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Post by hchoops on Sept 16, 2018 22:02:04 GMT -5
This time Directing To Kill a Mockingbird written by Adam Sorkin and starring Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch opens Dec 13 His “Oslo” won the Tony for Best play of 2017
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 16, 2018 22:19:03 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Sept 16, 2018 22:23:58 GMT -5
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Post by Chu Chu on Oct 2, 2018 8:34:34 GMT -5
NW alumni are proud of Bart. he was the director of the Intiman Theater in Seattle for some time before moving to Broadway.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Oct 2, 2018 9:58:41 GMT -5
HC ought to give him an honorary degree. He might be a very interesting commencement speaker.
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Post by alum on Oct 3, 2018 9:11:28 GMT -5
Has he been recognized for his brilliance by the college with an honorary degree ? If not, it might be appropriate for the school to do so. Also, has he been tapped for any role in passing along his experience in the theater in the design and construction of the theaters in the PAC? And has he been tapped for any suggestions or ideas for an enhanced development of the theater arts program at the new center? Is it possible to name one of the new theaters in his name? Possibly he may be too involved in his work or may not have an interest in helping out. Obviously, he is wonderful! Just sayin'... LoveHC Yup, 2009 www.telegram.com/article/20090523/news/905230343
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Post by alum on Nov 14, 2019 10:15:23 GMT -5
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Post by lou on Nov 14, 2019 10:35:58 GMT -5
We saw Ali Stroker in revival of "Oklahoma", also terrific
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 14, 2019 11:17:04 GMT -5
Saw “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Broadway with Jeff Daniels. Didn’t realize it was directed by a Holy Cross alum. Always great to see successful alums.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Nov 14, 2019 14:58:28 GMT -5
Very nice picture! How was the performance?
I hope that Bart will be an active alum with the new Prior Performing Arts Center.
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 14, 2019 15:35:13 GMT -5
Went early last July. Read the book many, many years ago and saw Jeff Daniels on the talk show circuit saying how the play was not like the Gregory Peck movie. I also saw the movie years ago and sorry to say my memory of the two prior iterations were vague enough that this play was almost as if I had never read/seen either.
The impetus for going was four-fold: 1. my better half and I had not been to a Broadway play in years (think there was one after but last one I clearly recall was "Man of LaMancha" starring the late Raul Julia); 2. I decided my wife's birthday deserved more than our traditional trip to Nantucket; 3. it was a chance to visit our younger son who lives in NYC: and 4. Jeff Daniels is one of my all-time favorite actors, not because of his famous roles in "Dumb and Dumber" or "Newsroom" but because of his role as my favorite hero, Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Ted Turner movie "Gettysburg." I defer to our Civil War experts like rgs as to the historical accuracy of that movie but the scene(s) of "Chamberlain's Charge" saving the Federal left flank on Little Round Top, IMHO, actually beats out "Saving Private Ryan's" opening scene. A bayonet charge with his soldiers having little or no ammunition saved the federal forces that day and earned Chamberlain a Congressional Medal of Honor. He was wounded 6 times during the War; was at Appomatox when Lee surrendered; had been promoted to general because they thought he was going to die from his wounds; later became multi-term governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin College where he had been a professor before the war. He was well loved by his troops who were obviously willing to die for him. He died in 1914 supposedly much belatedly from the wounds he received during the war.
Yes, I know, I digressed - something I do more and more of as I grow older.
The show? We had great seats but with my lousy hearing and the quick talking southern accents, I missed so much of it that I was disappointed. There was a lot of laughter in the play which I sure don't think was in the movie or book. Dakin Matthews, great character actor, played the judge and LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Samuel L.'s better half) also stars.
Not sure, but doubt, Daniels still in it but it is worth seeing. A new look of an American classic. If your hearing is adequate!
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 14, 2019 15:48:13 GMT -5
Sorry, I know I am getting carried away here and projecting my hero-worship of Chamberlain onto Daniels:
From Wikipedia:
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