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Kate Baldwin, actress extraordinaire,Tom
Fontana ( Director multi-talented and respected writer
and producer, and
the wonderful Marsha Mason Thank You for A
Special Reading of Bell Book and Candle by John
Van Druten |
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The Acting Company presented
a staged reading of Bell,
Book and Candle, John
Van Druten’s delightful
play about a beautiful witch who casts a spell over a
publisher when she finds herself quite smitten. One
small problem arises: witches cannot fall in love. The
reading took place 7
pm on Monday, December 15 at
the Pearl
Theater, 555
West 42nd Street
(10th –
11th Avenues). The
performance—starred four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha
Mason, Tony Award nominee Kate
Baldwin and Acting
Company Alums Andy Prosky (King
Lear), Chris
Thorn (Pig
Iron’s Twelfth
Night) and Grant
Fletcher Prewitt (Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead)—was followed by a
reception with the cast and director, Tom
Fontana (Borgia,
Oz, Homicide)
“John
Van Druten was
one of London’s most successful playwrights of the
1930’s. In
America, his I
Remember Mama, The Voice of the Turtle and I
Am A Camera (the
basis for Cabaret) became enduring hits. He also
directed the original production of The
King and
I,” said Margot
Harley, Producer of The Acting Company.
Founded by John
Houseman and Margot
Harley with Kevin
Kline, Patti LuPone, David Schramm and David Ogden
Stiers in
1972, The Acting Company has toured 139 productions to
48 states and 10 foreign countries earning a TONY for
Excellence in Theater, Obies, Audelcos and Los Angeles
Critics Circle Awards.
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