Carol Channing (1921-2019)

After eight decades in show biz, it’s finally “Goodbye, Dolly”

"...be forgiven if you can’t recall a time when Carol Channing wasn’t a star. She and her platinum tresses..."

Jan. 16, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Carol You Don't Know

There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

"...Everyone knows Carol Channing, right? The much-imitated star of stage and screen,..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Annabelle Comes Home

Anybody want a slightly soiled, demonically possessed doll?

"...regulars. Now looking like the unsettling aftermath of a Carol Channing/Marty Feldman car crash, Annabelle’s “home” is in a..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Diva's Best Friend

Stuart Moulton knows what becomes a legend most. Just ask Carol or Charo or Eartha or Elaine ...

"...Steve Ross, not to mention bona fide entertainment legends Carol Channing, Eartha Kitt, and Charo. And this week, you..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Broadway Leading Lady Carolee Carmello on Taking Over Dolly!

Hello, Dolly prepares for run at Bass Concert Hall

"...Carolee Carmello is probably the most prolific Broadway leading lady..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

White House Down

Roland Emmerich blows up the White House real good, so who cares if it doesn't all compute when you have Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx (as an Obama-ish prez) battling to become last men standing?

"...Directed by: Roland Emmerich. Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins,..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Cabaret Theatre

Stuart Moulton is getting his ACT together and taking it on the road (MoPac)

"...began bringing the likes of Elaine Stritch, Eartha Kitt, Carol Channing, and Ann Hampton Callaway to town in 2001...."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Cabaret Theatre

To break in its new home in the Mansion at Judges' Hill, Austin Cabaret Theatre has booked a class act of the musical theatre: Lee Roy Reams

"...Cornelius in the 1978 revival of Hello, Dolly! with Carol Channing and director of the 1995 revival; Albin in..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The winners are in for the 28th annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in Austin theatre from August 2001 through July 2002.

"...backdrop for Jason Neulander's deft emceeing, musical merriment from Carol Channing (as channeled by Stuart Moulton), and just over..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Scanlines

"...puff a fattie with John Phillip Law? How about Carol Channing (in her mid-fifties) stripped down to her bra..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Screens Feature

Happily Ever After

"...what with the voices of actresses like Tracey Ullman, Carol Channing and Phyllis Diller animating their characters. Zsa Zsa..."

May 28, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Reporting Life

Oh, the places you'll go

"...Bob Goulet from my bedroom at 7am, one with Carol Channing as she was cooking breakfast for her hubby..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Review: Hello, Dolly!

One of the last great Golden Age musicals revived with panache

"...seen is the balance of the cast. Ever since Carol Channing seized the leading role in 1964 and kept..."

Jan. 22, 2020 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

AFS Turns Over A New Leaf Tonight

Hello, Goodbye series continues with Elaine May comedy

"...cast herself just to avoid the studio’s original choice, Carol Channing). She has some sublime comic bits as the..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100

As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever

"...part of a continuum that includes the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Carol Channing, Enrico Caruso, and John Philip Sousa; that the..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVD Watch

Elaine May & Walter Matthau in the underrated 'A New Leaf'

"...cast herself just to avoid the studio’s original choice, Carol Channing). She has some sublime comic bits as the..."

Sept. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Tuna Does Vegas

Taking the Tuna crew to Sin City was a huge gamble, but we end up bigger winners than losers

"...Anna Conda, played by Williams with a hint of Carol Channing's voice and all the done-it-all hauteur of Eartha..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Just an Old-Fashioned Cat

Eartha Kitt is one funny dame

"...some striking similarities to last year's ACT gala star, Carol Channing (another gravel-throated 80-year-old with a packed résumé, great..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Carol Channing, Austin Cabaret Theatre..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Actors' Equity honors Dirk van Allen, and the 2005 B. Iden Payne Awards go to ...

"...Awn, handled the hosting duties, with ample assistance from Carol Channing, Cher, and Paris Hilton, as channeled by Stuart..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen's date gets hit on, and, remarkably, there's no word of bloodshed. Read all about it.

"...capture the moment with photos in a heart-shaped bed; "Carol Channing"; a buffet fit for the Bellagio, showcasing over..."

June 18, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

After this week of making the scene, we're ready to change the name of this column to "Hob-nobbing the Fashion" or "After the Schmooze …"

"...his Web site www.mrfabulousltd.com. Also performing was Austin's own Carol Channing, and the event raised approximately $95,000 said an..."

June 27, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Stay Tuned

TV Eye

"...his inevitably expensive divorce from Marla Maples) guests with Carol Channing and Nick Turturro of NYPD Blue...."

May 9, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Juneteenth, directed by Austin Film Society Artist Intensive Fellow Channing Godfrey Peoples (the project itself received support from the..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film

Film Reviews

"...James LeGros, Mary Carver, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor Stewart. Carol's life is killing her, or so it seems. But,..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Jonah Hill Police officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) get sent back to high school as undercover..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

One of the family passed on this week. The Style Avatar's sister remembers the Houston Chronicle's Maxine Mesinger.

"...Wyatt and Bob Sakowitz did attend, as did cartoonist Channing Lowe and restaurateur Tony Vallone. Former Houston mayor Bob..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...is presented. Malick's script, inspired by the 1958 Charles Starkweather-Carol Ann Fugate serial murders, presents young killers Kit (Sheen)..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

SXSW Announces Film Award Winners

Shithouse takes top narrative honors

"...Winner: "No Crying at the Dinner Table" D: Carol Nguyen “The way that 'No Crying at the Dinner..."

March 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker