“Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death.” Rosalind Russell is the larger-than-life Mame, a quirky socialite who becomes the guardian of her young nephew at the outset of ...

While Handzlik can still quote quippy lines from the script—“Stirred, not shaken. Bruises the gin,” he says, remembering the way Auntie Mame taught Patrick to make a martini—a deeper ...

“Auntie Mame,” DVD of the delectable 1958 movie, starring Rosalind Russell. “Mame,” the 1974 movie misfire of Jerry Herman’s Broadway musical, starring a miscast Lucille Ball, released ...

Charles Busch's specialty of playing classy ladies with a twist makes him an inspired choice to take on an iconic role in gay culture: Mame Dennis. But in this on-the-fly summer production in ...

In Auntie Mame, published in 1955, her sheltered, ... I've become Aunt Viv, if not Auntie Mame — still trying to open windows and keep the Babbits at bay. Related NPR Stories. Books ...

When Auntie Mame opens Friday, with Stages' favorite diva Sally Edmundson assuming the role she was born to play, fans who know the movie by heart may think they're hearing discrepancies. That's ...

San Francisco’s 42nd Street Moon (Daniel Thomas, Executive Artistic Director) has released production photos for the 3-Time Tony Award®-winning musical MAME, which features music and lyrics by ...

Indeed when it first hit bookstores in 1955, Auntie Mame stayed on the best-seller list for more than 100 weeks. Though the author is listed as Patrick Dennis, who happens to be the protagonist ...