James McDaniel of Detroit 1-8-7′ finds unexpected character in the city
James McDaniel of Detroit 1-8-7′ finds unexpected character in the city
When “NYPD Blue” veteran James McDaniel signed on for a new ABC cop show called “Detroit 1-8-7,” he served as cheerleader-in-chief in the creators’ campaign to shoot in the Motor City. The actor figured they didn’t stand a chance because it had never been done. But he craved the authenticity of being in the downtrodden city, even if it meant suffering for his art. McDaniel was floored on both …
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Bruce Graham: ‘Roseanne’ showed him the way
In his native Philadelphia, Bruce Graham is best known as the prolific and acclaimed author of numerous plays, including “Burkie,” “Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille,” “Moon Over the Brewery,” “Belmont Avenue Social Club” and “Coyote on a Fence,” which won the Rosenthal Prize and two Drama Desk nominations (and whose staging in London’s West End starred Ben Cross, of “Chariots of …
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Behind the scenes of the 1973 Belmont Stakes’
My time in the makeup and costume trailers over, I was told to head toward the “Secretariat” movie set, the tunnel underneath the grandstand at historic Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.
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