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Patti LuPone and Bobby Cannavale Read The Rose Tattoo for the Acting Company

The Tennessee Williams play was directed by Doug Hughes.

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Bobby Cannavale and Patti LuPone take their bow after a reading of Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo.
Bobby Cannavale and Patti LuPone take their bow after a reading of Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo.
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The Acting Company presented a one-night-only benefit reading of Tennessee Williams' play The Rose Tattoo on Monday, April 27, at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by Doug Hughes, the production starred two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone and two-time Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale.

Helen Cespedes and Patti LuPone share a curtain call.
Helen Cespedes and Patti LuPone share a curtain call.
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The Rose Tattoo is the story of Serafina (LuPone), a Louisiana widow who withdraws from the world after her husband's death and expects her daughter to do the same. One day, Alvaro (Cannavale), a man resembling her late husband, comes into her life and unlocks her passion, wit, anger, and pride. Maureen Stapleton and Eli Wallach originated the roles of Serafina and Alvaro in the play's first Broadway production in 1951.

Patti LuPone gives a big hug to her leading man, Bobby Cannavale.
Patti LuPone gives a big hug to her leading man, Bobby Cannavale.
(© Kristin Goehring)