Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
The PBS series "Character Studies" repeats this Friday night/Saturday morning at 1am. Each episode is a 30 minute in-depth analysis of a famous character in theatrical literature:
1:00 am Ruth (A RAISIN IN THE SUN)
1:30 am Rose (GYPSY)
2:00 am Amanda Wingfeld (THE GLASS MENAGERIE)
I saw the one on Rose Hovick a few months ago and it include interviews and rare live video clips of various actresses who had tackled the role (Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Betty Buckley et al). Definitely worth watching.
I'd have to catch that. Sounds GREAT.
I've always felt that Ruth was the strongest character in A Raisin in the Sun, so I'm interested to see what they say about her.
I watched the Rose one when it first aired, but I was hardly familiar with Gypsy at the time, so hopefully I'll remember to watch it now that I would appreciate it much more.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
Quite fantastic! Love seeing the footage. Can't wait for Amanda!
Thanks for the heads up Margo!
Broadway Star Joined: 12/8/03
its days like this that i wish i had a tv lol
Ah, damn. I was even up at 1:00 watching TV, and I forgot this!
I hope I'll get another chance to see it, as they sound very intresting.
The Ruth episode comes on tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 5:30am, and the Rose episode airs Monday morning at 2:30am.
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