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After a 25-year residence, Orson's Shadow is Philadelphia Theatre Company's final production at Plays & Players Theater before the move to their new home, Philadelphia Theatre Company's Suzanne Roberts Theatre this Fall.
Previews begin Friday, May 4 with opening night on Wednesday, May 9. Performances run Tuesday through Sunday until April 16. Tickets are $33 to $51, with discounts for students, seniors and groups.
US Airways is the Premier Season Sponsor. CBS3 is the Season Media Partner. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly.com and Philadelphia Weekly are the Season Media Sponsors. Bryn Mawr Film Institute, which will be holding special screenings of Orson Welles films, is the Community Co-Sponsor.
Set in 1960, Orson's Shadow cleverly dramatizes legendary director Orson Welles' troubled attempts to bring Ionesco's Rhinoceros to the stage. The stars, Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright, are deep in the throes of an extramarital affair. Add to the mix Olivier's glamorous but unstable wife, Vivien Leigh, and drama critic Kenneth Tynan, and the result is a recipe for backstage humor and high drama. -- www.phillytheatreco.com
Posted April 6th, 2007 by ruzik_tuzik
