Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones to star in a Broadway revival of "The Best Man"
Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones to star in a Broadway revival of "The Best Man"
#1Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones to star in a Broadway revival of "The Best Man"
Posted: 5/12/11 at 7:59am
'Best' is yet to come for Jones
Thesp feted at dinner at Bridgewaters-South Street Seaport
By Stephen Schaefer
The only heaviness at a light-hearted Monday night gala for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center was the hefty Monte Cristo award itself. "If I walk a mile with this every day, I'll be in shape for my next job," James Earl Jones said.
The dinner at Bridgewaters-South Street Seaport saw Jones saluted by his "Driving Miss Daisy" co-stars Vanessa Redgrave and Boyd Gaines, serenaded by Leslie Uggams and entertained by actors reading excerpts from plays that held special significance for him -- like "Fences" and "The Great White Hope."
Guests disagreed on whether or not Darth Vader was his most famous role. Michael Douglas said no, Harold Prince said yes.
"I don't think of him as Darth Vader, not for a second," said Redgrave. "Although his dressing room is full of Darth Vader helmets which the mothers who come to see 'Driving Miss Daisy' bring with urgent requests from their kids, and he signs every single one."
Following a run of "Daisy" in London, Jones stars in a Broadway revival of "The Best Man," in which he revealed he will perform alongside "Angela Lansbury as the Washington, D.C., grande dame."
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I guess that's the show Angela Lansbury has been talking about lately, that she's about to do at the beginning of the next year.
#2Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones to star in a Broadway revival of 'The Best Man'
Posted: 5/12/11 at 9:08amAngela as a "grande dame" ..... at least that suggests it's the Gore Vidal play and not the stage version of that Taye Diggs and Terence Howard movie!
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#2Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones to star in a Broadway revival of 'The Best Man'
Posted: 5/12/11 at 2:05pmI guess she's set to play the role of Mrs. Gamadge, played by Ruth McDevitt in the original play, Elizabeth Ashley in the revival, and Ann Sothern in the movie.
#3Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones to star in a Broadway revival of 'The Best Man'
Posted: 5/12/11 at 2:25pm
Angela as a "grande dame" ..... at least that suggests it's the Gore Vidal play and not the stage version of that Taye Diggs and Terence Howard movie!
Well, that and the article states it's a revival, and as far as I know the Diggs/Howard movie has not yet been seen on Broadway in any adaptation. :)
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