Photo Coverage: Patti LuPone & Acting Company Alums Take Bows in THE CRADLE WILL ROCK Benefit
Just last night, Patti LuPone stepped back into the role that led to her Olivier Award, and being cast as the original Fantine in LES MISERABLES, in The Cradle Will Rock at 7pm at Broadway's Bernard Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street. The one-night concert of Marc Blitzstein's iconic work benefits The Acting Company, which LuPone founded alongside Kevin Kline, John Houseman and Margot Harley. Lonny Price served as musical director. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the special curtain call!
Patti LuPone Set to Play 'Moll' in THE CRADLE WILL ROCK Benefit Concert for The Acting Company, 5/19
Patti LuPone steps back into the role that led to her 1985 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical as Moll in The Cradle Will Rock on Monday, May 19, 7pm at Broadway's Bernard Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street. The concert staging of Marc Blitzstein's iconic work will benefit The Acting Company, co-founded by John Houseman, Cradle's original producer in 1937, who directed Ms. LuPone and a cast of Acting Company Alumni in a revival almost 50 years later. Lonny Price (Lincoln Center's Sweeney Todd and Company) will direct; Michael Barrett (Caramoor, NY Festival of Song) will again serve as musical director and play the score as he did in the 1980's production. Tickets will go on sale next month; information on benefit tickets including dinner with Ms. LuPone and the cast is available from 212-258-3111.
Photo Coverage: 12 Angry Men Opens at Ahmanson
Twelve Angry Men, Roundabout Theatre's national touring production, opened Thursday night at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, with a handful of character actors turning out to support the cast which stars former television alums Richard Thomas and George Wendt...
It's Unanimous, 12 Angry Men is a Hit
The verdict is in, Twelve Angry Men is a hit. The Roundabout Theatre Company's touring production of the Reginald Rose courtroom drama is currently in session at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and is injecting newfound passion into this classic story...
Twelve Angry Men Tour Plays Chicago Jan. 30-Feb. 11
The national tour of the recent Broadway hit Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose, directed by Scott Ellis, produced by New York's Roundabout Theatre Company, and starring Richard Thomas and George Wendt will play Chicago's LaSalle Bank Theatre from January 30 - February 11, 2007
Jury Still Out on 'Twelve Angry Men'
A solid cast, an award-winning director, and an arguably intense story based on an internationally acclaimed film-how could it go wrong?
Well, it didn't really go wrong, per se, but it didn't really go right, either.