Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
#1Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/11/15 at 1:01pm
It's finally happening! July 17th - I can't wait!
#2Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/11/15 at 3:56pm
I just read the news! I am so happy! Somebody simply has got to record this and make it publicly available!
#2Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/11/15 at 4:03pm
I saw it in theatres this past time and absolutely loved it. So happy it will continue to live, but next I demand a blu-ray release. How common is that for PBS?
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#3Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/11/15 at 4:49pm
DVD releases for Great Performances productions isn't uncommon at all. Remember that this isn't Live From Lincoln Center, which never get video releases so this most certainly could get an official DVD release.
#4Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/11/15 at 5:28pm
"It's finally happening! July 17th - I can't wait!"
What a wonderful birthday present--to me--70 on the 17th and Miss Daisy to keep me company.
Saw Ms Lansbury in Gypsy--what a night .
Thanks for the info Jordan.
#5Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/11/15 at 8:14pm
"I just read the news! I am so happy! Somebody simply has got to record this and make it publicly available! "
Follies, assuming you're not in the US? It will likely be available on the PBS website for a limited period sometime after it airs. Get yourself the "Hola" extension for Chrome or Firefox and you can bypass the geo-restrictions that only allow US based internet users to view content on the site. There you go.
Thanks for starting this thread, Jordan. I hadn't seen the news. Very excited!
#6Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:59pm
I, too, want to say thank you to Jordan for starting the thread. I can wait to see how JEJ's and AL's interpretations differ from Jessica Tandy's and Morgan Freeman's.
Audrey, the Phantom Phanatic, who nonetheless would rather be Jean Valjean, who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons.
#7Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/12/15 at 7:33am
HorseTears, no, sadly I live in Europe, so I always miss so many TV programs and DVD releases. Thanks for the advice, I'll certainly try it!
#8Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/13/15 at 1:52pm
Saw it twice life in Melburne and later on the big screen. It's a brilliant production and I'm so happy it was recorded for commercial use.
Too bad Dame Angela won't be eligible for the Emmy nomination since it it was first released in cinemas.
#9Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 6/14/15 at 12:28am
Oh, that IS a shame. Ah, well, her trophy cabinet isn't exactly empty.
#10Lansbury/Jones DRIVING MISS DAISY To Air On PBS 7/17
Posted: 7/17/15 at 5:54am
A friendly reminded that the play airs tonight. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/
Apparently the play is eligible for 2016 Emmy consideration after all. I doubt Dame Angela will be a favorite for the win though, considering it’s a live production, so I have double feeling about it. At this point it would simply insulting not to award her after 19 unsuccessful nominations, but at the same time who want a pity overdue win?
'Driving Miss Daisy' review: Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones are worth staying in for
5/5
Stay home and watch TV this Friday night.
Nothing out in the world will get better than savoring Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones in Alfred Uhry’s wonderfully lean yet richly complex story of an elderly Southern lady and her elderly black chauffeur.
“Miss Daisy” has driven into town before, notably in the 1989 movie with Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. This stage production proves just as satisfying.
Lansbury, stepping slightly out of the characters for which she's best known, plays Daisy Werthan. When we meet Daisy in November 1948, she’s 72, meaning she has spent her life in 20th century Georgia.
After she demolishes her car, her son Boolie (Boyd Gaines) hires her a chauffeur, Hoke Colburn (Jones).
While Miss Daisy resents having a driver, and tries at first to get Hoke fired, they gradually feel comfortable with each other and over 15 years become friends.
Friendship in that context, though, is complex business, shaped by the worlds in which they have both long lived.
Miss Daisy insists she’s not prejudiced, and probably believes it. As time goes by, she tries harder not to be. Hoke, who knows he must stay in his place to keep his job, has frustrations that always simmer and sometimes boil over.
Some have said “Miss Daisy” puts a genteel gloss on race relations, and that may be true. By telling a jagged story through two decent people, Uhry takes the path of understatement, and happily, these actors have the talent to maximize each word and gesture.
It’s a message that resonates, and a night well-spent.
