Hal Holbrook Will Take Mark Twain Tonight! Back to Broadway

By: Apr. 14, 2005
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Written by Maya Cantu

Hal Holbrook will star in his acclaimed one-man show Mark Twain Tonight! in a limited engagement at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Performances will start on June 6th, and play six performances a week for three weeks.

One of the most popular one-person shows of all time, Mark Twain Tonight! was first conceived in 1966 as a theatrical visit with the incisive writer and humorist born Samuel Clemens; Clemens is listed as the author of the show, in fact. The show ran for 88 performances at the Longacre Theatre, and Holbrook received a Best Actor in a Play Tony. Mark Twain Tonight! played a short return visit in 1977, and Holbrook has toured the show nationally and internationally ever since. Holbrook will soon take the show to Colorado, Ohio and Utah. The show is also familiar to non-theatregoers through a 1967 televised version.

Hal Holbrook's extensive Broadway credits include After the Fall, Marco Millions, Tartuffe, replacement roles in a 1965 Glass Menagerie revival, Man of La Mancha and The Apple Tree, I Never Sang for my Father, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, and An American Daughter. Holbrook has been featured in over 100 films and TV shows. Notable film credits include The Majestic, Men of Honor, The Firm, Wall Street, Julia and The Great White Hope.

The Brooks Atkinson will be quite busy in the next few months--Mark Twain Tonight! will follow Democracy, which folds on April 17th. Suzanne Somers' one-woman show The Blonde in the Thunderbird will then run from July 8th to September 3rd before the revival of The Odd Couple starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick checks in on October 4th.


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