Terrence McNally on "The Visit," "Master Class," "Rink"

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/21/06 at 11:27am

Today's Hartford Courant has an interesting interview with Terrence McNally by Frank Rizzo. Among the highlights:

He is also writing "Deuce," a play about a pair of former tennis doubles partners, for Marian Seldes and Zoe Caldwell. There are also plans to produce the John Kander-Fred Ebb musical "The Visit" in Washington in September 2007 with Chita Rivera and "another big male star whom I can't say right now." ...

"John Doyle [who directed the current hit Broadway revival of `Sweeney Todd'] has talked about doing a revival of `The Rink' with Patti LuPone in the mother role. ..."

When asked about a film version of "Master Class," he says the screen rights are owned by actress Faye Dunaway. "I don't think it will ever get made with her in the starring role. If she's smart she'd produce it. But even if Meryl Streep owned the rights, it would have a difficult time getting made. It's not a part that Julia Roberts could play and Hollywood doesn't want to make movies about older people. But it's not just Hollywood. We couldn't book Chita [to promote her Broadway show `Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life'] except on `The View.' We were told that viewers don't want to see a 72-year-old."
In A Master Class

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/21/06 at 12:50pm

Thanks, Chita! What a good interview....it's nice to see THE VISIT isn't going to totally dissapear.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/21/06 at 1:56pm

Holy god. I love Robert Clohessy. ROAD TRIP!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/21/06 at 3:22pm

I actually swiped (copied and pasted) the whole thing from All That Chat. TimDunleavy at ATC was the original poster of this thread. I just wanted to share it with my off-topic denizens.
Updated On: 5/21/06 at 03:22 PM