| THE ACTORS FUND WITH THE JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER PRESENTS SPECIAL EVENING OF “OKLAHOMA!”, 6/23 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:54 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
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| THE ACTORS FUND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER ANNOUNCES SPECIAL FILM EVENING OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S “OKLAHOMA!” LIFE ON THE STAGE — Q&A WITH CAST & CREATIVE TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE TONY AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY PRODUCTION MODERATED BY DORI BERINSTEIN SUNDAY, JUNE 23 AT 7:30 PM The Actors Fund announced today that, in partnership with the Jacob Burns Film Center’s series Life on Stage, tickets are now on sale for a special evening celebrating the smash hit, reimagined production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! – the recent recipient of two Tony Awards®, including Best Revival of a Musical. The evening will feature video clips of musical numbers from both the Broadway show and the original Oscar Award®- winning 1955 film, as well as a conversation with members of the cast and creative team, including Patrick Vaill (Jud Fry who has been with the production since its inception at Bard College & Bard SummerScape), Gabrielle Hamilton (Lead Dancer), Nathan Kocci (Music Director) and lead producer Eva Price. The evening will be moderated by four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer, Emmy Award®-winning director, and JBFC Board Member, Dori Berinstein, about the process of innovating and modernizing a beloved classic across artistic mediums. The evening will take place at the Jacob Burns Film Center (364 Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY). Tickets are $10 for members of the Jacob Burns Film Center and $15 for nonmembers and can be purchased by visiting burnsfilmcenter.org. This Tony Award-winning production of Oklahoma! was first presented at Bard SummerScape followed by an engagement at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn where it had a sold out run in 2018. Directed by Daniel Fish, the production has been hailed as the Best of the Year and a Critic’s Pick by The New York Times and the #1 Theatrical Event of the Year by TIME Magazine. This production was originally developed, produced, and premiered at the Richard B. Fisher enter for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. (Jeanne Donovan Fisher, Chair; Leon Botstein, President; Gideon Lester, Artistic Director; Bob Bursey, Executive Director; Caleb Hammons, Senior Producer) in July 2015. Seventy-five years after Rodgers & Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this is Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen or heard it before, re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century. Ben Brantley from The New York Times said “The coolest show on Broadway in 2019 is a 1943 musical! Astonishing and Altogether Wonderful!” B I O G R A P H I E S Dori Berinstein is a four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer and an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film and television. Dori’s Broadway productions include: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Tony Award); Legally Blonde: The Musical (Olivier Award) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award). Her next two Broadway musicals, The Prom (directed by Casey “Book of Mormon” Nicholaw) and Half Time (directed by Jerry “Kinky Boots” Mitchell) will both open on Broadway in 2017 and 2018. As a documentary director, her films include, amongst others: Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (Emmy Award) and Carol Channing: Larger Than Life. The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that fosters stability and resiliency and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan. Through offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Fund serves everyone in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance with programs including social services and emergency financial assistance, health care and insurance counseling, housing, and secondary employment and training services. Visit www.actorsfund.org. Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit arts and education hub located on a three-building campus in the New York Metro area. The JBFC brings the transformative power of film to the surrounding community through unique programming and discussion, shared experiences, and educational initiatives. Since opening in 2001, over 3,000,000 people have enjoyed the best of current American and foreign cinema, unique film series, and special events at the five-screen theater complex. A pioneer in visual literacy education, the Jacob Burns Film Center offers courses in filmmaking, screenwriting, and animation for students of all ages at their state-of-the-art Media Arts Lab and develops curriculums for public schools throughout the region. ACCLAIM FOR OKLAHOMA! “THE COOLEST SHOW ON BROADWAY IN 2019 IS A 1943 MUSICAL! ASTONISHING, AND ALTOGETHER WONDERFUL!” -Ben Brantley, New York Times “Without sacrificing the show’s humor or the beauty of its music, Fish and his company have created a charged, scary production, a story about the aggressions and ambiguities entwined deep in the root system of America.” -New York Magazine “Daniel Fish’s probing revamp is a revelation! A celebration of the American sprit! - Hollywood Reporter “Oklahoma! ripped into town like a brushfire: potent, illuminating and rejuvenating!” -Vulture “The new production of Oklahoma! is the hottest ticket in town!” -Town & Country “This vivid, stripped-down revival offers audiences a new vision of themselves. This Oklahoma! is a textbook illustration of how to revisit a classic while honoring it.” -The New Yorker “Daniel Fish gives a daring, brilliant, utterly absorbing re-interpretation. The production is played, extremely skillfully, for laughs and the very opposite of laughs.” -The Daily Beast “A powerful revival! Fish’s vision treats Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 musical with deep respect.” -Time Out NY # # # www.actorsfund.org |
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