Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 1, 2007
Closed Jun 10, 2007
Opened Jun 1, 2007
Closed Jun 10, 2007
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The internationally acclaimed author of Playing Burton, Mark Jenkins, turns his attention to one of Hollywood's most colossal figures. Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles chronicles the meteoric rise and even more spectacular fall of one of the greatest directors of the 20th century, exploding the Faustian myth that surrounded him.
Directed by Josh Richards; starring Christian McKay.
Rosebud is presented as part of the 2007 Brits Off Broadway festival.
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He looks like Orson Welles. He sounds like Orson Welles. But even more impressively, Christian McKay, who plays cinema's greatest tragic figure in the remarkable solo show
Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles at 59E59 Theaters, gives us the great man's soul. Within mere moments of this 70-minute theatrical monologue you will feel as if it is Welles, himself, who is telling us his life's story. And what a story it is, especially as told in this masterfully written play by Mark Jenkins.
If you have only a passing knowledge of Welles you might know that he was responsible for the famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast in 1938 that caused a panic across the Eastern United States when thousands[...]