TV and film star Richard E. Grant (Logan, Jackie, Girls, Game of Thrones) appears at the Music Box Theatre on Monday, April 24 for a special one-night-only 30th anniversary screening of the cult classic film Withnail & I, which launched Grant's career in 1987. The British black comedy follows two unemployed young actors during what is supposed to be a relaxing getaway weekend to a country cottage. The film will be screened on 35mm, and immediately following Grant will participate in a Q&A with the audience about the film, his career, and first time performing in Chicago for Lyric Opera's My Fair Lady.
The one-night-only 30th anniversary screening of
Withnail and I at the Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Avenue) is Monday, April 24 at 7 p.m. with a Q&A with
Richard E. Grant immediately following. Tickets are $12 and available now at
MusicBoxTheatre.com.
Withnail & I is a British black comedy about two "resting" actors - living off a diet of booze and pills in a squalid Camden Flat - who decide to take a trip to a country house (belonging to Withnail's uncle) to "rejuvenate." Faced with bad weather, altercations with the locals, and the unexpected arrival (and advances) of Uncle Monty, the pair's wits and friendship are tested.
Richard E. Grant is currently in Chicago for Lyric Opera's grand-scale company premiere of
My Fair Lady, starring as Henry Higgins alongside Lisa O'Hare as
Eliza Doolittle. The cast also includes
Bryce Pinkham (Freddy Eynsford-Hill),
Nicholas Le Prevost (Colonel Pickering) and
Donald Maxwell (Alfred Doolittle).
My Fair Lady plays April 28-May 21, 2017, at Lyric's Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive. Tickets start at $22 and are available now at
www.lyricopera.org/myfairlady or at
312-827-5600.
Richard E. Grant has proven to be one of the great character actors of his generation since appearing in his first film as the perpetually inebriated title character in
Withnail and I. Some of his most memorable credits include
Bram Stoker's Dracula,
Henry & June,
L.A. Story,
The Player,
The Age of Innocence,
The Portrait of a Lady,
Spice World,
Gosford Park, and
The Iron Lady. He has countless television credits, including featured roles on
Girls,
Downton Abbey, and
Game of Thrones. In 2008, Grant performed the role of Henry Higgins in
My Fair Lady with Opera Australia. Following the recent releases of the acclaimed films
Jackie and
Logan, he has several other films scheduled for release, including the romantic comedy
Their Finest and the dark comedy
Can You Ever Forgive Me? with
Melissa McCarthy.
Music Box Theatre
For the last two decades, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent and foreign films. It currently has the largest theater space operated full time in the city. The Music Box Theatre is independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation. SMBC, through its
Music Box Films division, also distributes foreign and independent films in the theatrical, DVD and television markets throughout the United States.
Follow The Music Box Theatre on Instagram @musicboxchicago and Twitter @musicboxtheatre.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago's mission is to express and promote the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great opera. Lyric exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to Chicago and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form.
Founded in 1954, Lyric is dedicated to producing and performing consistently thrilling, entertaining, and thought-provoking opera with a balanced repertoire of core classics, lesser-known masterpieces, and new works; to creating an innovative and wide-ranging program of community engagement and educational activities; and to developing exceptional emerging operatic talent.
Under the leadership of General Director, President & CEO
Anthony Freud, Music Director Sir
Andrew Davis, and Creative Consultant Renée Fleming, Lyric strives to become The Great North
American Opera Company for the 21st century: a globally significant arts organization embodying the core values of excellence, relevance, and fiscal responsibility.
To learn more about Lyric, go to
lyricopera.org. You can also join the conversation with @LyricOpera on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. #Lyric1617 #LongLivePassion
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