ANGELA LANSBURY

Host Ariana DeBose kicked off the first regularly scheduled Tony Awards since 2019 with an opening number that mashed up musical theater classics and a monologue about inclusivity on Broadway.

The folks who hand out Tony Awards believe five is not enough for Angela Lansbury.

Harvey Evans, an actor, singer and dancer who managed to land roles in the original Broadway productions of such classics as “West Side Story,” “Follies” “Hello, Dolly!”.

In 2010, the year he turned 80, Stephen Sondheim had to endure a public fuss when a Broadway theater was being renamed in his honor.

The most interesting portrayals of mothers are when they're so complicated that the movie can't capture all of their dimensions, and we get only tantalizing glimpses.

In what world do reggae and Angela Lansbury collide? On CBC Radio, DJ Tom Power interviewed the 93-year-old actress, best known for the CBS series Murder She Wrote. Lansbury played the crime-solving mystery writer Jessica Fletcher. Power introduced her by playing Jamaican reggae artists Chaka Demus & Pliers 1992 smash hit of the same name, Murder She Wrote. It was the first time Lansbury had heard the nearly 30-year-old track, but she seemed absolutely delighted by it. If, like Lansbury, youve never heard the original Chaka Demus & Pliers track, youve likely heard a remake. This year, Murder She Wrote is celebrating its 35th anniversary.