The Member of the Wedding
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 9, 2005
Closed Feb 27, 2005
Opened Feb 9, 2005
Closed Feb 27, 2005
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Based on the classic novel, The Member of the Wedding was born out of the poignant loneliness of adolescence, and the strange bond between black and white in the American South of the 1940s. Carson McCullers' coming of age story explores the life of an introspective white southern girl, twelve-year-old Frankie Addams, who suffers from overwhelming loneliness, uncertainty and despair. Her strongest ally is the family's African American maid, Berenice Sadie Brown, who must deal with her own life - and Frankie's - in a racially charged environment. The Broadway version starred Ethel Waters and Julie Harris, who both later appeared in the film version that immortalized the drama and the spiritual "His Eye is on the Sparrow."
This new production is directed by Marshall W. Mason.
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The most exciting thing about the opening night performance of Ford's Theatre's dramatically inert production of The Member of the Wedding was the presence of Broadway royalty in the person of five-time Tony Award winner Julie Harris. Harris starred in the original Broadway production of the Carson McCullers drama back in 1950, achieving her first significant acclaim in the role of 12-year old Frankie, a lonely girl who longs to find a way out of her emotional isolation.
Before the show began, the theater's producing director, Paul R. Tetrault, took to the stage and introduced Harris as "America's greatest living stage actress." Seated in the front row, Harris stood, turned to face the [...]