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March 24, 2008
Seeing "The Country Girl" -- in the suburbs and in the city
There is something so luxurious about watching a black & white film. It's doubly decadent when it's on a sunny Sunday and the movie is great. The film was The Country Girl, from 1954, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and William Holden.
It's a backstage drama...a down-on-his luck actor with a drinking problem is tapped to star in a big musical. The actor's wife and the play's director struggle with each other for control of the insecure, fragile actor. Based on the 1950 play written by Clifford Odets, the film won two Academy Awards -- Best Actress (Kelly), and Best Writing (George Seaton). Excellent film with extraordinary talent...
...and, Hark!...news from the big city reaches me in my comfy suburban perch (thanks, Lynn!)...
The play returns to Broadway -- in previews, beginning April 3rd, and opening on April 27th in a "strictly limited engagement" at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand, and Peter Gallagher are starring in this revival. Mike Nichols directs. This is news! Big news! Excuse me while I gather my composure.
I've ordered my tickets...this is a splurge I just can't resist.
Posted by BarbaraT at March 24, 2008 11:32 AM
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