition of America's Number One radio show with Rush's widow Kathryn Limbaugh The Mark Steyn ShowClaptrap and Self-Appendectomies
We have a brand new feature for you, plus a few regulars: There's The Hundred Years Ago Show, brimming with thousand-mile strolls and self-appendectomies; and our Last Call features a brace of orchestras - the Royal Philharmonic and the Electric Light... Steyn on the AirBorn Free and Resting Merry
Mark presents favorite excerpts of Rush from across the decades Steyn on FoxCorpsing with the Cuomos
Mark guest-hosts the one and only Tucker Carlson Tonight Steyn on FoxRemembering Rush
On Wednesday night, Mark joined Tucker to share a few thoughts on the end of an era Ave atque valeThe Indispensable Man
It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Rush Limbaugh, a giant of American broadcasting, a uniquely talented performer, and a hugely generous man to whom I owe almost everything... Mann vs SteynFootball and Hockey
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Mark's Week in ReviewA Se'nnight of Steyn, February 22-28
In case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Steyn - including a very special edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show with Mark and Kathryn Limbaugh Shaidle at the CinemaIkiru
Mark writes: Over recent weeks I've been picking out some favorite pieces by our peerless film columnist Kathy Shaidle, who died last month, far too young. We've now put all of Kathy's magnificent movie writing into one of our dedicated Netflix-style tile-format archives, and we hope you'll want to prowl around and read her takes on films famous and obscure, stars and directors, and various genres from heartwarming Christmas classics to blow-up-your-school pictures. You'll find Kathy's film columns, now and forever, here... Ave atque valeThis Ole House
Welcome to a brand new audio adaptation of Mark Steyn's Passing Parade - a new weekly feature here at SteynOnline, every Saturday. We start today with Mark's musings on the art of the obit, followed by some thoughts at Calvin Coolidge's grave site, and then the story of Stuart Hamblen... Topical TakeWhen Harry Met Hillary
A Steyn classic comes true: Hillary Clinton, novelist... Steyn on the AirFor People Like You That Keep It Turned On
Mark with Rush Limbaugh's beloved Kathryn, answering questions from listeners - and revealing the Elton John song she played to him in his final days... The Mark Steyn Weekend ShowIn One Spirit Meet and Mingle
Mark presents a brand new Valentine's entry to the Steyn Club anthology of video poetry The War on Free SpeechPenn State's Institutional Wickedness
Steyn's latest court filing on global warm-monger Michael E Mann's vanity lawsuit (and Mann's corrupt employer) A Clubman's NotesThe Thirteenth Hour
Welcome along to our forty-fifth audio adventure in Tales for Our Time. This one has been requested on and off over the years, and I resisted. But cometh the hour, cometh the dystopian novel... Shaidle at the CinemaKathy's World
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Kathy Shaidle, a dear friend and our peerless movie essayist... On the TownDon Black: The Sanest Guy in the Room
Steyn talks to Don Black about his bestselling memoir The Sanest Guy in the Room, in whose success Mark played a small but not unimportant part A Clubman's NotesThe Elphbergs - with a Word on the Rassendylls
Mark's contemporary inversion of Anthony Hope's classic The Prisoner of Zenda: The Prisoner of Windsor... |
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