Guru
August 1st, 2008, 06:53 PM
Courtesy of The Coumbus Packet
Brenda Caradine, director of the Tennessee Williams Tribute, learned yesterday that Richard Thomas has accepted a role in a new Ang Lee movie about Woodstock but that he intends to honor his commitment to perform in Columbus at the upcoming Tennessee Williams Tribute. Thomas will now fly to Columbus and perform in two plays “back to back” on Saturday, Sept. 6. The previous scheduled called for Thomas to perform in one play on Friday night and one play on Saturday night.
Steve Lawson, the adaptor/director of A Distant Country Called Youth and Blanche and Beyond said that the Thomas’s role “is a wonderful opportunity to work with one of today's leading filmmakers—the man who made Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, The Wedding Banquet, and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and who received an Oscar for directing Brokeback Mountain.”
Caradine said that the first day of filming the Woodstock movie is September 5— the same day Thomas was scheduled to perform in A Distant Country Called Youth in Columbus. Lawson said that at first it seemed that Thomas would have to cancel his Columbus engagement, but he added, “Trouper that he is, Richard will fly down from the film's location in upstate New York at dawn on the 6th so we can present both pieces back-to-back—for the first time!— on Saturday. I'm grateful to Festival audiences for adjusting to this necessary change of plans, and know that they join me in applauding Richard's dedication.”
The plays will be performed in Whitfield Hall on the MUW campus on September 6. Door open for ticket sales at 4:00 p.m. and the first performance is at 5:00 p.m. The second performance is at 7:00 p.m. TWT Patrons may attend one or both performances.
For ticket information only, call 328- 9370 or call the Columbus Arts Council at 328-ARTS.
Brenda Caradine, director of the Tennessee Williams Tribute, learned yesterday that Richard Thomas has accepted a role in a new Ang Lee movie about Woodstock but that he intends to honor his commitment to perform in Columbus at the upcoming Tennessee Williams Tribute. Thomas will now fly to Columbus and perform in two plays “back to back” on Saturday, Sept. 6. The previous scheduled called for Thomas to perform in one play on Friday night and one play on Saturday night.
Steve Lawson, the adaptor/director of A Distant Country Called Youth and Blanche and Beyond said that the Thomas’s role “is a wonderful opportunity to work with one of today's leading filmmakers—the man who made Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, The Wedding Banquet, and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and who received an Oscar for directing Brokeback Mountain.”
Caradine said that the first day of filming the Woodstock movie is September 5— the same day Thomas was scheduled to perform in A Distant Country Called Youth in Columbus. Lawson said that at first it seemed that Thomas would have to cancel his Columbus engagement, but he added, “Trouper that he is, Richard will fly down from the film's location in upstate New York at dawn on the 6th so we can present both pieces back-to-back—for the first time!— on Saturday. I'm grateful to Festival audiences for adjusting to this necessary change of plans, and know that they join me in applauding Richard's dedication.”
The plays will be performed in Whitfield Hall on the MUW campus on September 6. Door open for ticket sales at 4:00 p.m. and the first performance is at 5:00 p.m. The second performance is at 7:00 p.m. TWT Patrons may attend one or both performances.
For ticket information only, call 328- 9370 or call the Columbus Arts Council at 328-ARTS.