Westport Country Playhouse Presents “Cabaret in the Robards” Written by Pat Blaufuss
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Westport, CT - Westport Country Playhouse will present “Cabaret in the Robards”, a series of live, in-person, on-stage performances headlined by Broadway musical talents, beginning in June. The three-show series will benefit the safe reopening of the Playhouse campus, closed since March 2020 due to the global pandemic.
“Cabaret in the Robards” will include “An Evening with Brad Simmons and Tonya Pinkins,” on Saturday June 26, at 8 p.m.; “An Evening with Larry Owens,” on Saturday, July 17, at 8 p.m.; and “An Evening with Ali Stroker,” on Saturday July 24, at 8 p.m. The Robards, officially known as The Jason Robards Theatre at Westport Country Playhouse, was named in memory of the actor, who, along with his wife Lois, supported the historic theater’s 2005 major renovation.
Tonya Pinkins, Ali Stroker, and Larry Owens Joins CABARET IN THE ROBARDS at Westport Country Playhouse
The three-show series will benefit the safe reopening of the Playhouse campus, closed since March 2020 due to the global pandemic.by BWW News Desk
Westport Country Playhouse will present Cabaret in the Robards, a series of live, in-person, on-stage performances headlined by Broadway musical talents, beginning in June. The three-show series will benefit the safe reopening of the Playhouse campus, closed since March 2020 due to the global pandemic. Cabaret in the Robards will include An Evening with Brad Simmons and Tonya Pinkins, on Saturday June 26, at 8 p.m.; An Evening with Larry Owens, on Saturday, July 17, at 8 p.m.; and An Evening with Ali Stroker, on Saturday July 24, at 8 p.m. The Robards, officially known as The Jason Robards Theatre at Westport Country Playhouse, was named in memory of the actor, who, along with his wife Lois, supported the historic theater s
“Look around ya. How did America get this way?” Allie Fox asks his son, Charlie, as they rattle through suburban Massachusetts in an old pickup truck. “Land of promise. Land of opportunity. Give us the wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Have a Coke! Watch TV! Go on welfare! Get free money! Turn to crime! Crime pays in this country.” Charlie laughs at his father in awe. “Look around you, Charlie. This place is a toilet. . Nobody ever thinks of leaving this country. I do I think about it every day. I’m the last man.”
Allie Fox is played by a smirking, sweaty Harrison Ford with long, slicked-back hair under a ball cap. In Peter Weir’s 1986 film