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Date of Death: June 29, 2003 (96)

Birth Place: Hartford, CT, USA

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Carolyn Kirsch Directs and Stars in Newington Mainstage's DRIVING MISS DAISY, Now thru 9/16
by BWW News Desk - Sep 14, 2012


Driving Miss Daisy, one of modern American theatre's most touching and irresistible stories, will kick off Newington Mainstage's second season tonight, September 14-16 at its brand new home at the Newington Town Hall. Directed by and starring Broadway veteran Carolyn Kirsch, this Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winning comedy-drama is sure to warm your heart with its message of friendship, understanding and hope.

STAGE TUBE: Carolyn Kirsch and More Talk DRIVING MISS DAISY at Newington Mainstage
by Stage Tube - Sep 12, 2012


Driving Miss Daisy, one of Modern American Theatre's most touching and irresistible stories, will kick off Newington Mainstage's second season September 14-16 at its brand new home at the Newington Town Hall. Directed by and starring Broadway veteran Carolyn Kirsch, this Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winning comedy-drama is sure to warm your heart with its message of friendship, understanding and hope. Below, watch an interview with Kirsch and her two co-stars from the production!

Newington Mainstage’s DRIVING MISS DAISY, Starring Carolyn Kirsch, Opens This Weekend
by Kelsey Denette - Sep 11, 2012


Driving Miss Daisy, one of modern American theatre's most touching and irresistible stories, will kick off Newington Mainstage's second season this weekend - September 14-16 - at its brand new home at the Newington Town Hall. Directed by & starring Broadway veteran Carolyn Kirsch, this Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winning comedy-drama is sure to warm your heart with its message of friendship, understanding and hope.

South Bend Civic Theatre Announces 2013 Season
by Kelsey Denette - Sep 10, 2012


The Warner Studio will feature a range of thought-provoking and exciting works: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, End Days, The Cherry Orchard, and Perfect Mendacity. Plus a special fundraising bonus show to lead off the season - Tea at Five, a one-woman show about the legendary silver screen icon Katharine Hepburn to be portrayed by SBCT leading lady Mary Ann Moran.

ON GOLDEN POND Opens at Anchorage Community Theatre, 9/28
by BWW News Desk - Sep 3, 2012


The latest Anchorage Community Theatre news: On Golden Pond opens September 28, improv class kicks off this weekend, My Three Angels holds auditions and more!

Photo Flash: First Look at Mary Bridget Davies in ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN at Arena Stage
by BWW News Desk - Aug 17, 2012


Fresh off its acclaimed run at the Cleveland Play House, One Night with Janis Joplin will take D.C. audiences on a musical journey into the life and inspirations of one of rock 'n' roll's greatest legends. The production is led by Cleveland native Mary Bridget Davies, who performs with Joplin's original band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and also features Sabrina Elayne Carten as the Blues Singer who pays homage to the artists that influenced Joplin's incomparable blues-rock blend. Created, written and directed by Randy Johnson, the production is produced in partnership with Cleveland Play House in association with Todd Gershwin and Daniel Chilewich of Premiere Media, with support from The Estate of Janis Joplin and Jeff Jampol of JAM, Inc. One Night with Janis Joplin runs September 28 - November 4, 2012 in the Kreeger Theater. Get a first look at the show in the photos below!

ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Opens 9/28 at Arena Stage
by Kelsey Denette - Aug 16, 2012


Fresh off its acclaimed run at the Cleveland Play House, where The Plain Dealer called it "a feel-good, fist pumping, must-see concert," One Night with Janis Joplin will take D.C. audiences on a musical journey into the life and inspirations of one of rock 'n' roll's greatest legends.

The Australian Ballet Performs ICONS, August 30
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2012


The Australian Ballet celebrates its origins with a season of pivotal ballets from its formative years. Icons will showcase a triple bill of works commissioned over three decades:The Display, Gemini and Beyond Twelve.

