He adapted his Broadway drama into a 1984 movie that starred Jack Lemmon.
Bill C. Davis, who wrote the Broadway two-hander
Mass Appeal, then adapted the drama for the film version that starred Jack Lemmon, died Friday in Torrington, Connecticut, after a brief illness, a publicist announced. He was 69.
Mass Appeal, directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald, played at the Manhattan Theatre Club before moving to the Booth Theater on Broadway in 1981. Starring Milo O Shea as Father Tim Farley and
Caddyshack s Michael O Keefe as young seminarian Mark Dolson, it ran for more than 200 performances through May 1982. By letting his characters grow and change, Mr. Davis has written a play that lives up to the promise of its title a tender comedy about the meaning and power of both secular and religious love, Frank Rich wrote in his
Bill C Davis Dead: Mass Appeal Playwright, Screenwriter Was 69
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ONLINE: NEAT
NEAT will be available for streaming on demand March 19 through April 11, 2021.
VIRTUAL OPENING NIGHT PARTY: Friday, March 19, 8:00 pm.
VIRTUAL TALKBACKS: Sunday, March 28, 3:00 pm and Friday April 2, 8:00 pm.
Single tickets will be available on February 12, 2021, and may be purchased through the Renaissance Theaterworks website: https://www.r-t-w.com/shows/
neat/#tickets or by phone at 414-273-0800. Adult: $40; Senior (65+): $35; Under 40: $20; Artists/Students/Educators: $10.
NEAT is a magical, often humorous, coming-of-age story. Based in the oral traditions of the African Diaspora, award-winning playwright, Charlayne Woodard is a modern-day griot. NEAT is based on the playwrightâs lived experience. As an infant, Woodardâs beloved Aunt Beneatha (Neat), is denied treatment at the local âwhiteâ hospital, leaving her with permanent brain damage. But Neat possesses an enormous heart. With love and simplicity, Neat teaches young Charlayne to embra
Central Jersey theater’s opening night bound to be a ‘Bad Date’
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
Andrea Burns will star in the one-woman comedy Bad Date, opening George Street Playhouse s online season on Feb. 23.Courtesy of George Street Playhouse
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Attractive, style-conscious single mom seeks Mr. Right for romantic, intimate online evenings with as many onlookers as possible.
The New Brunswick-based George Street Playhouse will lead off its all-online 2021 season on Feb. 23 with “Bad Date,” a one-woman comedy written by Theresa Rebeck and starring Drama Desk Award-winner Andréa Burns.
The play, which follows the single mother of a teen daughter as she goes “in search of cute shoes, the perfect dress, and a romantic table for two at a great restaurant,” will be available for viewing through March 14. It will be one of four virtual productions offered by George Street this season.
Did you go to the same Teesside school as someone famous? IF you went to school on Teesside, you could have sat next to one of these famous faces. These days it s hard to remember what you had for breakfast or did last week, never mind who you sat next to in school or partnered with science class. But you never know who might have gone on to be a trend-setting model, create musical masterpieces or represent Great Britain at the Olympics. Here are some of the famous faces that attended schools on Teesside:
Bob Mortimer - Acklam High School, Middlesbrough
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