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Blithe Spirit Opens October 9th at A Noise Within
In time for Halloween, everyone's favorite Coward ghost story opens this Saturday at A Noise Within's Brand Boulevard theatre, home of the classical repertory company of Glendale, CA. Bonus pre-show talk on October 6th by NCS member Professor Richard Dellamora.
October 12th Release of The Noel Coward Reader
Visit your local bookstore (or pre-order online). Another 'must-have' book for all fans of Coward's writing, from author/editor Barry Day.
Congrats to Donald Smith and the NYC Cabaret Convention!
It's the other Coast, but this week's big events in Manhattan deserve special mention.
The 21st Annual NYC Cabaret Convention is October 7-9, 2010. On Friday, October 8, the Noel Coward Foundation and the Mabel Mercer Foundation present: If Love Were All/The Timeless Words & Music of Noel Coward.
Special
appearance by Elaine Stritch; with Nancy Anderson, Christine Ebersole,
Gregg Edelman, Nicolas King, Sidney Myer, Sarah Rice, Steve Ross, Craig
Rubano, Jennifer Sheehan, KT Sullivan. Presentation of the first annual Noel Coward Cabaret Award to Jennifer Sheehan.
Cabaret Convention
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Blithe Spirit Opens Saturday, October 9th
A Noise Within - Glendale, CA
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| Blithe Spirit
October 2 - December 17, 2010
Previews began Saturday, October 2
Opening night: Saturday, October 9
Tickets: $32 - $46, discounts for groups of 10+
A Noise Within (ANW)
234 South Brand
Boulevard
Glendale, CA 91204
818-240-0910, Ext. 1
Directed by Damaso Rodriguez
The cast features Gibby Brand (Dr. Bradman), Jacque Lynn Colton (Mrs. Bradman), Abby Craden (Elvira Condomine), Alison Elliott (Edith), Scott Lowell (Charles Condomine), Jane Macfie (Madame Arcati), and Jill Van Velzer (Ruth Condomine).
Rodriguez, co-artistic director of Furious Theatre Company and 2000 participant in ANW's Professional Internship Program, says:
"Blithe Spirit is one of the funniest and most popular plays of the 20th century, full of Coward's razor-sharp dialogue and containing two of his most memorable comic creations: Elvira, the blithe spirit of the title, and the eccentric psychic Madame Arcati.
I find it inspiring that Coward wrote Blithe Spirit at the height of Britain's involvement in World War II in 1941 while his country was living through the sustained bombing of the Nazi Blitz, yet the play contains no reference to those troubled times. He apparently wanted audiences to come to the theatre to escape their troubles by enjoying his comic ghost story. I hope A Noise Within audiences will do the same."
For more information and to purchase tickets, see:
A Noise Within theatre web site
Bonus talk. On Wednesday, October 6th at 6:30 PM, Southern California NCS member Professor Richard Dellamora, a Visiting Scholar at UCLA, will present a pre-show lecture about Coward to the audience at A Noise Within, with special comments on the literary influence on Blithe Spirit of Coward's friend, author Radclyffe Hall. Back to top |
The Noel Coward Reader: Available October 12th
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Coming to a bookstore near you on Tuesday, October 12th.
Available for pre-order now from amazon.com, powells.com, and other online sources.
Noel Coward (Author)
Barry Day (Editor)
Cameron Mackintosh (Foreword)
From Amazon.com's reviews:
"The timeless sensibility of Noel Coward is perfectly captured in this
amazing career-encompassing compendium of his best work. Barry Day has
achieved the impossible by encapsulating an imposing gargantuan body of
work that will delight both the novice and the longtime fan."
-Michael Feinstein
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