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Posted: 11/11/04 at 3:59pm
On Golden Pond is a pretty crappy play, but it's nice to see James Earl Jones (and Leslie Uggams) back on the Broadway stage. I saw this production at the Kennedy Center and Jones is still such a force of nature that he almost makes the evening worthwhile all by himself -- too bad he's not in a play worthy of his still formidable gifts.
From The Times:
"As expected, James Earl Jones is also returning to the New York stage. After a 16-year hiatus from Broadway, he will play opposite Leslie Uggams in a revival of Ernest Thompson's 1979 weeper, "On Golden Pond," due to open April 7 at the Cort Theater on West 48th Street.
Produced by Jeffrey Finn and Stuart Thompson, this production finished a run at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington last month, where it received good reviews, particularly for Mr. Jones. (It was also well liked during a more recent run at the DuPont Theater in Wilmington, Del.)
For Mr. Jones, 73, the role may offer a shot at another Tony Award. He has already won two: in 1969 as Jack Jefferson, the black boxer in an all-white ring in "The Great White Hope," and in 1987 as Troy Maxson, the bitter, fading ballplayer in "Fences," by August Wilson. That play was the last time Mr. Jones appeared on Broadway.
This time around, however, Mr. Jones will play for more laughs, as Norman Thayer, a curmudgeon's curmudgeon in Mr. Thompson's lighthearted family drama. The play, which ran on Broadway before being turned into a big-screen hit (with Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn), is expected to cost about $2 million and to have an open-ended run."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/11/theater/newsandfeatures/11broa.html
From The Times:
"As expected, James Earl Jones is also returning to the New York stage. After a 16-year hiatus from Broadway, he will play opposite Leslie Uggams in a revival of Ernest Thompson's 1979 weeper, "On Golden Pond," due to open April 7 at the Cort Theater on West 48th Street.
Produced by Jeffrey Finn and Stuart Thompson, this production finished a run at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington last month, where it received good reviews, particularly for Mr. Jones. (It was also well liked during a more recent run at the DuPont Theater in Wilmington, Del.)
For Mr. Jones, 73, the role may offer a shot at another Tony Award. He has already won two: in 1969 as Jack Jefferson, the black boxer in an all-white ring in "The Great White Hope," and in 1987 as Troy Maxson, the bitter, fading ballplayer in "Fences," by August Wilson. That play was the last time Mr. Jones appeared on Broadway.
This time around, however, Mr. Jones will play for more laughs, as Norman Thayer, a curmudgeon's curmudgeon in Mr. Thompson's lighthearted family drama. The play, which ran on Broadway before being turned into a big-screen hit (with Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn), is expected to cost about $2 million and to have an open-ended run."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/11/theater/newsandfeatures/11broa.html
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