| Join our email list |  |
|
For U.S. Membership Information
|
contact:
Mr. Ken Starrett
North American Director
The Noel Coward Society
49 W 68th St, Apt 1-RNew York, NY 10023(212) 877-4259email Ken |
What's On and
Coming Soon
U. S. West Coast
| |
2013
West End Private Lives
at the Movies
December 11, 2013
Select Theatres, see:
A Swell Noël
December 17-22, 2013
Aurora Theatre Company
Harry's UpStage
2081 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA
510-843-4822
2014
Brief Encounter
Feb 15 - March 23, 2014
Love, Noël
February 20-22, 2014
Wallis Annenberg Center
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-746-4000
Hay Fever
February 2014
PCPA Theatrefest
Solvang/Santa Maria, CA
805-922-8313
A Song at Twilight
March-April, 2014
Pasadena Playhouse
39 S. El Molino Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-356-7529
Directed by Art Manke
|
|
|
 Autumn Update - Coward Birthday Ideas 2013
Thanksgiving is almost here, which means Noël Coward's birthday is just around the corner. Can't make it to New York or London this December for the Noël Coward Society events honoring Coward's birthday? Here are ways to celebrate closer to home: - Go behind the scenes with family, friends, and theatrical colleagues in the new book Speaking of Noël Coward: Interviews by Alan Farley, edited by NCS member Ron Lazar.
- Watch Coward on the Big Screen: Fathom Events, Cinema Live, and Digital Theatre are screening the acclaimed West End production of Private Lives, starring Toby Stevens and Anna Chancellor, in a movie theater near you on Wednesday, December 11th at 7:00 PM.
- Cabaret in Berkeley, CA: Craig Jessup brings A Swell Noël to the Aurora Theatre, December 17-22.
___________________________________
Coming February 2014 to Los Angeles -- the beautiful new Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills will present two Coward productions: Kneehigh's Brief Encounter and Love, Noël: The Letters and Songs of Noël Coward, devised and written by Sir Barry Day.
___________________________________
Any other events? I always enjoy hearing from you: please send me news of Coward-related events and shows on the U.S. west coast.
|
Speaking of Noël Coward: Interviews by Alan Farley
Edited by Ron Lazar | | |
Published September 11, 2013 by AuthorHouse, this wonderful book -- edited and produced by NCS member Ron Lazar -- is a tribute to the life and work of Alan Farley, notably his extensive and insightful interviews of people who were close to Noël Coward.
Available in hardcover and paperback from booksellers, as well as in Kindle format from Amazon at amazon.com and amazon.co.uk .
From the 1970's to 2012, Alan Farley thrived in radio broadcasting as producer and announcer, briefly at KPFA, and for 27 years at KALW --NPR radio stations in the San Francisco Bay area. Each year for 30 years, on a day close to Coward's birthday (December 16th), Alan broadcast a tribute with music and commentary.
Alan's enthusiasm for all things Noël Coward guided him on a twenty-year expedition to interview people who had been close to Coward - a unique achievement that brings Coward alive in intimate detail. Starting with 500,000+ words of unedited interviews on tape, Lazar transcribed and distilled the essence of Farley's interviews into thirty fascinating memories of The Master.
 | |
Ron Lazar
|
The August and November 2013 issues of Home Chat include excerpts from this fine book, augmented with photos of the interviewee and notes by John Knowles and Dominic Vlasto. More excerpts are planned for Home Chat in 2014.
Quoting Ron's introduction -- which mentions the joy and encouragement Alan derived from Coward's work, especially his music -- "Noël was there for Alan, with a heart and a sense of humor, even when there were bad times just around the corner." Thanks to Ron, Speaking of Noël Coward keeps Alan's work alive for us, with his heart and his sense of humor. back to top |
|
West End Production of Private Lives
Screening in U.S. Movie Theatres
December 11, 2013
| |  Private Lives
Starring Toby Stephens, Anna Chancellor
Weds, December 11 7:00 PM (local time)
Tickets: $13-15
Tickets are available by clicking here and locating a theatre near your zip code.
If online ticketing is not available for your location, you may purchase your tickets by visiting the box office at your local participating cinema.
Fathom Events, CinemaLive and Digital Theatre are thrilled to present the West End revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives on the big screen! This amazing one-night event will take place in select cinemas nationwide -- 59 in California (from Chula Vista to Yuba City); 6 in Oregon; and 13 in the state of Washington.
Special Fathom Features: An exclusive behind-the-scenes experience with cast and crew, combined with a special celebrity featurette exploring the continuing allure of Noël Coward.
Following a sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, this "deliciously fresh revival" (Evening Standard) has been "transplanted to West End splendour" (The Times) in an explosive production that is "first-class fun" (Daily Mail) and "giddily enjoyable" (Financial Times).
Noël Coward's Private Lives is the second title in CinemaLive and Digital Theatre's West End Theatre Series.
back to top
|
A Swell Noël - Craig Jessup in Cabaret
Aurora Theatre, Berkeley, CA
December 17-22, 2013 | |
 | |
Craig Jessup
Photo by Eric Gillet
|
A Swell Noël
Aurora Theatre Company
2081 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-842-4822
December 17-21 7:30 PM
December 22 5:00 PM Tickets: $23 -32 In April 2009, Craig Jessup, accompanied by pianist Ken Muir, wowed the crowd at the opening of the exhibition Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward at the MPD in San Francisco. For A Swell Noël, in addition to songs by Coward, this duo will perform holiday songs and cabaret favorites by Jacques Brel, Stephen Sondheim, the Gershwins, and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. back to top |
Brief Encounter and Love, Noël
Coming to the Wallis Annenberg Center, Beverly Hills CA
February 2014 | | |
Two Coward productions will be part of the inaugural season at the brilliant new Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills.
Brief Encounter 
February 15 - March 23, 2014
Bram Goldsmith Theater
The celebrated Kneehigh Theatre production of Brief Encounter, a hit in San Francisco in 2009, makes its LA premiere at the Wallis Annenberg.
Switching seamlessly between theater and film, using a combination of Noël Coward's original stage play Still Life and the screenplay of Brief Encounter, Emma Rice, Kneehigh Theater's Artistic Director, takes you back to a bygone age of romance and the silver screen.
Love, Noël: The Letters and Songs of Noël Coward
 | |
Christine Ebersole
|
February 20-22, 2014
Lovelace Studio Theater
Love, Noël: The Letters and Songs of Noël Coward was devised and written by Barry Day (based on his book, The Letters of Noël Coward). Love, Noël interweaves the music of Coward with letters to and from his famous friends.
Starring Christine Ebersole and Edward Hibbert, Love, Noël will be performed in a cabaret setting in the Lovelace Studio Theater.
More news in December on these spectacular events...
back to top
|
|
|
