BROOKFIELD — "Live, live, live!" cries the fictional 1920s eccentric and New York City socialite Mame Dennis. This is the central theme that runs through writer Patrick Dennis’s satirical 1955 novel, ...

Live, live, live!” That is the story of Auntie Mame. Everyone is so preoccupied with doing the right thing these days, setting themselves up for success and grinding until there is nothing left, that ...

Mame Dennis — irrepressible, adoring, easily distracted, utterly down-to-earth — is the guardian any sensible child would love to have. In Auntie Mame, published in 1955, her sheltered, just-orphaned ...

FICTION: ANNA CAREY reviews Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade By Patrick Dennis, Penguin Modern Classics, 316pp, £9.99 FICTION: ANNA CAREYreviews Auntie Mame: An Irreverent EscapadeBy Patrick Dennis ...

When Vanity Fair sat down with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Annie Mumulo to discuss her friendship with Kristen Wiig, her breakout hit "Bridesmaids," and her more recent projects ("Joy," "Bad Moms"), ...

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 Ogunquit ...

The Motion Picture Production Code, also known as the Hays Code after censor/stick-in-the-mud Will Hays, regulated film content for nearly 40 years, restricting, among other things, depictions of ...

ROME — It’s been an unlikely best seller. First published 55 years ago in the United States, where it spawned a hit Broadway show and two movie adaptations, Patrick Dennis’s “Auntie Mame” has recently ...

Mame Dennis lives life as if it's a party. She would love the gala affair Stages is throwing with its season-opening production of Auntie Mame. It's not the perfect party, but it boasts the perfect ...

When: Through Saturday, July 10, with performances running Mondays through Fridays at 8 p.m. ($39), Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. ($45); and matinee's on Wednesdays ($35) and Thursdays ($29) at 2:30 p.m.

Michelle Leigh directs the play version of Auntie Mame, which is seldom presented on stage these days. Thank goodness patrons ...