Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Impressive Upcoming Reading at Ford
This looks impressive for a reading. I love readings, as they allow the audience to focus on the words only. Sometimes, a play reading is like a good poetry reading. A lot depends on the actors, of course, and it's wonderful that Ford was able to snag such well-known actors to read this play.
FORD'S THEATRE OPENS
SBC 2005-2006 READING SEASON
with
Tony Award winner Judith Ivey, Ted van Griethuysen
Rich Foucheux, Nancy Robinette
in
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING
STATE OF THE UNION
by
Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 7:00 P.M.
WASHINGTON, DC-- Ford's Theatre opens its SBC 2005-2006 Reading Series on Monday, October 24, 7:00 p.m., with the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, State of the Union, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Broadway's two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey headlines this political power play along with Washington’s own Ted van Griethuysen, Rick Foucheux and Nancy Robinette.
State of the Union, in 1945, played a brief engagement in Washington en route to Broadway and into history as the 1946 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama. Despite the years, this tale of raw political ambition continues to resonate with contemporary audiences with its biting portrayal of political Washington and its endless campaigns and perpetual quests for the holy grail of politics, the White House. In its humorous, non-partisan fashion State of the Union skewers Republicans and Democrats alike as it takes acerbic digs at the usual suspects such as labor, foreign policy, the United Nations and the press, among others.
Lindsay and Crouse wrote Life With Father and the books for The Sound of Music and Call Me Madam.
Ford’s SBC Readings are free and open to the public. However, to reserve free seats, please call
(202) 347-6262. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Monday, October 24.
Ford’s Theatre Society
Ford’s Theatre Society is a not-for-profit corporation created to produce live entertainment on Ford’s historic stage. Paul R. Tetreault is Producing Director. It is the mission of the Ford’s Theatre Society to honor President Lincoln and his love for the theatre by producing plays and musicals that celebrate and explore the American experience as revealed by America’s greatest theatre artists.
Ford’s SBC Reading Series is made possible by a generous grant from SBC Communications.
FORD'S THEATRE OPENS
SBC 2005-2006 READING SEASON
with
Tony Award winner Judith Ivey, Ted van Griethuysen
Rich Foucheux, Nancy Robinette
in
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING
STATE OF THE UNION
by
Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 7:00 P.M.
WASHINGTON, DC-- Ford's Theatre opens its SBC 2005-2006 Reading Series on Monday, October 24, 7:00 p.m., with the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, State of the Union, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Broadway's two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey headlines this political power play along with Washington’s own Ted van Griethuysen, Rick Foucheux and Nancy Robinette.
State of the Union, in 1945, played a brief engagement in Washington en route to Broadway and into history as the 1946 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama. Despite the years, this tale of raw political ambition continues to resonate with contemporary audiences with its biting portrayal of political Washington and its endless campaigns and perpetual quests for the holy grail of politics, the White House. In its humorous, non-partisan fashion State of the Union skewers Republicans and Democrats alike as it takes acerbic digs at the usual suspects such as labor, foreign policy, the United Nations and the press, among others.
Lindsay and Crouse wrote Life With Father and the books for The Sound of Music and Call Me Madam.
Ford’s SBC Readings are free and open to the public. However, to reserve free seats, please call
(202) 347-6262. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Monday, October 24.
Ford’s Theatre Society
Ford’s Theatre Society is a not-for-profit corporation created to produce live entertainment on Ford’s historic stage. Paul R. Tetreault is Producing Director. It is the mission of the Ford’s Theatre Society to honor President Lincoln and his love for the theatre by producing plays and musicals that celebrate and explore the American experience as revealed by America’s greatest theatre artists.
Ford’s SBC Reading Series is made possible by a generous grant from SBC Communications.
