[Capdist-announce] FROST/NIXON Opens Friday, Jan. 24 at SCP -- (Buy Tickets Now)

[jwmhickman at nycap.rr.com]

	FROST/NIXON PLAYS JANUARY 24 THRU FEB. 2 AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS

	 _ATTACHED PHOTO SHOWS -- (L TO R) CONRAD T. BROWNE-LӧRCHER (AS
DAVID FROST) & STEVEN LEIFER (AS RICHARD NIXON) – (PHOTO BY JENN
MOAK) _

	 THE THIRD MAIN STAGE PLAY OF SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS’ 92ND
SEASON, FROST/NIXON, BY PETER MORGAN AND DIRECTED BY EVAN JONES, OPENS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, AND PLAYS THROUGH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 AT ITS 12
SOUTH CHURCH STREET PLAYHOUSE IN SCHENECTADY’S HISTORIC STOCKADE
DISTRICT.

	 _FROST/NIXON_ IS BASED ON A SERIES OF TELEVISED INTERVIEWS [1] THAT
FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON GRANTED BROADCASTER DAVID [2]
FROST IN 1977 ABOUT HIS ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING HIS ROLE IN THE
WATERGATE SCANDAL.  IT ORIGINALLY PLAYED 137 PERFORMANCES ON BROADWAY
IN 2007 WITH FRANK LANGELLA AS NIXON AND MICHAEL SHEEN AS FROST.
LANGELLA WON THAT YEAR’S TONY AWARD FOR BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A
PLAY.

	   IN THE PLAY BRITISH TALK-SHOW HOST DAVID FROST HAS BECOME A
LOWBROW LAUGHINGSTOCK.  RICHARD M. NIXON HAS JUST RESIGNED THE UNITED
STATES PRESIDENCY IN TOTAL DISGRACE OVER VIETNAM AND THE WATERGATE
SCANDAL. DETERMINED TO RESURRECT HIS CAREER, FROST RISKS EVERYTHING ON
A SERIES OF IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS IN ORDER TO EXTRACT AN APOLOGY FROM
NIXON. THE CAGEY NIXON, HOWEVER, IS EQUALLY BENT ON REDEEMING HIMSELF
IN HIS NATION'S EYES. IN THE TELEVISION AGE, IMAGE IS KING, AND BOTH
MEN ARE DESPERATE TO OUT-TALK AND UPSTAGE EACH OTHER AS THE CAMERAS
ROLL. THE RESULT IS THE INTERVIEW THAT SEALED A PRESIDENT'S LEGACY.

	 THE CIVIC PLAYERS CAST FEATURES CONRAD T. BROWNE-LöRCHER (AS
FROST), STEVEN LEIFER (AS NIXON), NICK BOSANKO (AS RESTON), NICK
MUSCATIELLO AS (BRENNAN), ABBI ROY (AS CAROLINE), ANGELIQUE POWELL (AS
ENSEMBLE), JOHN QUINAN (AS SWIFTY LAZAR), JOE PLOCK (AS MANOLO
SANCHEZ), MIKE SCHAEFER (AS BOB ZELNICK) AND RYAN PALMER (AS JOHN
BIRT).

	​ _FROSTNIXON _RUNS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY (JANUARY 24, 25,
26) AND 29 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY CURTAINS ARE AT 8
PM, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY CURTAINS ARE AT 7:30 PM., AND SUNDAYS ARE
MATINEES ONLY AT 2:30 PM. 

	TICKETS ARE $20. ORDER ON-LINE AT WWW.CIVICPLAYERS.ORG [3]  OR CALL
(518) 382-2081.

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Links:
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost/Nixon_interviews
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Frost
[3] http://www.civicplayers.org/

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