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Enchanted April (play)
''Enchanted April'' is a 2003 stage play by Matthew Barber, adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel ''The Enchanted April''. The play opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on April 29, 2003, in a production directed by Michael Wilson. Plot Feeling lost in the shadows of marriage and forgotten in the rush of 1920s post-war society, two London housewives pool their savings to rent a villa in Italy for a ladies-only holiday away, reluctantly recruiting a pair of difficult upper-class women to share the cost and the experience. Together under the Mediterranean sun, the four women clash — and then begin to bond and bloom — until men once again upset the balance. Original Broadway cast * Jayne Atkinson as Lotty Wilton * Molly Ringwald as Rose Arnott * Dagmara Dominczyk as Caroline Bramble * Elizabeth Ashley as Mrs. Graves * Michael Cumpsty as Mellersh Wilton * Daniel Gerroll as Frederick Arnott * Michael Hayden as Antony Wilding * Patricia Conolly as Costanza Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel Prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became to friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, '' Christine'', published in 1917. Early life She was born at her family's home on Kirribilli Point in Sydney, Australia, to Henry Herron Beau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Gerroll
Daniel Gerroll (born 16 October 1951) is an English theatre, television and film actor. Life and career Gerroll was born in London, the son of Kathleen Cordelia (née Norman), a fashion model, and Harry Gerroll, a clothing designer. Gerroll has appeared on television in both the United Kingdom and the United States, although his greater contribution has been to the stage in both countries. In New York City, he has won the Theatre World Award for ''The Slab Boys'' and ''Knuckle'', the Outer Critics Circle Award for ''Translations'' and the Village Voice's Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance. His Broadway credits include '' Plenty'', ''The Homecoming'', '' Enchanted April'', ''High Society'', and '' Misery''. Gerroll's television credits include ''Miami Vice'', ''Burn Notice'', ''Cheers'', ''Knots Landing'', ''Seinfeld'', ''Blue Bloods'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Law & Order'' and '' The Starter Wife''. On film Gerroll has appeared in ''Chariots of Fire'', '' Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama League Award
The Drama League Awards, created in 1922, honor distinguished productions and performances both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in addition to recognizing exemplary career achievements in theatre, musical theatre, and directing. Each May, the awards are presented by The Drama League at the Annual Awards Luncheon with performers, directors, producers, and Drama League members in attendance. The Drama League membership comprises the entire theater community, including award-winning actors, designers, directors, playwrights, producers, industry veterans, critics and theater-going audiences from across the U.S. The Drama League Awards are the oldest awards honoring theater in North America. The awards were established in 1922, and formalized in 1935. Katharine Cornell was the recipient of the first Distinguished Performance Award in 1935. Seven competitive awards are presented: Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Award For Best Actress In A Play
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway theatre, Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year." The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actress—Play. It was first presented to Ingrid Bergman and Helen Hayes at the 1st Tony Awards for their portrayals of Mary Grey / Joan of Arc and Addie Bemis in ''Joan of Lorraine'' and ''Happy Birthday (play), Happy Birthday'', respectively. Before 10th Tony Awards, 1956, nominees' names were not made public; the change was made by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Award For Best Play
The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, an Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award given to the best new (non-musical) play on Broadway, as determined by Tony Award voters. There was no award in the Tonys' first year. The award goes to the authors and the producers of the play. Plays that have appeared in previous Broadway productions are instead eligible for Best Revival of a Play. Award winners Legend:† marks winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama * marks finalists of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins ; 5 awards * Tom Stoppard ; 2 awards * Edward Albee * Tony Kushner * Arthur Miller * Terrence McNally * Yasmina Reza * Peter Shaffer * Neil Simon Multiple nominations ; 10 nominations * Neil Simon ; 9 nominations * August Wilson ; 8 nominations * Tom Stoppard ; 6 nominations * Edward Albee ; 5 nominations * Martin McDonagh * Arthur Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outer Critics Circle Award
The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. They are presented by the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of New York theater writers for out-of-town newspapers, digital and national publications, and other media beyond Broadway. The awards were first presented during the 1949–50 theater season. History The Outer Critics Circle was founded as the Outer Circle during the Broadway season of 1949–50 by an assortment of theater critics led by John Gassner, a reviewer, essayist, dramaturg, and professor of theater. These critics were writing for academic publications, special interest journals, monthlies, quarterlies, and weekly publications outside the New York metro area, and were looking for a forum where they could discuss the theater in general, particularly the current New York season. The creation of the OCC was also a reaction to the New York Drama Critics Circle, which did not all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Conolly
