Today in 2007, the first Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 94 performances. 110 in the Shade is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on Nash's 1954 play The Rainmaker, it focuses on Lizzie Curry, a spinster living on a ranch in the American southwest, and her relationships with local sheriff File, a cautious divorce who fears being hurt again, and charismatic con man Bill Starbuck, posing as a rainmaker who promises the locals he can bring relief to the drought-stricken area. The revival cast featured Audra McDonald as Lizzi and John Cullum as H.C. Curry.
- 5/9/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
110 in the Shade, a richly evocative and touching musical about desperation, desire, and hope, opens at Palm Beach Dramaworks on Friday, August 14 8pm and heats up the Don amp Ann Brown Theatre through August 23. The show, with music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones, and a book by N. Richard Nash based on his play The Rainmaker, will be presented in concert, with direction by Clive Cholerton, choreography by Michelle Petrucci, and musical direction by Howard Breitbart.
- 7/24/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2007, the first Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 94 performances. 110 in the Shade is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on Nash's 1954 play The Rainmaker, it focuses on Lizzie Curry, a spinster living on a ranch in the American southwest, and her relationships with local sheriff File, a cautious divorce who fears being hurt again, and charismatic con man Bill Starbuck, posing as a rainmaker who promises the locals he can bring relief to the drought-stricken area. The revival cast featured Audra McDonald as Lizzi and John Cullum as H.C. Curry.
- 5/9/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Don't cry just yet, Kate the Great fans. While it's true that there is only one wrap-up episode left Tomorrow in Anne Marie's mammoth undertaking "A Year with Kate"* in which she reviewed every performance in Katharine Hepburn's fascinating career, we have exciting news. We're making it into a book! Details are not yet concrete but if you would like to be included in updates about pre-order and other 'Don't Miss It' news, please fill out this form at our Facebook page!
Anne Marie's last episodes airs tomorrow Wednesday December 31st. But until then... take a peak at any you missed. Some chapters will be substantially rewritten for the book.
1930s: A Bill of Divorcement, Christopher Strong, Morning Glory, Little Women, Spitfire, The Little Minister, Break of Hearts, Alice Adams, Sylvia Scarlett, Mary of Scotland, A Woman Rebels, Quality Street, Stage Door, Bringing Up Baby, Holiday,
1940s: Philadelphia Story,...
Anne Marie's last episodes airs tomorrow Wednesday December 31st. But until then... take a peak at any you missed. Some chapters will be substantially rewritten for the book.
1930s: A Bill of Divorcement, Christopher Strong, Morning Glory, Little Women, Spitfire, The Little Minister, Break of Hearts, Alice Adams, Sylvia Scarlett, Mary of Scotland, A Woman Rebels, Quality Street, Stage Door, Bringing Up Baby, Holiday,
1940s: Philadelphia Story,...
- 12/30/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Episode 31 of 52: In which Katharine Hepburn lets her hair down and rolls in the hay with Burt Lancaster.
It makes a certain kind of sense that The Rainmaker, which is the last of Kate’s Spinster Films, should be the most archetypal of this phase of her career. N. Richard Nash’s screenplay about a silver-tongued conman (Burt Lancaster) who promises water to a town and love to an old maid (Kate) works almost as a genre checklist: Lonely Single Woman? Check. Scenes establishing that most folks find her plain? Check. Handsome outsider who sees the beauty in her? Check. Life affirming rendezvous? Check. Throw in a metaphor about the drought-stricken land and Lizzie’s lovelorn heart, and you have The Rainmaker.
Make no mistake, Lancaster and Hepburn elevate The Rainmaker. Their acting styles clash--Kate’s Old Hollywood manner butts against Lancaster’s charismatic, physical style (which he’d...
