[Capdist-announce] Sydney Greenstreet in Saratoga, Nov. 11

[Byron Nilsson]

The Fat Man: An Audience with Sydney Greenstreet
Written and performed by Byron Nilsson
Directed by David Baecker
7:00 PM Saturday, November 11
Dee Sarno Theater at Saratoga Arts
320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

He was Hollywood’s favorite villain during the 1940s, from the wily Fat 
Man in “The Maltese Falcon” to the scheming Signor Ferrari in 
“Casablanca” to the sadistic sheriff Titus Semple in “Flamingo Road.” 
But now it’s 1949. We are in the home of Sydney Greenstreet, the 
outsized character actor who made his movie debut in “The Maltese 
Falcon” in 1941, winning him an Academy Award nomination. He would go on 
to appear in 23 more films, including “Three Strangers,” “Flamingo 
Road,” and “Christmas in Connecticut.”

But now, for the first time since he moved to Los Angeles, he doesn’t 
know what his next movie will be. His old friend John Huston has 
promised to stop by for supper, to offer him a role in “The African 
Queen,” but Greenstreet worries that Huston will find him too old and 
too weak.

“The Fat Man: An Audience with Sydney Greenstreet” will be performed at 
7:00 PM Saturday, November 11 at the Dee Sarno Theater at Saratoga Arts 
on 320 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, NY.

It’s a highly enertaining 70-minute journey through Greenstreet’s life 
and career, replete with anecdotes about working with Humphrey Bogart, 
Olivia de Havilland, Peter Lorre, Hedy Lamarr, and many others. It’s a 
treasure-trove of good stories for lovers of classic Hollywood films.

It’s also an astonishing tour-de-force as Byron Nilsson, who also wrote 
the show, gives an uncanny impersonation not only of Greenstreet but 
also many of the people he worked with.

Tickets are $25 ($20 for members) through Saratoga Arts at 
saratoga-arts.org/event-5461887 <www.saratoga-arts.org/event-5461887>, 
by phone at 518-584-4132, and at the door.



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