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Thursday, September 29, 2011

How to toast Tennessee Williams 100th Birthday in RVA...


The Richmond theater community created The Tennessee Williams Centennial Celebration to honor his legacy. If you missed the  screening of “A Sreetcar named Desire” at the Byrd Theater its not too late to toast Tennesse

 as programs run through October 22nd.
The Firehouse Theater presents Pulitzer Prize Winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” the story of a dysfunctional Southern family with a dying patriarch, Big Daddy. It is dark, gritty and hilarious... with a few surprises for those who are familiar with the film version.
If you missed the staged reading of “The Night of the Iguana”, one of Williams’ rarely seen works. at the Firehouse its not too late to catch the Richmond Triangle Players  production of “Suddenly, Last Summer” in their dramatic Scott’s Addition Theater. 
The rare and autobiographical “Vieux Carre”,  can be seen on the Richmond Triangle Players stage on October 2nd while the film classic “The Glass Menagerie”, will be shown on October 4th and the 1976 screen adaptation of  “The Eccentricities of a Nightingale” on October 11th; featuring  Blythe Danner and Frank Langella.

Visit the Tennessee Williams Centennial Celebration to learn more.

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