It makes a certain kind of sense that The Rainmaker, which is the last of Kate’s Spinster Films, should be the most archetypal of this phase of her career. N. Richard Nash’s screenplay about a silver-tongued conman (Burt Lancaster) who promises water to a town and love to an old maid (Kate) works almost as a genre checklist: Lonely Single Woman? Check. Scenes establishing that most folks find her plain? Check. Handsome outsider who sees the beauty in her? Check. Life affirming rendezvous? Check. Throw in a metaphor about the drought-stricken land and Lizzie’s lovelorn heart, and you have The Rainmaker.
Make no mistake, Lancaster and Hepburn elevate The Rainmaker. Their acting styles clash--Kate’s Old Hollywood manner butts against Lancaster’s charismatic, physical style (which he’d...
- 7/30/2014
- by Anne Marie
- FilmExperience
Today in 2007, the first Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 94 performances. 110 in the Shade is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on Nash's 1954 play The Rainmaker, it focuses on Lizzie Curry, a spinster living on a ranch in the American southwest, and her relationships with local sheriff File, a cautious divorce who fears being hurt again, and charismatic con man Bill Starbuck, posing as a rainmaker who promises the locals he can bring relief to the drought-stricken area. The revival cast featured Audra McDonald as Lizzi and John Cullum as H.C. Curry.
- 5/9/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Anne Marie here to celebrate a Hollywood icon on his 100th birthday.
November 2nd is the centennial of that charismatic giant of an actor, Burt Lancaster. He had Clark Gable's charisma, Cary Grant's charm, The Grin, a mop of hair that couldn't be tamed, and a voice that dripped sweetness from every syllable. With all of these admirable qualities, Lancaster could have settled into a career as a leading man, however he chose to pursue challenging roles and a career directing and producing as well. I first saw him in The Rainmaker starring opposite Katharine Hepburn. It takes something special to tear my attention away from Kate The Great, but the minute Lancaster appeared I was starstruck.
But if we're going to talk about iconic Lancaster performances, we have to start here:
While this particularly sexy kiss is what we all remember the film for, it's worth mentioning...
November 2nd is the centennial of that charismatic giant of an actor, Burt Lancaster. He had Clark Gable's charisma, Cary Grant's charm, The Grin, a mop of hair that couldn't be tamed, and a voice that dripped sweetness from every syllable. With all of these admirable qualities, Lancaster could have settled into a career as a leading man, however he chose to pursue challenging roles and a career directing and producing as well. I first saw him in The Rainmaker starring opposite Katharine Hepburn. It takes something special to tear my attention away from Kate The Great, but the minute Lancaster appeared I was starstruck.
But if we're going to talk about iconic Lancaster performances, we have to start here:
While this particularly sexy kiss is what we all remember the film for, it's worth mentioning...
- 11/2/2013
- by Anne Marie
- FilmExperience
News.
Every cinephile's favourite producer/distributor is at it again: Harvey Weinstein plans to axe 20 minutes from Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer. Critic and programmer Tony Rayns had this to say:
"The Weinstein Company people have told Bong that their aim is to make sure the film 'will be understood by audiences in Iowa ... and Oklahoma.' Effectively, the notorious Hollywood executive believes the American mid-west is too stupid for Snowpiercer, a movie which essentially chronicles the journey of a few people at the back of a train who stage a revolt and proceed, in a straight line, towards the front. Leaving aside the issue of what Weinstein thinks of its audience, it seems to say the least anomalous that the rest of the English-speaking world has to be dragged down to the presumed level of American mid-west hicks."
According to the "acting" page on Vincent Gallo's website, it appears the...
Every cinephile's favourite producer/distributor is at it again: Harvey Weinstein plans to axe 20 minutes from Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer. Critic and programmer Tony Rayns had this to say:
"The Weinstein Company people have told Bong that their aim is to make sure the film 'will be understood by audiences in Iowa ... and Oklahoma.' Effectively, the notorious Hollywood executive believes the American mid-west is too stupid for Snowpiercer, a movie which essentially chronicles the journey of a few people at the back of a train who stage a revolt and proceed, in a straight line, towards the front. Leaving aside the issue of what Weinstein thinks of its audience, it seems to say the least anomalous that the rest of the English-speaking world has to be dragged down to the presumed level of American mid-west hicks."
