Frost/Nixon Character Card #3 Rebecca Hall as Caroline Cushing
by Robert Diamond
- Dec 12, 2008
British actress Rebecca Hall was cast as jetsetting Caroline Cushing, one of the few women who might tame notorious lothario David Frost. Ex-wife of wealthy socialite Howard Cushing, she met Frost shortly before he met with Nixon to propose the interview series; Cushing remained his girlfriend for several years thereafter. A former secretary to columnist Liz Smith, she later became successful Hollywood editor Caroline Graham.
'Cymbeline' to Begin October 9th at 78th Street Theatre Lab
by Jordan Westfall
- Sep 17, 2008
CYMBELINE is an epic tale with everything: comedy, tragedy, a
princess, long-lost brothers, thwarted lovers, valiant warriors, noble servants, an evil queen, a girl disguised as a boy, a scheming
Italian, a snooty Frenchman, some Dutch guy with nothing to say, a sleeping potion, a severed head, a bare bosom (covered for the student matinee), divine intervention, an attack by the Roman Army, and a king just trying to make sense of it all.
ACT Announces New Plays For 'First Look' Series
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 11, 2008
Two groundbreaking new works directed by leading theater artists will take the stage at American Conservatory Theater's First Look New Plays Festival, running April 11 through April 26 at Zeum Theater. The plays include The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry, a deeply poetic new play by Marcus Gardley, and the newest version of Lillian Groag's theatrical adaptation of renowned poet Christopher Logue's War Music, a contemporary retelling of Homer's Iliad. Each play will receive two script-in-hand workshop performances following an intense week of work by the many artists engaged.
'Our Country's Good' Begins Limited Run Feb.28
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 4, 2008
Folding Chair Classical Theatre will present Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, for a limited run, February 28 - March 22 at the 78th Street Theatre Lab. Folding Chair's Artistic Director, Marcus Geduld, will direct.
Charm City Call Board: December 11 - 17
by James Howard
- Dec 11, 2007
NEW THIS WEEK! A New Best Bet! News of the BPF and Spotlighters! Plus Holiday Show round up and CENTERSTAGE, AVENUE Q and much more!
Charm City Call Board: November 20 - 26
by James Howard
- Nov 19, 2007
NEW THIS WEEK! An EXCLUSIVE, FREE PREVIEW FOR BWW READERS! Best Bet at Spotlighters! Readers Write: Are Audiences Shrinking? New shows open at MET and Onstage! Discounts and much more!
Dukakis Joins ACT Board of Trustees
by Eugene Lovendusky
- May 31, 2006
Academy Award winner, Olympia Dukakis, has joined the American Conservatory Theater's (ACT) Board of Trustees.
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