Have you seen this dress?
By Spirit FingersDastardly thieves have made off with a piece of Broadway history:
A piece of luggage that was holding a famous dress bound for the Smithsonian Museum was taken from Broadway and film actress Carol Channing as she arrived at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel on Thursday, police said.
Channing — who won a Tony Award for her starring role in “Hello, Dolly!” — was entering the hotel, which is located at 1755 N. Highland Ave., around 12:30 p.m. when a suspect stole the took the bag, said Officer Jason Lee of the Los Angeles Police Department media relations office.
So if you have any information concerning its whereabouts please tip off the authorities before it ends up on the Russian black market. In other news, the dress worn by Leslie Caron to last week’s Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards remains undisturbed. For now.
UDPATED: Carol Channing’s dress has been returned by a homeless person, no doubt after he read this blog post.
September 14th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Awww…what is it with people who have to steal cultural treasures? Like the goons who stole the ruby slippers from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, MN. Grrr.
On the other hand, theft might be all that’s needed for the Caron Dress.
September 14th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Officer Jason Lee? Earl has a new job!
September 15th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
(the Leslie Caron part of this makes me sad)