Inge's American Drama PICNIC Opens 4/2 At Stoneham Theater
by BWW News Desk - Apr 2, 2009
Picnic, by William Inge, will open Thursday, April 2 at Stoneham Theatre. The classic American drama, set in a small Kansas town in the early 1950s, tells the story of Madge and Alan, a sweet young couple and Hal, the ex-football star and drifter who awakens Madge's true desires and shakes up the community. Most of the story takes place around a Labor Day picnic.
Picnic was first produced on Broadway in 1953 with actor Paul Newman has Hal Carter. Inge received the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.
Inge's American Drama PICNIC Opens 4/2 At Stoneham Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 20, 2009
Picnic, by William Inge, will open Thursday, April 2 at Stoneham Theatre. The classic American drama, set in a small Kansas town in the early 1950s, tells the story of Madge and Alan, a sweet young couple and Hal, the ex-football star and drifter who awakens Madge's true desires and shakes up the community. Most of the story takes place around a Labor Day picnic.
Picnic was first produced on Broadway in 1953 with actor Paul Newman has Hal Carter. Inge received the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.
Broadway to Dim Lights in Honor of Paul Newman October 3 at 8pm
by Robert Diamond - Oct 2, 2008
The Broadway community mourns the loss of Paul Newman, the universally admired stage and screen actor, director, and philanthropist.
The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in his memory on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.
Free Play Reading - William Inge's 'Summer Brave'
by Beau Higgins - Jul 5, 2008
Summer Brave has been dubbed as the 'rewritten and final version of the romantic comedy Picnic' and follows the same basic story of its Pulitzer Prize winning counterpart - with a few distinctions, thus making it a separate work that can hold its own. The setting is a small Kansas town
