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The Torch-Bearers
''The Torch-Bearers'' is a 1922 stage play by George Kelly about a housewife who becomes an actress (the original actress became a widow and withdrew) while her husband is away on business, with Act I being the rehearsal at their home, Act II is the show, and Act III is afterwards. The play is in the style of, as is the play within the play, of the Little Theatre Movement. Production history Original production It premiered originally in New Jersey at the Savoy Theatre in Asbury Park, directed by Kelly. The original cast was: The show transferred to Broadway and opened on August 29, 1922 at the 48th Street Theatre before moving to the Vanderbilt Theatre. 2000 revival The show was revived in 2000 at the Greenwich House, directed by Dylan Baker, with set design by Michael Vaughn Sims, costume design by Jonathan Bixby and Gregory Gale, lighting by Mark Stanley, sound by Robert Murphy, hair design by Darlene Dannenfelser, production supervision by Entolo, production stage manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kelly (playwright)
George Edward Kelly (January 16, 1887 – June 18, 1974) was an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He began his career in vaudeville as an actor and sketch writer. He became best known for his satiric comedies, including '' The Torch-Bearers'' (1922) and '' The Show-Off'' (1924). He won the Pulitzer Prize for '' Craig's Wife'' (1925). Early life Kelly was born in Philadelphia on January 16, 1887. He was the second youngest of ten children born to Mary Ann (née Costello) and John Henry Kelly, an Irish immigrant. He was the brother of American businessman and Olympic champion sculler John B. Kelly Sr. and the uncle of actress Grace Kelly, who became Princess consort of Monaco, and Olympic rower John B. Kelly Jr. Not much is known about his early life, but he was an actor in his early years. He made his professional stage debut in 1911, and spent the next several years touring in popular stage plays; among them Owen Wister's '' The Virginian''. He di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Copeland
Joan Maxine Kupchik ( Miller; June 1, 1922 – January 4, 2022), known professionally as Joan Copeland, was an American actress. She was the younger sister of playwright Arthur Miller. She began her career during the mid-1940s, appearing in theatre in New York City, where, shortly thereafter, she would become one of the first members admitted to the newly formed Actors Studio. She moved into television and film during the 1950s while still maintaining an active stage career. She is best known for her performances in the 1977 Broadway revival of '' Pal Joey'' and her award-winning performance in the 1981 play '' The American Clock''. She also played a number of prominent roles on various soap operas throughout her career, including Andrea Whiting on ''Search for Tomorrow'' and Gwendolyn Lord Abbott on ''One Life to Live''. She voiced Tanana in ''Brother Bear''. Personal life and death Miller was born to a middle-class Jewish family in New York City. Her father, Isidore, was a wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizbeth MacKay
Lizbeth Mackay (born March 7, 1949) is an American actress. She works primarily in the theatre and television. Life and career Mackay was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Robert J. Mackay, a salesman, and Alice (née Steurnagel), a dancer. She has two children, Caitlin and John. Nicknamed Liz, Mackay is a graduate of Adelphi University and the Yale Graduate School of Drama. Stage Mackay made her stage debut at the American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, in 1970. She appeared in many productions at The Cleveland Play House from 1975 to 1978, including ''Man and Superman'', '' Dark at the Top of the Stairs'', ''Relatively Speaking'', ''Of Mice and Men'', ''Great Expectations'', and '' Little Foxes''. She played Alice in '' You Can't Take It with You'' at Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, ''Crimes of the Heart'' at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles (1983), and ''The Dining Room'', Plaza Theatre, Dallas, Texas (1983). Mackay starred in ''Night, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Waterston
James Waterston (born January 17, 1969) is an American actor. His first role was playing Gerard Pitts in the 1989 film ''Dead Poets Society'', and he has subsequently worked mostly in television. Personal life Waterston grew up in New York City, the son of actor Sam Waterston and Barbara Rutledge Johns. His father later remarried, making Waterston the older half-brother of actresses Elisabeth Waterston and Katherine Waterston, and filmmaker Graham Waterston. Waterston studied at Yale, where he was a member of The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, an all-male a cappella group. While still in college, but having already appeared in films and television, he formed the theater company Malaparte with numerous friends, including Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard. During the 1991 to 2000 life of Malaparte, Waterston and his colleagues did everything from directing to taking tickets. Waterston also formed an improv/sketch group called Circus Maximus. Career Waterston first came to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Herrmann
Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer. He was known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries '' Eleanor and Franklin'' (1976) and 1982 film musical '' Annie'', Richard Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino's comedy-drama series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as '' Nova''. He was also known as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s. Herrmann started working in theatre on Broadway in 1972 with his debut in '' Moonchildren'' alongside James Woods. He received two Tony Award nominations, winning for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in '' Mrs. Warren's Profession'' at the 30th Tony Awards in 1976. Herrmann received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in ''The Practice'' at the 51st Primet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Martin
Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American and Canadian actress, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and '' Great News''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), '' Wag the Dog'' (1997), '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2001), ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002), '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' (2016), ''Little Italy'' (2018) and '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3'' (2023). She has also lent her voice to the animated films ''Anastasia'' (1997), '' The Rugrats Movie'' (1998), and '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (2001). From 2021 to 2024, she co-stars in the supernatural drama series ''Evil''. She is currently playing a recurring role on '' Only Murders in the Building'' (2021). Martin has been equally prolific in the world of theater, winning Tony Awards for both '' My Favorite Year'' and the 2013 revival of '' Pippin''. Martin also appeared on Broadway in ''Candide'', ''Oklahoma!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'', '' Young Franken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Finneran
Katie Finneran (born January 22, 1971) is an American actress best known for her Tony Award–winning performances in the Broadway play '' Noises Off'' in 2002, and the musical '' Promises, Promises'' in 2010. Finneran appeared in the original cast of '' Love, Loss, and What I Wore'', which opened Off-Broadway at the Westside Theater in September 19, 2009 for a four-week engagement ending on October 18, 2009. The play "....is performed by a rotating cast of five. For the first four weeks of the run Ms. osieO'Donnell is joined by the actresses Tyne Daly, Katie Finneran and Natasha Lyonne, and Samantha Bee..." Finneran returned to the show (after her initial four-week engagement) on November 18, 2009, to fill in for Kristin Chenoweth, and continued on in the play in the next four-week rotation as well (from December 14, 2009, to January 3, 2010). She appeared in the first Broadway revival of the musical '' Promises, Promises'' as Marge MacDougall, opposite Kristin Chenoweth and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine McGrath
Katherine McGrath was an American singer and stage and television actress, who appeared in several Broadway plays. Career Katherine McGrath studied acting at The Boston Conservatory and later at the Royal Academy of London. McGrath acted almost exclusively in regional theatre during the 1970s and 1980s, receiving some press attention by 1977. She performed in Lake Charles, Louisiana at the Little Theater in a 1977 production called ''Katherine McGrath with a little help from her friends''. McGrath performed at many of the great theaters in the United States: The Old Globe in San Diego, The Guthrie in Minneapolis, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The Mark Taper Forum and The Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles, The Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Hartford Stage Company, and as a member of The National Repertory Theatre, she performed at the historic re-opening of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. She focused on work in regional theatres around the country instead of New York, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Hecht
Jessica Hecht (born June 28, 1965) is an American actress known for her roles as Gretchen Schwartz on ''Breaking Bad'', Susan Bunch on ''Friends'', Carol Mannheim on '' The Boys'', and Karen on ''Special''. She is also known for her expansive work on Broadway, earning Tony Award nominations for her roles in ''A View from the Bridge'' (2010), '' Summer, 1976'' (2023) and '' Eureka Day'' (2025). Early life and education Hecht was born in Princeton, New Jersey. When she was three, she moved with her parents and sister to Bloomfield, Connecticut. After her parents divorced, her mother married psychiatrist Howard Iger, and they raised Jessica and her sisters Elizabeth and Andrea, and her brother, Russell. Hecht attended Connecticut College for a year and a half before graduating from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1987 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama. Hecht was raised in a culturally Jewish family, with a secular socialist father, but nonetheless expre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Ann Baker
Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jean Weir on the NBC comedy-drama series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000) and as Loreen Horvath on the HBO comedy-drama series '' Girls'' (2012–2017); she earned two Critics' Choice Television Award nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the latter. Baker's film credits include ''Jacob's Ladder'' (1990), '' In & Out'' (1997), '' A Simple Plan'' (1998), ''Stay'' (2005), '' Nights in Rodanthe'' (2008), '' Hope Springs'' (2012), ''Table 19'' (2017), '' The Half of It'' (2020), and '' Holler'' (2020). Early life Becky Ann Gelke was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky, the daughter of a military officer. She graduated from West Springfield High School in Springfield, Virginia and Western Kentucky University. Career Baker's film credits include '' Blue Steel'', ''Jacob's Ladder'', ''Lorenzo's Oil'', '' Unstrung Heroes'', '' Sabrina'', Ridley Scott's '' White S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director. Early life Rubinstein is the son of Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the daughter of conductor Emil Młynarski. His father was Polish-Jewish concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein. He attended El Rodeo Public School in Beverly Hills (K–2), Cours La Cascade in Paris, France (1954), and St. Bernard's School (3–8) and Collegiate School (New York City) (9–12) in New York City. He studied theater and music at the University of California, Los Angeles (1964–1967), and later composition at the Juilliard School in New York. Career Theater He made his Broadway acting debut in 1972 and received a Theatre World Award for creating the title role in the musical '' Pippin'', directed by Bob Fosse. In 1980 he won the Tony, Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and Drama-Logue Awards for his portrayal of Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rui Rita
Rui Rita is an American theatre lighting designer based in New York City. He won the Obie Award in 2005 and is known for his work both on Broadway and off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha .... Career Broadway Source: Off-Broadway Source: Regional Rita continues to work regionally, including accruing over 40 production credits at Williamstown Theater Festival. Awards and nominations References External links Rui Rita website {{DEFAULTSORT:Rita, Rui [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