According to the "acting" page on Vincent Gallo's website, it appears the...
- 8/8/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
The Old Globe presents the revival of N. Richard Nash's classic romantic comedy The Rainmaker. Directed by Maria Mileaf, The Rainmaker will run July 13 - August 11, 2013 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run July 13 - July 17. Opening night is Thursday, July 18 at 800 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at 619 23-globe or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production shots below...
- 7/17/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Old Globe presents the revival of N. Richard Nash's classic romantic comedy The Rainmaker. Directed by Maria Mileaf, The Rainmaker will run July 13 - August 11, 2013 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run July 13 - July 17. Opening night is Thursday, July 18 at 800 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at 619 23-globe or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below.
- 6/26/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Truly connecting to the inner emotions, fears and desires of someone trying to realize their goals and aspirations in life is one of the most important aspects of an actor’s job, on stage and in films. Veteran theater and film actress Tanna Frederick has a natural ability to connect with the darkest motivations of any character she takes on. She’s currently showing that ability as the main character, Lizzie Curry, in the play ‘The Rainmaker,’ which is currently playing at the Edgemar Theater in Santa Monica. While the production is based on N. Richard Nash’s 1954 play, ‘The Rainmaker,’ which was later adapted into a film starring Burt Lancaster and [ Read More ]
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- 6/5/2013
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Today in 2007, the first Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 94 performances. 110 in the Shade is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on Nash's 1954 play The Rainmaker, it focuses on Lizzie Curry, a spinster living on a ranch in the American southwest, and her relationships with local sheriff File, a cautious divorce who fears being hurt again, and charismatic con man Bill Starbuck, posing as a rainmaker who promises the locals he can bring relief to the drought-stricken area. The revival cast featured Audra McDonald as Lizzi and John Cullum as H.C. Curry.
- 5/9/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Special From
By Barbara Lovenheim
It seems improbable for a new slant on Katharine Hepburn to emerge, but the upcoming exhibit Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center and the five excellent essays in the new Skira/Rizzoli companion book "Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic" are provocative and eye-opening. Contrary to Hepburn’s public image as an indifferent fashion rebel who wore slacks in public years before pant suits came into vogue, Hepburn cultivated her counter-culture image deliberately and with great precision when she became aware of its publicity value, eventually ordering custom-made slacks and shoes and, on the sly, ordering handmade French lingerie.
“I think you should pretend you don’t care,” she once remarked to Garbo, who captivated Hollywood with her mannish suits, hats, and Ferragamo flat-heeled shoes. “But it’s the most outrageous pretense.
By Barbara Lovenheim
It seems improbable for a new slant on Katharine Hepburn to emerge, but the upcoming exhibit Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center and the five excellent essays in the new Skira/Rizzoli companion book "Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic" are provocative and eye-opening. Contrary to Hepburn’s public image as an indifferent fashion rebel who wore slacks in public years before pant suits came into vogue, Hepburn cultivated her counter-culture image deliberately and with great precision when she became aware of its publicity value, eventually ordering custom-made slacks and shoes and, on the sly, ordering handmade French lingerie.
“I think you should pretend you don’t care,” she once remarked to Garbo, who captivated Hollywood with her mannish suits, hats, and Ferragamo flat-heeled shoes. “But it’s the most outrageous pretense.
- 10/12/2012
- by NYCityWoman.com
- Huffington Post
Today in 2007, the first Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 94 performances. 110 in the Shade is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on Nash's 1954 play The Rainmaker, it focuses on Lizzie Curry, a spinster living on a ranch in the American southwest, and her relationships with local sheriff File, a cautious divorc who fears being hurt again, and charismatic con man Bill Starbuck, posing as a rainmaker who promises the locals he can bring relief to the drought-stricken area. The revival cast featured Audra McDonald as Lizzi and John Cullum as H.C. Curry.
