Driving Miss Daisy
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 25, 2010
Closed Apr 9, 2011
Opened Oct 25, 2010
Closed Apr 9, 2011
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Running Time:
1hr. 25min.
1hr. 25min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Don't miss the opportunity to see Tony Award-winners James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave and Boyd Gaines on stage together in one of the most beloved and celebrated American stories of the 20th century, Driving Miss Daisy. David Esbjornson (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?) directs the Broadway Premiere of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which is a timeless, searing, funny, and ultimately hopeful meditation on race relations in America, told through the complex relationship between two of popular culture's most enduring characters. When Daisy Werthan (Redgrave), a widowed, 72-year-old Jewish woman living in midcentury Atlanta, is deemed too old to drive, her son, Boolie (Gaines), hires Hoke Coleburn (Jones), an African American man, to serve as her chauffeur. What begins as a troubled and hostile pairing, soon blossoms into a profound, life-altering friendship that transcends all the societal boundaries placed between them. From its landmark Off-Broadway production in 1987 to the remarkable success of the Oscar-winning film version (4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture), and now its celebrated Broadway debut, Driving Miss Daisy has become one of the most beloved American stories of the late twentieth century.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
Fisrt rate all the way
This is the cast to see. The story is touching, the sets are simple, but the cast- Venessa Redgrave, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines are worth any trip to the theater. First class all the way.
Reviewed by Jay Neuman
on Wednesday, Apr 6th, 2011
"Daisy" Smells like a Rose
Although hokey and trite this production of Driving Miss Daisy is endearing and heartwarming thaks to three great performances...Vanessa Redgrave...James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines.You will not see better acting I assure than what is provided by these pros. This is a master class in the art of stage acting. I urge anyone interested in superior theatre not to miss it !
Reviewed by gabbym
on Monday, Nov 1st, 2010
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The exchange between the two women leaving the Golden Theater in front of me on Saturday went like this: "I was crying at the end," one said. "I was crying before that," the other said. And those tears have to be what the producers of
Driving Miss Daisy had hoped to elicit when they decided to stage the first Broadway production of Alfred Uhry's 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning play -- and signed Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones to star.
Because the production -- directed by David Esbjornson with all his skills revved to the max -- delivers what it promises, producers will be rewarded with more than tears. This will likely be the biggest commercial theater hit of 2010 (or at least si[...]