The Actors Fund will present an all-star reading of ALL ABOUT EVE, the classic backstage drama that is one of the most entertaining and witty films of all time. Leading the all-star cast will be award-winning actress Annette Bening (The Women, Running with Scissors, American Beauty) as Margo Channing. ALL ABOUT EVE will be presented Monday, November 10 at 7:30pm at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street).
Additional star casting will be announced soon.
The reading of ALL ABOUT EVE will be directed by Emmy and DGA Award-winning director John Erman (“Roots,” “Who Will Love My Children”).
The 1950 film, ALL ABOUT EVE, is written and directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the short story “The Wisdom of Eve,” by
Mary Orr, and stars
Bette Davis as Margo Channing, the prominent yet aging Broadway star. Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington, a willingly helpful young fan who insinuates herself into Channing’s life, threatening Channing’s career and personal relationships. The film also features
George Sanders,
Celeste Holm,
Hugh Marlowe,
Gary Merrill,
Marilyn Monroe and
Thelma Ritter. ALL ABOUT EVE was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won 6, including Best Picture.
Biographies:
Annette Bening (Margo Channing) can currently be seen in the film of The Women starring alongside Meg Ryan,
Eva Mendes and
Jada Pinkett-Smith. She was last seen in the 2006 film Running with Scissors (Golden Globe Award nomination). Annette was ‘Julia Lambert’ in Being Julia (Oscar nomination, National Board of Review Award, Golden Globe Award and a SAG nomination). She also starred in Mrs. Harris with
Ben Kingsley for HBO (Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe nominations), the critically acclaimed film American Beauty (Academy Award nomination, Golden Globe nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA Award). She received her first Academy Award nomination and was named “Best Supporting Actress” by the National Board of Review for her role in The Grifters. She also received a Golden Globe nomination for her starring role in
Rob Reiner’s The American President, opposite
Michael Douglas. Her other films include Love Affair and Bugsy (Golden Globe nomination), both opposite
Warren Beatty. Bening’s theater credits include The Cherry Orchard at Los Angeles’
Mark Taper Forum in 2006, and
Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles. She also played the title role in
Hedda Gabler in March 1999 at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse. In New York, Bening received both a Tony Award nomination and won the
Clarence Derwent Award for most outstanding debut performance of the season for her role in Coastal Disturbances, originally at the Second Stage, then on Broadway.
JOHN ERMAN (Director) came into prominence in the world of television with a film called “Green Eyes,” which starred
Paul Winfield. This earned him the Humanitas Prize and the opportunity to direct “Roots” (Emmy nomination, Director's Guild Award). He also directed “Moviola,” “The Letter,” “Roots – The Next Generations (with
Marlon Brando), “Who Will Love My Children” starring Ann-Margret (Emmy, Christopher Award). Also with Ann-Margret, he directed “A Streetcar Named Desire” (Emmy nomination), “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,” “Our Sons” (also with
Julie Andrews and
Hugh Grant) and “Queen” (also with
Halle Berry and
Danny Glover). His other TV credits include “Scarlett “ an 8 hour mini-series for CBS, “An Early Frost” with
Gena Rowlands and
Sylvia Sidney (DG Award, Emmy nomination), “The Attic: The Hiding of
Anne Frank” with
Mary Steenburgen (Peabody Award, Christopher Award), “David” with
Bernadette Peters, “Stella” with
Bette Midler, “The Last Best year” with
Mary Tyler Moore and
Bernadette Peters, “The Last To Go” with
Tyne Daly, “The Boys Next Door” with
Nathan Lane,
Mare Winningham and
Tony Goldwyn, “Only Love” with
Marisa Tomei and
Rob Morrow, “Doris Duke Story” with
Lauren Bacall and
Richard Chamberlain, “Victoria and Albert” with
Nigel Hawthorne,
Diana Rigg and
Jonathan Pryce, and “The Blackwater Lightship” with
Angela Lansbury and
Dianne Wiest. Recent theatre credits include Under the Blue Sky at Williamstown Theatre Festival with
Vera Farmiga,
Marsha Mason and
Annabella Sciorra.
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