Sentences with phrase «fading matinee»
Partnered with fellow writer, Buckley (Sam Claflin), the pair, along with fading matinee idol Ambrose Hilliard (Bill Nighy), reluctantly joins forces on a movie to warm the hearts of the nation and capture the imagination of the US public.
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As adept with Jamaican vernacular as she is at revealing the internal machinations of a fading and bloated matinee idol, Margaret Cezair - Thompson weaves a saga of a mother and daughter finding their way in a nation struggling to rise to the challenge of independence.
Set in 1953 Buffalo, Ludwig's showbiz satire depicts the behind - the - scenes unraveling of a matinee performance by a touring repertory company run by fading stage veterans George (David Ross Paterson) and Charlotte (Wendy Phillips), whose marriage is on the rocks.
FORT WORTH — Fort Worth Opera Festival offers Brief Encounters (April 29 - May 1), three 15 - minute operas, including Avow by Mark Adamo, Again by Jake Heggie and Feel the Tango by Fort Worth Opera's artistic director Joe Illick; Maria de Buenos Aires (April 27 & May 5) by Argentina's tango king Astor Piazzolla; and Gaetano Donizetti's comedy Don Pasquale (April 28 - May 6) in a production that transplants the story to Hollywood, casting Pasquale as a matinee idol who doesn't see that his charms have faded.