Reviews for Driving Miss Daisy at Laguana Playhouse
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Written past ALFRED UHRY
Directed by MICHAEL Bloom
Sparks fly in Alfred Uhry's groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning story almost the decades-long relationship between a potent-willed, well-to-do Jewish woman and her black chauffeur, in the Jim Crow south. Set against a backdrop of changing world events between the late 1940s and early on '70s, what begins equally a troubled and hostile pairing presently blossoms into a profound, life-altering friendship that transcends all the societal boundaries placed between them. Starring iv-time Emmy honour winner The Walton'due south Michael Learned and Lance East. Nichols (HBO's Treme).
Average Running Time: Nearly 95 minutes with intermission.
Recommended for audiences 10 and up
Open up caption functioning: Sabbatum, January 19, 2019 at 2:00PM
Talk-back operation dates:Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 7:30PM andSaturday, January 19, 2019 at 2:00PM
Daisy Werthan
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has won a tape 4 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; three for "The Waltons" (1973, 1974, 1976), and i for "Nurse" (1982). She was also nominated for four Golden Globe awards for her work on The Waltons, and one People's Choice Laurels for Favorite Female Performer in a Goggle box Program. Her work on stage has earned her multiple Drama-Logue Critic Awards and a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circumvolve Award for Outstanding Achievement for her work in Hapsgood. She's appeared on Broadway in Gore Vidal'southward The All-time Human, The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Three Sisters and in the national tours of On Golden Swimming, Three Alpine Women and Dearest Messages. Regionally, she'southward performed across the state at theatres including a 5-year stint with A.C.T. Ms. Learned has also fabricated a number of idiot box guest appearances, including recurring roles for "General Infirmary," "Scrubs," "1 Life to Live," and "Profiler."
Hoke Colburn
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This veteran character role player is best remembered in his starring role as dentist Larry Williams in iv seasons of HBO's critically acclaimed "TREME". The series chronicled the lives of post Hurricane Katrina natives during the rebuild. His memorable performance equally the "organized religion healing" preacher in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", garnered loftier praise. He recurs as The River Rex in AMC's series "Into The Badlands" and recently appeared on the new SyFy/USA series "The Purge" as the villainous Otos nether the management of the Emmy Winning Anthony Hemingway. Mr. Nichols and his wife Zardis co-own Lanzardis Productions. They recently produced the television airplane pilot "Shepherd" which won Best Drama and Best Player in Drama, at the prestigious 2017 ITV Fest. Their win garnered a development meeting with HBO. Lanzardis too specializes in the training of immature professionals in the entertainment industry.
Boolie Werthan
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is thrilled to be returning to Laguna Playhouse, having previously appeared in Twelve Angry Men and The Odd Couple. Other credits include: Shakespeare in Love, Peter and the Starcatcher, Arms and the Man (South Coast Rep); A Walk in the Woods, God of Carnage (International Metropolis Theatre); 12th Dark (New Swan Shakespeare); The Morini Strad (The Colony); Comedy of Errors, 12th Night, Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles); Crazy for Y'all, On Borrowed Time, My Off-white Lady (La Mirada Theatre). Regional: The Scene (Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara); Amphitryon (Huntington Theatre Company); The Crucible (Pittsburgh Public); Henry VIII, The Storm (Utah Shakespeare Festival); The Game of Beloved and Take chances (San Jose Rep); Light Up the Heaven, The Winter's Tale, Arcadia, among many productions while a Resident Artist at PCPA/Theaterfest. Film/TV: Submerged and Americana. MFA: UC Irvine; BA: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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Press Coverage
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Lance E Nichols, lends his southern charm in the function of chauffeur Hoke Colburn in Driving Miss Daisy
The sunny littoral town of Laguna Beach and its trendy theater, The Laguna Playhouse, sets the phase for its current product of DRIVING MISS DAISY starring Lance E Nichols equally the male lead of chauffeur, Hoke Colburn. Nichols plays aslope the female person lead of elderly Jewish widow, Daisy Werth, being played by 4-fourth dimension Emmy winner, Michael Learned. "Lance is but brilliant. It'southward a joy to work with such fine actor and friend", said Michael Learned.
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Opening dark of Driving Miss Daisy at the Playhouse driven by a fantabulous cast and powerful storytelling
The brilliance is in the details, and the opening performance of Driving Miss Daisy at Laguna Playhouse on Sunday certainly proves that aphorism to be true. Fine-tuned past an incredible bandage of Michael Learned (Daisy Werthan), Lance E. Nichols (Hoke Colburn), and David Nevell (Boolie Werthan), each actor superbly grounds and propels the story over a span of 25 years.
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On Theater: A strong, compelling 'Driving Miss Daisy' in Laguna
A rich, Jewish widow and an illiterate blackness chauffeur, both in their 70s, in the Jim Crow South of the 1940s. Sounds like the original odd couple, simply playwright Alfred Uhry turned this scenario into the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Driving Miss Daisy," currently on view at the Laguna Playhouse.
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