On December 2nd, the Drama League hosted its annual Holiday Luncheon at the
Players Club (16 Grammercy Park South).
The guests of honor were Michael Ball and Maria Friedman, the co-stars of The Woman in White. Ball and Friedman took part in a panel discussion with Peter Filichia, The New Jersey Star Ledger's theatre critic.
Ball and Friedman currently star in The Woman in White as Count Fosco and Marian Holcombe, respectively. A gothic romance based on the Wilkie Collins novel, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opened at the Marquis Theatre on November 17th. With music by Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David Zippel, a book by Charlotte Jones and direction by Trevor Nunn, the show also features Angela Christian, Jill Paice, Adam Brazier, Ron Bohmer and Walter Charles.