Goodspeed Musicals and the Westport Country Playhouse are offering concert series until the theaters can get back to producing plays and musicals indoors. The Goodspeed's series happens outdoors for three months. Westport's consists of several one-night shows benefiting the theater's reopening plans.
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
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Maggie Cheung in the Wong Kar-wai drama “In the Mood for Love.”Credit.Janus Films
While supervising new digital restorations of several of his films, the Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai made certain adjustments, such as changing the aspect ratio the image dimensions of “Fallen Angels,” which now has a wider frame than it did when it was first shown in 1995.
Wong, whose movies often concern the impossibility of setting anything in stone, has said the altered format reflects his unrealized intentions from that time. Ever since the restorations began touring last fall, mostly virtually, cinephiles have debated the tweaks (though unless you know the films by heart, you’re unlikely to notice).
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