- 5/9/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
You ever see Arnold cry? I can’t really pinpoint a time, but I can say I like the idea of the 63-year-old actor trying new roles. Schwarzenegger is making another return to the big screen with the drama Cry Macho, about a down-on-his-luck horse trainer who is hired to kidnap a 9-year-old boy.
Brad Furman will direct, while Albert S. Ruddy will produce.
“I guarantee that you’ll get another look at Arnold Schwarzenegger in this movie,” Albert S. Ruddy said. “Arnold always plays these big muscular guys, but there’s a sweetness to Arnold in real life, and we want to bring that sweetness to the screen. Now that Brad’s met with Arnold, he’s convinced there’s an accessibility and vulnerability there that he wants to bring out.”
Schwarzenegger will play Mike, a once well-regarded horse trainer whose wife and son have died. His former boss...
Brad Furman will direct, while Albert S. Ruddy will produce.
“I guarantee that you’ll get another look at Arnold Schwarzenegger in this movie,” Albert S. Ruddy said. “Arnold always plays these big muscular guys, but there’s a sweetness to Arnold in real life, and we want to bring that sweetness to the screen. Now that Brad’s met with Arnold, he’s convinced there’s an accessibility and vulnerability there that he wants to bring out.”
Schwarzenegger will play Mike, a once well-regarded horse trainer whose wife and son have died. His former boss...
- 5/5/2011
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Filed under: Movie News
There have been tons of rumors and speculation on which film project would entice ex-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger back to the big screen. No, it's not 'Terminator 5' but 'Cry Macho,' based on a 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash, who also wrote the play 'The Rainmaker,' and which has been optioned for years by 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby' producer Al Ruddy. The enticement: $12.5 million plus 25 percent of first-dollar gross. Ruddy and Schwarzenegger will end up co-owning the negative on the film. Here's the story line, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter: "Schwarzenegger, 63, will play Mike, a once well-regarded horse trainer whose wife and son have died. His former boss makes him an over he can't refuse: $400,000 to kidnap the boss' trust fund son, who is living with the man's ex-wife in Mexico. But when Mike locates the boy, a real troublemaker,...
There have been tons of rumors and speculation on which film project would entice ex-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger back to the big screen. No, it's not 'Terminator 5' but 'Cry Macho,' based on a 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash, who also wrote the play 'The Rainmaker,' and which has been optioned for years by 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby' producer Al Ruddy. The enticement: $12.5 million plus 25 percent of first-dollar gross. Ruddy and Schwarzenegger will end up co-owning the negative on the film. Here's the story line, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter: "Schwarzenegger, 63, will play Mike, a once well-regarded horse trainer whose wife and son have died. His former boss makes him an over he can't refuse: $400,000 to kidnap the boss' trust fund son, who is living with the man's ex-wife in Mexico. But when Mike locates the boy, a real troublemaker,...
- 5/5/2011
- by Harley W. Lond
- Moviefone
Cry Macho is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's first post-gubernatorial film. Earlier we reported that Arnold would be back for Justin Lin's further Terminator sequels. Vultrue reports today that he is set to star in the drama to be directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and produced by Al Ruddy. Ruddy is the producer behind Oscar-winning films like Million Dollar Baby and The Godfather. Ruddy is reportedly partnering with Bill Block, the District 9 producer and financier, and they will head to Cannes to seek financing. Filming is could begin as early as this summer.
The movie is based on the 1975 novel by the late N. Richard Nash. He also wrote the screenplay for the film before he died in 2000. Nash is a playwright best known for The Rainmaker. Schwarzenegger will be flexing his dramatic muscles in the role of "a damaged-goods horse trainer who’s just...
The movie is based on the 1975 novel by the late N. Richard Nash. He also wrote the screenplay for the film before he died in 2000. Nash is a playwright best known for The Rainmaker. Schwarzenegger will be flexing his dramatic muscles in the role of "a damaged-goods horse trainer who’s just...
