Runyon's fictional world is also known to the general public through the musical Guys and Dolls based on two of his stories, " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " and " Blood Pressure ".

He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town.

The Modern Lovers continued to be a popular live attraction, and on New Year ’ s Eve 1972 supported the New York Dolls at the Mercer Arts Center on a bill which also included Suicide and Wayne County.

An alternative rock version by the Goo Goo Dolls was also recorded.

The Goo Goo Dolls also toured in support for the band's final tour.

Ebert has provided DVD audio commentaries for several films, including Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Dark City, Floating Weeds, Crumb, and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ( for which Ebert also wrote the screenplay, based on a story that he co-wrote with Russ Meyer ).

The tour also included Deborah Harry, Erasure, The Dresden Dolls and Gossip, with Margaret Cho as MC and special guests in different cities.

In 1983, he had a role in the short-lived NBC prime time soap opera Bare Essence ( which also starred his future wife Genie Francis ), and a supporting role in the equally short-lived primetime soap Paper Dolls in 1984.

In addition to playing piano and Hammond organ with the Heartbreakers, Tench is also known as a skilled session musician, having recorded with dozens of notable artists, including Johnny Cash, U2, Elisa, Stevie Nicks, Lucinda Williams, Sam Phillips, You Am I, Susanna Hoffs, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, The Rolling Stones, Don Henley, John Prine, Ringo Starr, John Fogerty, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Waylon Jennings, Paul Westerberg, X, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Carlene Carter, The dB's, Alanis Morissette, The Ramones, The Screaming Trees, The Tragically Hip, The Divinyls, The Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, The Cult, The Jayhawks, Dave Rawlings, Fiona Apple, Lone Justice, Sean Watkins, New Found Glory, Tift Merritt, Peter Case, Neil Diamond, Ryan Adams and Powderfinger, Naughty Sweeties City of Glass, as well as many others.

He has also appeared in various musical roles on the stage including " The Producers ", " Bathhouse: The Musical ", " All Shook Up ", " Psycho Beach Party ", " Valley Of The Dolls ", " La Cage aux Folles ", " Curtains ", and " Judy's Scary Little Christmas " where he portrayed legendary Judy Garland and such plays as the controversial " Corpus Christi ".

Once the summer tour of the US had finished the Dolls embarked on the tour of Australia for which Brian Delaney returned on drums, he sat out the summer tour for family reasons, the band are also to support Alice Cooper on a short tour of the UK in late October 2011

Buffett also co-wrote two children's books, The Jolly Mon and Trouble Dolls, with his eldest daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett.

Unlike many other hardcore bands of the era, they also acknowledged proto-punk bands like the New York Dolls and MC5.

" ABC also aired a pre-game parking lot performance featuring Bonnie Raitt, The Goo Goo Dolls and Michael Bublé prior to the Santana and Friends segment.

It also acts as the UK label for American-based acts under Interscope-Geffen-A & M like Eminem, Queens Of The Stone Age, Limp Bizkit, Timbaland, The All-American Rejects, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Black Eyed Peas, Weezer, Marilyn Manson, Pussycat Dolls, Janet Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Busta Rhymes, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Sheryl Crow, Dr. Dre, Lana Del Rey and Lady Gaga.

The DVD also contained a studio version of the Goo Goo Dolls ' cover of " Give a Little Bit " by Supertramp.

She also regularly performs on the stage and won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway revival of Nine and an Olivier Award for her role as Miss Adelaide in the West End revival of Guys and Dolls.

He also appeared in the touring version of Guys and Dolls as Sky Masterson.

She returned to the West End theatre in April 2006 ( for the first time since 1998 ) playing the murderess Roxie Hart in the long-running West End musical Chicago and again in Dec 2007-Feb 2008 in the same role, also in 2006-7 she appeared in the Birmingham and Plymouth tours of Guys and Dolls playing Miss Adelaide Adams, a dance hall hostess.

* " Right Now " ( Herbie Mann song ), also covered by Mel Tormé, Pussycat Dolls, and others

In 1984 when film maker Dave Markey, along with Jeff and Steve McDonald from Redd Kross, put together the mocumentary Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, a comically punky version of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, it also spawned a real band.

He continued his musical stage career, often performing with his wife, as in a 1964 production of Bells Are Ringing, also performing as Sky Masterson in the popular musical Guys and Dolls, his wife playing the role of Miss Adeleide, reprising her Broadway role.

The Pussycat Dolls, who are also the only artists to have won this award under its two names, are the category's biggest winners, having won it twice.

Hull and Emu were also the subject of the song " No One Knew The Real Emu " by The Toy Dolls.

Thom Donovan, American musician / songwriter, who has toured world-wide with Robert Plant and the Goo Goo Dolls and appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC.

In early 2008, they toured with Tokyo Police Club and The Dresden Dolls.

The Dolls toured with the Christiani Circus after the Ringling circus was sold in 1956.

Gareth Williams-Has toured in a production of South Pacific and also with The English Shakespeare Company ; he played Nathan Detroit in a production of Guys & Dolls.

In June 2007, as part of the Dresden Dolls, she toured with the True Colors Tour 2007, including her debut in New York City's Radio City Music Hall ,< ref name =" nyt20070620 ">

They have toured with numerous bands such as Mudhoney, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, The Ramones, Motörhead, Flogging Molly, Toadies, Supagroup, the Butthole Surfers, The Reverend Horton Heat, The New York Dolls, The Dwarves, White Zombie and Nashville Pussy.

Following a stint in the band Careless ( which featured Minor Threat's Brian Baker and Mike Malinin, later of the Goo Goo Dolls ), December toured with R. E. M.

Dolls have traditionally been used in magic and religious rituals throughout the world, and traditional dolls made of materials like clay and wood are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe.

One album, " Mad Cows and Englishmen " was released amidst much touring of the UK and Europe, often playing the supporting slot to Toy Dolls.

McLaren has credited this style to his first impressions of Richard Hell, while McLaren was in New York City working with New York Dolls.

The film soundtrack LP, without Warwick vocals, failed to impress the public, while Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls earned an RIAA Gold certification.

On July 2, 2008, the Goo Goo Dolls released a new single called " Real " to select iTunes stores, while it was released on the AT & T USA Olympic Team soundtrack to the remaining iTunes stores on August 8, 2008, coinciding with the start of the Beijing Olympics.

Hitoshi becomes a programmer for their latest game, Fighting Dolls ' 96, while the girls are dressed up as the three female characters.

Since 2005, CFXJ has constantly " tweaked " its sound, experimenting with combinations of rhythmic Top 40 and classic urban formats by adding artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Eva Avila and Pussycat Dolls, while still striving to satisfy hip hop and R & B enthusiasts by breaking new North American / international music in Canada, such as Chamillionaire, Young Jeezy, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown and Akon.

** Former New York Dolls drummer Jerry Nolan dies January 14 from a stroke while undergoing treatment for meningitis and pneumonia.

The club's theme, sung before every game, is Take Me Home, Country Roads, while during the game altered lyrics are sung to the tunes of The Lambrusco Kid by the Toy Dolls, Blitzkrieg Bop, and other songs by KISS and Twisted Sister.

Nunzio seldom talks, while Guido speaks in a Runyonesque dialect, which is explained as being an aftereffect of having been in a production of Guys and Dolls.

Life-sized marionettes, coin-operated boys, living statues, and other undergroundlings greeted fans while circus and burlesque drew the audience into the Dolls ' music, creating a participatory atmosphere that allowed the audience to experience numerous types of art simultaneously.