Coward on the Coast: eNewsletter                         March 29, 2010

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An Academy Salute to Noel Coward
Star Quality at the Academy Gallery
Coward on TV at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills
Antaeus Receives Coward Foundation Grant
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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. 
An Academy Salute to Noel Coward

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
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310-247-3600
www.oscars.org           

Linwood Dunn Theater
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028


cavalcade posterAn 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.
 
[email protected]          phone: 650-529-9050
 

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
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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



Public Hours:
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

  Admission is free.

www.oscars.org            310-247-3600

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
No�l Coward on Television
March 10 - April 18, 2010
Mary Martin & No�l Coward:
Together with Music, 1955
Noel & Mary Martin

Paley Center for Media
465 North Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

310-786-1091


Wednesday - 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.

paley & AMPAS








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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."

For more information about Antaeus and ClassicsFest 2010, see their 
web site  .

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programscheduleCoward 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