Sentences with phrase «acclaimed stage play»

Henry Fonda produced and starred in this faithful adaptation of Reginald Rose's critically acclaimed stage play chronicling the hostile deliberations of a jury in a death penalty case.

Even since before his first «serious» film, an adaptation of the acclaimed stage play «Six Degrees Of Separation,» he was clearly a gifted and versatile performer.

Not exact matches

The play, which received considerable acclaim when staged in Washington, deals with the career of Jack Johnson, the legendary Negro fighter whose career ended when he allegedly threw the world championship.

Following it's critical acclaim as a short play in the Tricycle's Women, Power & Politics season (2010), the feature length version of Moira Buffini's satirical drama, is now staged at the Tricycle Theatre until 9 November.

An imposing and highly memorable presence on the Broadway stage, actor Frank Langella has won only a fraction of the acclaim he's received in the theater for his film career; still, his brooding good looks and his ability to play both villains and comic foils with a touch of menace has made him a welcome (and increasingly familiar) fare to film buffs.

His first stage play NIGHTWATCHMAN was produced by the National Theatre in 2011 and he is currently developing a TV drama with acclaimed showrunner Jed Mercurio (LINE OF DUTY).

He also had recurring roles on the television series Mad About You and Friends and starred in the drama Huff (2004 - 2006), playing the titular character, to critical acclaim, as well as appearing in the popular stage musical Spamalot.

Black Nativity, a celebrated «gospel song - play» by acclaimed poet / novelist / playwright Langston Hughes, was first staged in the 1950s with Alvin Ailey and Carmen De Lavallade.

Three years later, he earned widespread acclaim for his leading role in Patrice Leconte's Ridicule, in which he starred as an 18th century nobleman who learns to play a delicate and deadly game of wit at the court of Versailles.Born on Tahiti in 1958, Berling studied acting at a Parisian drama school located on la rue Blanche and made his stage debut in 1982.

Only the third film that the acclaimed actor has made as a director (after 2002's Antwone Fisher and his last, 2007's The Great Debaters), Washington certainly had familiarity with August Wilson's beloved Pulitzer Prize - winning material when he decided to bring it to the big screen; the actor won a Tony Award of his own for starring in the 2010 revival of the production, to go along with the play's Tony for Best Revival (and the many that it won during its first run on stage in 1987).

Internationally acclaimed for their performances on stage, screen and television, McKellen («Estragon / Spooner») and Stewart («Vladimir / Hirst») returned to Broadway playing in a rotating schedule of two of the most iconic plays of the 20th Century.

Damian Lewis, last seen on stage in Mamet's American Buffalo, now stars in another American classic: Edward Albee's disturbing 2002 play about an acclaimed architect who conceives a hopeless passion for a goat.

The Plaza Theatre started off with a bang in the fall of 2012 with a critically acclaimed production of «Driving Miss Daisy» before continuing with competent stagings of plays such as Neil Simon's «Chapter Two» and musicals such as «Rags.»

It was Domhnall himself who hit upon the idea of the family staging a version of Walsh's play, after he saw his friend Tadhg Murphy appear in the Druid Theatre's acclaimed production a few years ago.

Ray received critical acclaim for his work on the stage for doing Shakespeare and for playing Tom Robinson in «To Kill a Mockingbird» and Muhammad Ali in an Off - Broadway production of «Fetch Clay, Make Man.»

Tom Bateman plays Bouc, acclaimed stage actor and Tony winner Derek Jacobi portrays Masterman, Michael Peņa is Marquez, and Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. plays Doctor Arbuthnot.

EVANSTON, Ill. — Six new critically - acclaimed plays from the U.K. and Russia will be captured on film and featured in the National Theatre Live's and Stage Russia HD's popular Stage on Screen series at Northwestern this winter / spring.

Parktown The National Children's Theatre presents stage adaptations of classics, contemporary plays and educational theatre to the acclaim of critics and joy of audiences.

Brooklyn born and raised Shelley Hirsch is a critically acclaimed vocal artist, composer, and storyteller whose solo compositions, staged multimedia works, improvisations, radio plays, installations and collaborations have been produced and presented in concert halls, clubs, festivals, theaters, museums, galleries and on radio, film and television on 5 continents.