In the summer of 1974, Steve Stoliar was out of a job — which proved to be a lucky break. The UCLA student soon found himself employed as an assistant to his childhood idol, Groucho Marx. “Initially, ...

Frank Ferrante does a Groucho Marx so convincing he doesn’t even rehearse his show anymore; it’s all ad-libbed. And while Ferrante does incorporate some classic lines into An Evening with Groucho, his ...

(CBSDFW.COM) - Julius "Groucho" Marx was a very rare entertainer in the sense that he was able to transition from one medium of entertainment to another more successfully than most. And the creation ...

Dick Cavett can still picture the exact moment and location in New York City when he first met the man who would become one of his most cherished pals. It was 1961 and Cavett, then a 25-year-old ...

While many people can say they've grown up with Groucho Marx, Frank Ferrante is probably the only one who can say he's done it in his shoes — with his bushy eyebrows, mustache and cigar in hand, to ...

In our ever-expanding media universe, wonderfully entertaining things are naturally bound to get lost or overlooked. With so many choices available, it isn’t obvious that there may be something ...

A belated holiday gift, “Groucho & Cavett” might be regarded by those born in this millennium as some kind of strange antique show, the principal antique wearing a funny hat. Groucho Marx was born in ...

There’s a very short list of people who can say they had an uncle named Groucho. As Harpo Marx’s oldest child, I’m on that list. Although there’s a beautiful piece of home movie footage of Groucho ...

Does Groucho Marx still matter? You bet your life he does. The best case for his relevance is Frank Ferrante’s “An Evening With Groucho,” which the 61-year-old actor will deliver three times in ...

Groucho Marx has been dead since 1977, but to hear his grandson talk about him, one can imagine a smile on his face, those remarkable eyebrows raising “He and I became very close in his later years,” ...