By Drew Grant 12/05/11 2:53pm

theater

Peter Gallagher, a natural replacement for Jimmy Stewart (RKO, Getty)

Peter Gallagher's Eyebrows to Star in Theatrical Reading of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

Here’s a reason to leave the Broadway scene and fly across country: For one night only, L.A.’s Geffen Playhouse will host a staged reading of Frank Capra‘s holiday classic, It’s A Wonderful Life. The 1946 film–listed as one of AFI’s “100 Best American Films Ever Made”– is such a Christmas staple that it’s hard to imagine someone other than Jimmy Stewart playing the hapless and kindhearted banker George Bailey. But the production really nailed it with their casting, announced today:New York native Peter “My Face is Smiling But My Eyebrows Tell a Darker Story” Gallagher.

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By Rex Reed 7/28/09 7:56pm

Hugh Dancy Is on His Way to Superstardom

ADAM
Running time 99 minutes
Written and directed by Max Mayer
Starring Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving

Charm that isn’t forced and wit without contrivance are such rare ingredients in today’s so-called comedies that when I come across either, I tend to go overboard. There is plenty of both in Adam, a Read More

By Rex Reed 5/29/07 7:09pm

Sandy Cohen Sings!

Feinstein’s at the Regency
540 Park Avenue at 61st Street
212-339-4095
Wednesday, May 30, and Thursday, May 31, at 8:30 p.m.; Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2, at 8:30 and 11 p.m.

On a happier note, hurry on over to Feinstein’s at the Regency, where the cabaret debut of actor Read More

By David Foxley 5/08/07 6:56pm

Sandy Cohen Is Gone, Peter Gallagher Is Back

“I’m sure I’ll be drawn and quartered,” said Peter Gallagher, the actor who is probably best known these days as rad dad Sandy Cohen on The O.C.­—Fox’s megawatt nighttime soap series, which was laid to rest last February. Speaking on his cell phone from the side of a road in L.A., the 51-year-old thespian was Read More