Arts & Entertainment
'Moonlight and Magnolias' in Greenwich This Weekend
Connecticut Playmakers continues its run of the play that's a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of 'Gone with the Wind.'
The madcap antics behind a script overhaul that led to the iconic film “Gone With The Wind” will continue to unravel this weekend with the Connecticut Playmakers production of “Moonlight and Magnolias.”
The Connecticut Players are in their 68th year of performing Broadway-style theater in Greenwich.
“Moonlight and Magnolias” is directed by playwright and actor Dan Friedman of Carmel, NY with performances at the First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich scheduled for 8 p.m. on March 27 and 28.
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The script by screenwriter Ron Hutchison is a look back at Hollywood in 1939 when the legendary producer David O. Selznick realizes the original screenplay for Margaret Mitchell’s novel is a dud and recruits script doctor Ben Hecht and director Victor Fleming to resuscitate the storyline. They lock themselves in a room for five days, subsisting on a diet of bananas and peanuts, and fashion the blueprint for what will become one of the most successful films of all time.
The cast features David Pollard as Ben Hecht and Tim Cronin as Victor Fleming, both of Stamford, Adam Auslander of Croton-on-Hudson, NY as David O. Selznick and Tina D’Amato of Yonkers, NY as Selznick’s secretary, Miss Poppenghul.
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Connecticut Playmakers has mounted as many as four productions every year since 1947 and is preparing for its cabaret-style production called “Dinner with Disney,” directed by Michele Grace of Fairfield, the artistic director of Connecticut Players, with musical direction by the troupe’s Chris Coogan of Weston. “Dinner with Disney” is scheduled to open May 15.
Tickets for “Moonlight and Magnolias” are $25. Additional information is available at 203-249-5419 and www.ctplaymakers.org.
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Contributed photo: In rehearsal for “Moonlight and Magnolias,” seated, from left, are David Pollard as Ben Hecht, Tim Cronin as Victor Fleming; standing, from left, Adam Auslander as David O. Selznick, Tina D’Amato as Miss Poppenghul.
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