TV: Chatting with Joely Richardson and the Company of THE BELLE OF AMHERST on Opening Night

The Belle of Amherst, William Luce's acclaimed one-woman play of the private yet prolific poet Emily Dickinson, opened last night, October 19 in a new production starring Golden Globe Award nominee Joely Richardson ("Nip/Tuck," Side Effects) and directed by Steve Cosson (The Civilians, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play). BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the company after the curtain went down and you can check out interviews with the whole gang below!

The Belle of Amherst will play a limited engagement at off-Broadway's Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). Tickets are on sale through Telecharge at www.telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200.

In The Belle of Amherst, Emily Dickinson welcomes audiences into her lifelong Amherst homestead in mid-19th century Massachusetts. While Dickinson found solace in solitude through much of her life, acclaimed playwrightWilliam Luce weaves her poems, diaries, and letters into a one-woman portrait of one of America's greatest and most prolific poets, mixing Dickinson's encounters with close friends and family with the poet's own, often amusing observations. "Full of passion and poetry and heart" (New York Daily News), The Belle of Amherstilluminates a brilliant wordsmith through the words she left behind.