Patricia Conolly (born 29 August 1933) is an Australian stage actress. Biography Conolly began her stage career in Australia where she grew up, and has performed in England in the West End, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Chichester Festival Theatre (Laurence Olivier's company); in Canada for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival; and on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in US regional theaters, including Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage Company, Old Globe Theatre, Arena Stage, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. On Broadway her credits include ''To Kill A Mockingbird'', '' The Front Page'', ''Is He Dead?'', '' Enchanted April'', '' Judgment at Nuremberg'', '' Waiting in the Wings'', '' Hedda Gabler'' (Roundabout Theatre Company) ''The Sound of Music'', '' The Heiress'', '' A Small Family Business'', ''The Circle'', '' Blithe Spirit'', and roles at the Lyceum with the APA/Repertory Company, under the direction of Ellis Rabb. At Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts she has appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hayden (actor)
Michael Hayden (born July 28, 1963) is an actor who has appeared both on the Broadway and West End stage, as well as on television. His best known role was Billy Bigelow in the stage musical, ''Carousel''. He received both Laurence Olivier Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for his performance in the role. He also has starred as Clifford Bradshaw in various productions of ''Cabaret''. Biography Hayden graduated from the Juilliard School. ;Stage Hayden appeared in several productions at the Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, including ''The Matchmaker'' (1991) and ''All My Sons'' (1997). At the Lincoln Center Theater he appeared in ''Far East'' (1999) and the musical '' Dessa Rose'' (2005). Hayden made his Broadway debut in the role of "Billy" in the 1994 Broadway revival of ''Carousel'', for which he won the Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He also played the role in the Royal National Theatre production in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cumpsty
Michael Cumpsty is an English actor. He is known for his work in Broadway plays such as '' Artist Descending a Staircase'' (1989), '' Racing Demon'' (1995), ''Copenhagen'' (2000), ''Democracy'' (2004), and '' Machinal'' (2014). Cumpsty's film work includes '' State of Grace'' (1990), '' The Ice Storm'' (1997), '' Flags of Our Fathers'' (2006), and '' The Visitor'' (2007). He has also appeared in television series such as '' Nurse Jackie'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Boardwalk Empire'', '' The Knick'', '' Tommy'', '' Severance'', and '' Barry''. Cumpsty has also appeared in musicals such as ''1776'' (1997), '' 42nd Street'' (2001), ''Sunday in the Park with George'' (2008), and '' End of the Rainbow'' (2012). He received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination for his role in the latter. Early life Cumpsty was born and raised in Wakefield, and moved to South Africa with his family at the age of nine. He later returned to England and attended Haileybury College in Hert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted April
''The Enchanted April'' is a 1922 novel by British writer Elizabeth von Arnim. The work was inspired by a month-long holiday to the Italian Riviera, and was probably the most widely read of her novels (as an English and American best seller in 1923). Von Arnim wrote and set the book in the 15th century Castello Brown. Critic Terence de Vere White credited ''The Enchanted April'' with making the Italian resort of Portofino fashionable.De Vere White, Terence in introduction to 'The Enchanted April', Virago: 1991 Plot The novel follows four dissimilar women in 1920s England who leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italy. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' club but have never spoken, become acquainted after reading a newspaper advertisement for a small medieval castle on the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April. They find some common ground in that both are struggling to make the best of unhappy marriages. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Ann Cole (born August 30, 1939), known professionally as Elizabeth Ashley, is an American actress of theatre, film, and television. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in 1962 for '' Take Her, She's Mine''. Ashley was also nominated for the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for her supporting performance in '' The Carpetbaggers'' (1964), and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1991 for '' Evening Shade''. Elizabeth was a guest on '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' 24 times. She appeared in several episodes of '' In the Heat of the Night'' as Maybelle Chesboro. She also appeared in an episode of '' Mannix'', "The Dark Hours", in 1974. She is a 2024 inductee into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Early life Ashley was born Elizabeth Ann Cole in Ocala, Florida, to music teacher Arthur Kingman Cole and the former Lucille Ayer. She grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Smith, Zach (December 30, 2011).Persona: Elizabeth Ashley. ''New Orleans Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagmara Dominczyk
Dagmara is a Polish first name. Notable people with the given name include: *Dagmara Domińczyk (born 1976), Polish-American actress and author * Dagmara Grad (born 1990), Polish footballer * Dagmara Handzlik (born 1986), Polish-born Cypriot long distance runner * Dagmara Krzyżyńska (born 1981), Polish alpine skier * Dagmara Nocuń (born 1996), Polish handballer *Dagmara Wozniak (born 1988), American saber fencer See also *Dagmar (given name) Dagmar is a Scandinavian given name. It is usually female (but occasionally also male). The name derives from the Old Norse name ''(Dagmær)'', ''dagr'' meaning "day", and ''mær'' meaning "daughter", "mother" and "maiden" (or ''mari'' meaning "fa ... {{given name Polish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
