On Golden Pond
Closing: June 16, 1979On Golden Pond - 1979 Broadway History , Info & More
This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing memory—but still as tart-tongued, observant, and eager for life as ever. Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman, delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. The boy quickly becomes the “grandchild” the elderly couple have longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness—and slang—in return. In the end, as the summer wanes, so does their brief idyll, and in the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought even closer together by the incidence of a mild heart attack. Time, they know, is now against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.
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by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2023
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by Beau Higgins - Jan 10, 2011
by Beau Higgins - Jan 10, 2011
Celebrated actress and two-time Tony Award-winner Frances Sternhagen will be joining the confluence of artists and audiences for Florida Stage's 5th Annual 1st Stage New Works Festival. Ms. Sternhagen will be featured in a staged reading of legendary playwright Israel Horovitz' new play Beverley on Saturday, February 5, 2011. On Friday, February 4, in place of the Festival's usual Keynote speech, Ms. Sternhagen will take part in what is being called 'A Conversation with Frances Sternhagen.' Florida Stage Producing Director Louis Tyrrell will conduct a public interview with Sternhagen on stage in the Persson Hall at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The Florida Stage 1st Stage New Works Festival takes place February 3-6, 2011. Tickets and packages for all Festival events are available online at www.floridastage.org or by calling the box office at (561) 585-3433.
On Golden Pond History
Other Productions of On Golden Pond
| 1979 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1979 | Broadway |
Return Engagement [Broadway] Broadway |
| 2005 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
On Golden Pond - 1979 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Tom Aldredge |
| 1979 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Frances Sternhagen |
| 1979 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Steven Rubin |
| 1979 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding New Play | Ernest Thompson |
| 1979 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Steven Rubin |
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