For a while here last year and I think the year before, I was recommending that those of you in the Southern California area hurry your tailbones over to a theater where, once per week, you could see a live, fun re-creation of the old game show, What's My Line? A clever gent named J. Keith van Straaten was our genial host and he always seemed to have a panel of four witty folks, several people with interesting occupations for them to guess, and — best of all! — a famous Mystery Guest. I went more than a half-dozen times and it was always entertaining.
Alas, all good things come to an end…or in this case, they move to New York. Commencing this coming Monday night, you can see What's My Line? Live on Stage at the Barrow Street Theatre in that fine city. Keith is still the host and he has some of the same witty panelists (including, this Monday, Betsy Palmer) and he'll have Mystery Guests and I see no reason to think it won't be as great a show there as it was out here. Below is a video sampler of what it was out here and if you're in or around New York and it makes you want to go, all the details are on this page.
