Driving Miss Daisy's successful February talkback series concludes tomorrow night (Wednesday, 2/23), when Kathryn Stockett, bestselling author of The Help, and Columbia professor Jonathan Schorsch take the stage at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45 Street) for a post-performance discussion immediately following the evening performance. CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller will moderate the conversation.
This special series, which helps celebrate Black History Month with Wednesday night talkbacks, has already welcomed former NYC Mayor
David Dinkins, current Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott, New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, former U.S. congressman Harold Ford Jr., and many more.
The current smash hit revival of Driving Miss Daisy is now playing at the Golden Theatre, where it opened to rave reviews on October 25, 2010 and has been extended through Saturday, April 9, 2011.
Uhry's classic play is a timeless, searing, funny, and ultimately hopeful meditation on race relations in America, told through the complex relationship between two of popular culture's most enduring characters. When Daisy Werthan (Redgrave), a widowed, 72-year-old Jewish woman living in midcentury Atlanta, is deemed too old to drive, her son, Boolie (Gaines), hires Hoke Coleburn (Jones), an African American man, to serve as her chauffeur. What begins as a troubled and hostile pairing, soon blossoms into a profound, life-altering friendship that transcends all the societal boundaries placed between them. From its landmark Off-Broadway production in 1987 to the remarkable success of the Oscar-winning film version (4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture), Driving Miss Daisy has become one of the most beloved American stories of the late twentieth century.
The creative team of Driving Miss Daisy includes
John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design),
Jane Greenwood (Costume Design),
Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting Design),
Wendall K. Harrington (Projection Design),
Christopher Cronin (Sound Design) and
Mark Bennett (Music).
Driving Miss Daisy is produced on Broadway by
Jed Bernstein,
Adam Zotovich,
Elizabeth Ireland McCann,
Roger Berlind,
Beth Kloiber,
Albert Nocciolino, Jon Platt, StylesFour Productions,
Ruth Hendel/
Shawn Emamjomeh,
Larry Hirschhorn/
Spring Sirkin,
Carl Moellenberg/
Wendy Federman,
Daryl Roth/Jane Bergére, in association with
Michael Filerman.
Driving Miss Daisy plays Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00 p.m., with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets ($66.50 - $131.50) are on sale via Telecharge.com and at the box office of the Golden Theatre. Student tickets (one ticket per ID, subject to availability) are available for day-of purchase at the box office for $26.50.
www.DaisyonBroadway.com
