If you're planning a trip to the East Coast this Spring, you might want to consider going to Philadelphia around the last part of March or the first part of April. That's when the Philadelphia Theater Company will be featuring the new "one-woman" play entitled Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins.
The play, based on the writings and witticisms of legendary Texas journalist and author Molly Ivins, was written by twin sisters and journalists Margaret and Allison Engel. It will be directed by David Esbjornson, and will run from March 19th through April 18th of 2010.
The title role will be played by Tony and Golden Globe award-winning actress Kathleen Turner. I think that is an inspired bit of casting. In addition to being a great actress, Ms. Turner has that self-possessed and irreverent air that was the trademark of the great Molly Ivins (and she sort of looks like Molly). The pictures above are of Ivins (left) and Turner (right).
This is the world premier of the new play, and so far, there are no plans for taking the play to other cities. I suspect though if it is successful in Philadelphia, it may soon find its way to Broadway. And being based on the wonderful wit of Molly Ivins, how could it not be great?
As much as I want to see this play, my current situation (poverty) will not allow me to do so. I guess I just have to hope it is so wildly successful that it's eventually taken on the road and comes to Texas. Either that, or someone films it and that film becomes widely available.
Damn! Being poor is no fun at all sometimes.
(Thanks goes to Thorne Dreyer of The Rag Blog for notifying me of this.)
i posted this on facebook when i first heard about it and my great joy was quickly squelched when they didnt open it in dallas, or austin or houston..stupid basids.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it will go big enough to become a road show, and travel to the hinterlands...like Texas and Arizona.
ReplyDeleteOK, probably not AZ - we're pretty far down the list of places to visit for out-of-town cultural events.
Still, we can hope. {fingers crossed}
And Seattle - Seattle is the Boondocks too.
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone will pirate it for the outlands.