Act One: Live from Lincoln Center

Nov 13, 2015

2h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

James Lapine's tribute to a life in the theater based on Moss Hart's autobiography of the same name, starring Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin. The play, narrated by an older Moss Hart, traces his life from being poor in The Bronx to becoming famous and successful as a Broadway writer and director.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

PBS

Act One: Live from Lincoln Center Trailers

Cast

Moss Hart / Barnett Hart / George S. Kaufman

Tony Shalhoub

Aunt Kate / Freida Fishbein / Beatrice Kaufman

Andrea Martin

Moss Hart

Santino Fontana

Lillie Hart / Helen

Mimi Lieber

Moss Hart / Bernie Hart

Matthew Schechter

David Allen / Dore Schary / George

Will Brill

Miss Hester Worsley / Ingenue / Roz / Mary

Laurel Casillo

Wally / Charles Gilpin / Max Siegel / Langston Hughes

Chuck Cooper

Irving Gordon / Pianist

Steven Kaplan

Augustus Pitou / Jed Harris / Silmowitz / Alexander Woolcott

Will LeBow

Mrs. Borofsky / Phyllis / Aline McMahon / May

Charlotte Maier

Lady Caroline / Belle / Mrs. Rosenbloom / Ida / Edna Ferber

Deborah Offner

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.

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The World's Applause

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6.8

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5.7

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6.3

Black Widow

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5.6

Phèdre

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6.4

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