BWW Reviews: Ginger Rogers Dances Onto the Stage Via BACKWARDS IN HIGH HEELS at CCP
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jul 28, 2012


McGovern creatively opens and closes the musical with an image that evokes all the glitter and glamor of old Hollywood: the presentation of the Academy Awards in 1941, the year that Ginger Rogers beat out such adversaries as Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine and Martha Scott for the best actress Oscar for her performance of "knocked-up shopgirl" Kitty Foyle.

Carolyn Kirsch Directs and Stars in Newington Mainstage's DRIVING MISS DAISY, 9/14-16
by BWW News Desk - Jul 26, 2012


Driving Miss Daisy, one of modern American theatre's most touching and irresistible stories, will kick off Newington Mainstage's second season September 14-16 at its brand new home at the Newington Town Hall. Directed by and starring Broadway veteran Carolyn Kirsch, this Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winning comedy-drama is sure to warm your heart with its message of friendship, understanding and hope.

Peter Mac's LIZA, JUDY GARLAND LIVE Now Playing at Supper Club Theater
by Caryn Robbins - Jul 25, 2012


Peter Mac, tribute artist performs as: Liza Minnelli every Thursday & Friday nights at 8pm and Judy Garland every Saturday at 8pm and Sunday nights at 6pm at the Peter Mac's Supper Club Theater located inside The French Market Restaurant in West Hollywood, CA.

Geri Jewell Visits Peter Mac's LIZA: LIVE IN CONCERT
by Caryn Robbins - Jul 24, 2012


Actress & Author, Geri Jewell was at last weeks opening night performance of Peter Mac as Liza Minnelli in LIZA: LIVE IN CONCERT. Jewell is best known for her character Cousin Geri on 'The Facts of Life'.

E. Faye Bulter, Christopher Bloch & Brad Oscar Among Ten Chimney's 2012 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows, Now thru 7/29
by BWW News Desk - Jul 22, 2012


Ten Chimneys Foundation has announced that Washington, D.C. actors E. Faye Butler, Christopher Bloch, and Brad Oscar have been selected as 2012 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows.

Peter Mac's Liza Minnelli Comes to the French Market, Beg. Tonight, 7/19
by BWW News Desk - Jul 19, 2012


Start spreading the news…because Liza Minnelli is making her debut at Peter Mac's Supper club inside the French Market. The show stars critically acclaimed and renowned Tribute Artist, Peter Mac. Mac is best known for his loving and sympathetic portrayal of Minnelli's "Mama", Judy Garland. This time Mac is taking over the role the lady who Fred Astaire once dubbed as "Hollywood's Crown Princess".

BWW Reviews: GCT Goes On Golden Pond with Prine and Jens
by Don Grigware - Jul 17, 2012


Hardly an easy task to successfully mount Ernest Thompson's heartwarming and funny On Golden Pond, with the 1980 film starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda so vivid in the mind! Well, the current mounting at Glendale Centre Theatre, despite a few cracks here and there, is indeed a mostly golden endeavor.

Peter Mac's Liza Minnelli Comes to the French Market, Beg. 7/19
by BWW News Desk - Jul 13, 2012


Start spreading the news…because Liza Minnelli is making her debut at Peter Mac's Supper club inside the French Market. The show stars critically acclaimed and renowned Tribute Artist, Peter Mac. Mac is best known for his loving and sympathetic portrayal of Minnelli's "Mama", Judy Garland. This time Mac is taking over the role the lady who Fred Astaire once dubbed as "Hollywood's Crown Princess".

Dayton's Victoria Theater Film Series Presents CLEOPATRA, Now thru 7/15
by Movies News Desk - Jul 13, 2012


Victoria Theatre Association invites you to the 2012 Cool Films Series presentation of the iconic film, CLEOPATRA, tonight, July 13 through July 15, 2012, at the historic Victoria Theatre. CLEOPATRA stars the enchanting actress Elizabeth Taylor with Richard Burton and Rex Harrison.

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