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Article: Aw, Ricky, I'm going solo! (Front and Center).(Lucille Ball drama)
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- American Theatre
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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RED LIPS. RED HAIR. RED-HOT.
During her reign as America's dizziest femme flambeau, Lucille Ball blazed her way across stage and screen. In the '50s and '60s--when foregoing films completely to star in a television series typically meant career suicide--Lucy made the new medium respectable, even as the first visibly pregnant woman on national television. She was a pioneer of her era, but she's not finished trailblazing just yet. She's staging a comeback of sorts in Loving Lucy, which premieres Jan. 22 at the Unicorn Theatre under the direction of Jeff Church.
What's this? A one-woman show daring to resurrect--then deconstruct--TV's queen of comedy? ...
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Article: So why love Lucy?; Lucille Ball: Queen Of Comedy ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);
November 21, 2001 ;
700+ words
... ... television biography of someone like Lucille Ball - the subject of last night's Queen ... fame on television. Why precisely did Lucille Ball's 19-year marriage to Desi Arnaz ... the RKO studios in Hollywood (where Lucille Ball started her career back in 1933) for ...
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