Coward on the Coast: eNewsletter March 29, 2010
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Star Quality: The World of No�l Coward continues at the AMPAS Gallery in Beverly Hills through Sunday, April 18, culminating in a
weekend of special events: An Academy Salute to No�l Coward. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, March 20th for the three evening events. On Friday, April 16, actor, author, and Coward Society Vice President Stephen Fry will host the first of those events: An Evening with No�l Coward.
In collaboration with the Academy, the Paley Center
for Media continues its series Noel Coward on Televison in Beverly Hills. Wednesdays - Sundays through April 18. Coward Society members may arrange for special video viewings.
Excellent news from The Antaeus Company of North Hollywood: the No�l Coward Foundation has generously funded a grant for Phase II of The Young Idea project.
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An Academy Salute to Noel Coward
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Special Events for Closing Weekend of Star Quality
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present three
evenings of Coward's work: film screenings, plus rare theatrical footage, and a live
performance by L.A. Theatre Works. Friday's program will take place in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at AMPAS Headquarters in
Beverly
Hills; Saturday and Sunday, films will be screened at the Linwood Dunn
Theater
in Hollywood.
The
Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences Fourth Floor
Gallery Samuel Goldwyn
Theater 8949 Wilshire
Boulevard
Linwood
Dunn Theater
1313
Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
An Academy Salute to No�l Coward April 16 -
18, 2010
Friday: Stephen Fry hosts A No�l Coward Evening -- two Coward sketches by L.A. Theatre Works, plus Cavalcade
Saturday: a Double Feature from BFI - Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve
Sunday:
Bitter Sweet, introduced by Brad Rosenstein, plus Blithe Spirit, starring Rex Harrison
On Friday, L.A. Theatre Works will perform two
sketches: Design for Rehearsing,
which brings to life the rehearsal process Coward undertook with his
friends
Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt for the 1933 debut of Design for Living;
and a fragment from Coward's last, unfinished
work, Age Cannot Wither, begun
in
1967, about a reunion of three 60-ish school chums.
For the past 25
years,
L.A. Theatre Works has brought
award-winning contemporary and classic plays
featuring all-star casts to audiences via live performance, public
radio,
Internet streaming, audio books and other formats. (On December 15,
2009, you may have
tuned in to KALW radio for the
broadcast of Theatre Works' recording of Present
Laughter, following Alan Farley's annual program celebrating The
Master's birthday.)
On Sunday, exhibition guest
curator Brad Rosenstein will introduce the rare, newly
reassembled footage of No�l Coward's 1929 production of Bitter Sweet at His Majesty's Theatre, London. Brad is Curator of Exhibitions & Programs for the Museum of Performance & Design (MPD) in San Francisco, where he assembled the fragments of the silent film footage of Bitter Sweet and added music tracks for its first showing on August 19, 2009 at the MPD.
Tickets
and Schedule: An Academy Salute to No�l Coward
Starting Tuesday,
March 30, individual tickets go on sale for each of the three evenings. Although all seats are unreserved,
Ellen Harrington, AMPAS Director of Events and Exhibitions, has kindly set
aside a block of tickets for members of the No�l Coward Society. If you would like to sit with Coward Society members for any screening, please contact Kathy Williams by Monday,
April 5th.
Tickets
$5 general admission
$3 Academy members and
students with a valid ID (limit 2 at the discounted price)
Information: 310-247-3600
Schedule of Events
Friday, April 16, 2010
A No�l Coward Evening: L.A. Theatre Works and
Cavalcade
Hosted by Stephen Fry
7:30
p.m.(doors open at 6:00 p.m.) Samuel
Goldwyn Theater
Extended hours: Fourth Floor Gallery 6:00 - 7:30
p.m.
before A
No�l Coward Evening and immediately following Cavalcade ____________________
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve
7:00
p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
Linwood
Dunn Theater
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Sunday, April 18,
Bitter Sweet and Blithe Spirit
7:00
p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
Linwood
Dunn Theater
For details about the programs and films, see the AMPAS web page
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Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward at the A.M.P.A.S Gallery
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Star Quality:
The World of No�l Coward
January
23 - April 18, 2010
The Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences Fourth Floor Gallery 8949 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly
Hills, CA 90211 Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 a.m.
to
5:00 p.m. Saturday - Sunday: Noon to
6:00
p.m. Closed Mondays.
