THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Set to Kick Off Ivoryton Playhouse's 2010 Season
by Samantha Jacobsen
- Feb 22, 2010
The history of the Ivoryton Playhouse is inextricably linked to the career of Katharine Hepburn, who spent the summer of 1931 proving to local audiences that she was leading lady material before heading off to Hollywood and stardom. It seems a fitting choice to open our 99th birthday season with a nod to Ms Hepburn and the role that brought her accolades on stage and screen in Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story. Barry wrote The Philadelphia Story in 1939 specifically for Ms. Hepburn, who ended up backing the play, and foregoing a salary in return for a percentage of the play's profits. Co-starring with Hepburn on Broadway were Joseph Cotten, Van Heflin and Shirley Booth . The play opened in late March 1939 and ran for a full year with more than 400 performances and a nationwide tour. The play was a great success on Broadway, and the subsequent movie with Carey Grant and James Stewart was Hepburn's first great triumph after several movie flops had led to movie theater owners including her on a list of actors viewed as 'box office poison.' The movie garnered 6 Academy Award nominations and won two.
Tovah Feldshuh To Host THE BROADWAY BEAUTY PEAGENT 4/19
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 18, 2010
Four-time Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh has been announced to return as the host of The Broadway Beauty Pageant, Broadway's forth annual beauty contest, set for Monday evening, April 19th, 8p.m., at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St.).
BWW Reviews: Open Fist Opens a Glamorous STAGE DOOR
by Don Grigware
- Feb 9, 2010
Even if we've seen and heard it a million times over, the old show biz debate about devotion to stage versus film is a treat as served up in Kaufman and Ferber's Stage Door, being given a red carpet production at the Open Fist Theatre.
Connecticut's Shubert Theatre & Katharine Hepburn Cernter to Broadcast LuPone Concert, 2/4
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 4, 2010
Several Connecticut theatres will broadcast Patti LuPone's appearance on the popular 'Live From New York's 92nd Street Y' on February 4th. LuPone's concert, 'The Broadway Life' will be seen at The Shubert Theatre in New Haven, beginning at 8:15pm as well as at The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Center in Old Saybrook. The evening will also feature Leonard Lopste.
STREETCAR May Be Broadway-bound With Multiracial Cast
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 2, 2010
The Sydney Theater Company's production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' helmed by Liv Ullman and starring Cate Blanchett was an immediate success when it played a limited engagement at the BAM Harvey Theatre late last year. Since the closing of the show, rumors abound of a possible Broadway run. An entry in the The New York Times' ArtsBeat blog today reports that Stephen C. Byrd, the producer who holds the rights to 'Streetcar' has decided not to attempt to transfer the Sydney Theatre Company's production. Instead, spokesman Gary Springer said on Tuesday that a revival of sorts may be in the works, incorporating a multiracial cast into the production, while eyeing a Broadway run in the Spring 2011.
UK's National Theatre's NATION Gets International Broadcast on 230 Screens, 1/30
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jan 29, 2010
Terry Prachett's NATION, filmed live at the National Theatre in London, will be broadcast by satellite to cinemas worldwide on January 30th. NATION is the third play in the pilot season of NT Live, the National's ground-breaking initiative which launched in June with the hugely successful broadcast of Phedre with Helen Mirren, which was seen by 50,000 people in 19 countries around the globe.
The Bushnell Theatre Donate Proceeds from THE LION KING to Haiti
by Jeff Dennhardt
- Jan 27, 2010
The Bushnell Theatre in Connecticut will collect funds to be donated to the American Red Cross to help the disaster in Haiti. The Bushnell, in association with The Reach Foundation, will collect money during intermission of THE LION KING through February 14th. All proceeds donated will go directly to the Red Cross.
Connecticut's Shubert Theatre & Katharine Hepburn Cernter to Broadcast LuPone Concert, 2/4
by Jeff Dennhardt
- Jan 27, 2010
Several Connecticut theatres will broadcast Patti LuPone's appearance on the popular 'Live From New York's 92nd Street Y' on February 4th. LuPone's concert, 'The Broadway Life' will be seen at The Shubert Theatre in New Haven, beginning at 8:15pm as well as at The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Center in Old Saybrook. The evening will also feature Leonard Lopste.
NT Live Broadcasts The National's NATION in the U.S. this Winter
by Jessica Lewis
- Jan 12, 2010
Live music, dance and puppetry will combine to bring to life the spectacular and surprising world of Terry Pratchett's NATION on the National Theatre stage. NATION is the third play in the pilot season of NT Live, the National's ground-breaking initiative which launched in June with the hugely successful broadcast of Phèdre with Helen Mirren, which was seen by 50,000 people in 19 countries around the globe. NT Live continues with a worldwide broadcast of the National's acclaimed production of NATION, based on a novel by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Melly Still.
Photo Flash: FUNNY GIRL at Drury Lane Oakbrook
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jan 8, 2010
Rounding out their 2009-10 smash hit season, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, presents the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy FUNNY GIRL. Based on the life of Ziegfeld Follies comedienne Fanny Brice, FUNNY GIRL will be co-directed by Gary Griffin and William Osetek.
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