- 4/29/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The actor has announced his next film project before he returns to the Terminator franchise and he will play a disgraced horse trainer forced into extreme measures. Cry Macho is based on the 1975 novel from N. Richard Nash (The Rainmaker) and is set to be directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and produced by Al Ruddy (The Godfather). Arnold Schwarzenegger will portray a horse trainer who is forced into a situation of drastic measures by his bitter boss. After Schwarzenegger is let go by his employer he ends up coming to an agreement to kidnap his boss' 11-year-old son from his ex-wife in exchange for retirement money. The film takes an unexpected turn though when the woman is happy to be rid of her delinquent son. Filming is expected to commence this summer after the production...
- 4/29/2011
- by Keven Skinner
- The Daily BLAM!
While a new "Terminator" film is being shopped in Hollywood with Arnold Schwarzenegger attach to star and Justin Lin ( Fast Five ) directing, Vulture is reporting that the former California governor has picked his next film - a project titled Cry Macho . The movie, based on the 1975 novel by the late N. Richard Nash ("The Rainmaker"), would be directed by Brad Furman ( The Lincoln Lawyer ) and produced by Al Ruddy ( Million Dollar Baby , The Godfather ). The site describes the project as follows: "He will play a damaged-goods horse trainer who's just been ignominiously put out to pasture by his feckless boss. In exchange for some retirement money, the broken . and broke . horseman agrees to kidnap the boss's 11-year-old son from his rich Mexican...
- 4/29/2011
- Comingsoon.net
The Rainmaker
-For Burt Lancaster
He comes to drought-stricken towns; a saviour
dressed in rattlesnake shoes, riding on a pale
Pegasus. “There’s something in the air,” he
says. “Something in the air.”
He dismounts, and then stares; eyes bulging,
nostrils flared, a fringe trickles out from
under his black hat, and then a smile breaks,
like the rain he promises.
He showers the folks with watery tales, but his
motives, like his origins, aren’t so clear. There
is a solitude about him – an abandoned kite soars
across a barren sky.
At the core of this bravado is an insecurity, but
women seem to be giving him a go, people are
listening to this crock. Even old Harry was seen
slipping him a few bills.
And when he flees town, Pegasus flies. Behind
them angry men chase, but in vain: “This clown
has stolen the hearts of our maidens and eloped
with our hard-earned.
-For Burt Lancaster
He comes to drought-stricken towns; a saviour
dressed in rattlesnake shoes, riding on a pale
Pegasus. “There’s something in the air,” he
says. “Something in the air.”
He dismounts, and then stares; eyes bulging,
nostrils flared, a fringe trickles out from
under his black hat, and then a smile breaks,
like the rain he promises.
He showers the folks with watery tales, but his
motives, like his origins, aren’t so clear. There
is a solitude about him – an abandoned kite soars
across a barren sky.
At the core of this bravado is an insecurity, but
women seem to be giving him a go, people are
listening to this crock. Even old Harry was seen
slipping him a few bills.
And when he flees town, Pegasus flies. Behind
them angry men chase, but in vain: “This clown
has stolen the hearts of our maidens and eloped
with our hard-earned.
- 3/25/2010
- by Damian Balassone
- The Moving Arts Journal
The Rainmaker, a classic romantic comedy, written by N. Richard Nash, about a drought, a con artist, and a country girlis coming to Foothills Theatre February 7- March 1, 2009. As a paralyzing drought holds the West in its spell, a father and his two sons lose hope that the only female in the home, plain, 'old-maid' Lizzie, will ever find a husband. Into their parched lives comes a colorful and picaresque 'rainmaker' who claims he can make the skies pour down water...for a fee. What follows is a gem of a romantic comedy as the rainmaker turns his magic on Lizzie and convinces her of her own special beauty.
- 1/31/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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