Coward on the Coast: eNewsletter                         June 30, 2009

The Noël Coward Society

In This Issue
Private Lives at CalShakes: Opens July 11
Steve Ross on KPFA: Weds, July 1 and 8
Easy Virtue At a Theatre Near You
Star Quality at the MPD
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Featured in this issue
July 8 - Aug 2:  Private Lives at Cal Shakes in Orinda.

July 1 and 8 at 3:00 PM.  Steve Ross on Jack Foley's "Cover to Cover", broadcast on KPFA, 94.1 FM.

Coming in July
A special issue of Coward on the Coast will report on some recent events, including the remarkable weekend of The Young Idea Project by the Antaeus Company in NoHo.  In the meantime, take a look at YouTube  Abby on You Tube and Antaeus's Facebook page:   Antaeus on Facebook .
Private Lives at Cal Shakes (July 8 - August 2 )
Private Lives
DirecPL castted by Mark Rucker













Diana LaMar (AMANDA PRYNNE), Jud Williford (VICTOR PRYNNE), Stephen Barker Turner (ELYOT CHASE) and Sarah Nealis (SIBYL CHASE); photo by Kevin Berne.

California Shakespeare Festival
Bruns Ampitheater
100 Gateway Blvd
Orinda, CA 94563

For more information (including directions), see:
calshakes.org

Box Office Contact Info:
Phone: 510.548.9666
Fax:     510.843.9921
Email:  boxoffice@calshakes.org

(July 8 - August 2)

Special Events Include:

Grove Talks

Nightly, beginning 45 minutes prior to each performance,
the resident Grove Talk speakers provide invaluable insight into their work as they discuss the relationship between play (text, history, critical theory) and production (directorial point of view, design, character interpretation). Talks are approximately 20 minutes long.

Tasting Nights
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Jul 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 & 29.
Sample some of the Bay Area's finest food and drink for free. Each of these special performances features tastings from one or two local purveyors. NEW: if you follow CalShakes on Twitter, CalShakes will text the names of your performance's Tasting Vendors to you in advance.

Meet the Artists
Sundays, Jul 12 & 26, following the 4pm performance (approximately 7pm).  Discuss the production with the cast! Takes place in the amphitheater. Free and open to the public - you need not be a ticket holder for that day's performance to attend.

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Steve Ross on KPFA (94.1)
July 1st and 8th at 3:00 PM
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Steve Ross Broadcast of Steve Ross on
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley

July 1 and 8 at 3:00 PM (PDT)

KPFA (94.1 FM)
kpfa radio web site


Wednesday, July 1
This show is a tribute to Noël Coward, featuring Steve Ross. Foley interviews Ross about Coward and about his own career.

After hearing Ross sing Coward's songs at the Museum of Performance & Design in San Francisco, Jack Foley wrote, "Steve Ross's performance tonight was just wonderful. I knew just about all the songs Steve sang--melodies and lyrics--and I knew them in Noel Coward's voice because I'd heard so many of Coward's performances. What Steve managed to do was to remake every last song he sang."
 
Wednesday, July 8
For this show, Steve Ross performs Noël Coward's songs.

Time Zones
  3:00 PM in Berkeley
  6:00 PM in New York
11:00 PM in London

Listen Online
  • KPFA 94.1 FM (24k mp3)
  • KPFB 89.3 FM (16k mp3)
  • iTunes Radio: "Public"
  • Comcast Digital Cable 967
  • iPhone: Public Radio Tuner App
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Easy Virtue at a Theatre Near You

Easy Virtue tango












Easy Virtue  (the film)

Directed by Stephan Elliott.

A jazzy update of Coward's play, with Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, and Ben Barnes.

For tickets and information, see:
Easy Virtue web site


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Star Quality at the MPD
Star Quality lobby

Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward
Museum of Performance & Design
401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 402
San Francisco, CA  94102
(415) 255-4800

Wednesday - Saturdays / Noon to 5 PM
Through August 29 at the MPD.

For more information and details on special events:
 star quality

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Cheers,
 
Kathy Williams
U.S. West Coast Liaison
The Noel Coward Society