Extended Gallery hours - April 16, 2010
for A
No�l Coward Evening 6:00 - 7:30
p.m. and after the screening of Cavalcade
Star Quality: The World of No�l Coward is presented in association with the No�l Coward
Foundation and the Museum of Performance & Design (MPD) in San Francisco.
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"Noel Coward on Television" Continues through April 18 at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills
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No�l Coward on
Television March 10 - April 18, 2010
Mary Martin & No�l Coward: Together with Music, 1955 | Paley Center for Media
465 North Beverly Drive Beverly Hills, CA
90210 310-786-1091Wednesday -
Sunday 12:30 p.m. Admission is free
Paley Center web site
As part of a joint celebration with the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences exhibition, Star Quality: The
World of Noel Coward, The Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles is
proud to present a special six-part series, Noel Coward on Television.
This series presents a choice selection of Coward's televised work in the United States (as writer, director, actor, singer, and yes, dancer) from 1955 to 1976, including several tributes to Sir Noel.
Three programs air between now and April 18. (Click here for a description of the programs.)
The Paley Center's Rebecca
Faez (Director of Administration & External
Relations) and Gary Browning
(Administrator) welcome visits by Coward Society members and have extended an
offer to NCS members: whenever you visit the Center, you may select and view
programs in the Paley's audio/video library (in addition to the scheduled set
for No�l Coward on Television).
Also, if you organize a group of six or
more, Gary will arrange for you to use a special private screening room with a
large screen instead of a small monitor.
To set up your visit, contact Gary at [email protected] or by
telephone at 310-786-1000.
Admission is free, but a donation of $10.00 is suggested.
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The Antaeus Company Awarded Coward Foundation Grant
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The No�l Coward Foundation has awarded a second year of grant
funding for The Young Idea, a
project of The Antaeus Company of North Hollywood. Artistic
Associate Cindy Marie Jenkins will produce this year's key event: young
actors from the Antaeus Academy (who performed last June in readings of three
of Coward's plays) are slated to present a full production at the Deaf West
Theatre as part of Antaeus's biennial ClassicsFest (July 6 - August 15,
2010). Congratulations to Antaeus and many thanks to Alan Brodie and the Coward
Foundation for their generosity! Antaeus's Artistic Director Jeanie
Hackett emailed this note: "Antaeus is thrilled to receive the Coward Foundation's
support for Phase II of our project: "The Young Idea." This
means we'll be able to mount a fully-staged workshop production of a
lesser-known Coward play as part of ClassicsFest 2010, giving us the opportunity
to introduce even more young and talented artists, along with a new generation
of audiences, to the joys of the Master."
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Coward on Television: The Paley Center for Media All programs start at 12:30 p.m.
March 2010 - Programs
March 31 to April 4 Ford Star Jubilee: This Happy Breed
This adaptation of Noel Coward's wartime tribute to English
resilience follows the lives of various members of one middle-class, South London
family during a twenty-year period, from 1919 to 1939. Coward, shedding his usual
urbane mannerisms, stars as the head of the household, Frank Gibbons. The cast includes
Edna Best and Roger Moore. (1956; 90
minutes)
April 2010 - Programs
April 7 to 11 Cowardly Delights
Small World - At his home in Jamaica, Coward
answers questions from host Edward R. Murrow and converses
via satellite with actress Siobhan McKenna and author James Thurber. (1959; 10 minutes)
What's My Line? - In this segment from the popular game show,
Coward shows up as the mystery guest. (1964; 6 minutes)
Androcles and the Lion - In two sequences from this original
musical, Coward performs a pair of Richard Rodgers numbers, "The Emperor's
Thumb" and "Don't Be Afraid of an Animal." (1967; 10 minutes)
The Dick Cavett Show - Sir Noel is interviewed shortly after
receiving his knighthood. (1970; 25
minutes)
April 14 to 18 Camera Three: "Mad about the Boy" Noel Coward: A Celebration
This two-part tribute to Coward, described by the New York
Times as "marvelously witty and
entertaining," features performances by George Rose, Jean Marsh, Carole Shelley,
and Kristoffer Tabori. (1976; 55 minutes)
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Cheers,
Kathy Williams U.S. West Coast Liaison
The Noel Coward Society |
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