Burns and Allen’s vaudeville-to-screen transition was one of the first comedies that could properly be called a sitcom, as opposed to a string of funny bits. But it also presaged the form-breaking ...

"George & Gracie: A Love Story" puts a night of humor, a dollop of sweetness and a touch of magic on the stage of Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Stackner Cabaret. Veteran theater artist Tami Workentin ...

Tami Workentin's new play captures the moment when a comedy star was born. Schooled in vaudeville, comedian George Burns was working with a new partner, Gracie Allen, but their act was flatter than ...