Bernie Williams
The Country Girl - a Classic Backstage Story That Will Appeal to You
Mike Nichols has returned to Broadway with The Country Girl. He is directing Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher in Clifford Odet’s The Country Girl. This Broadway play will be playing for a limited time at the Bernard B. Jacob Theater. Mike Nichols is an Academy Award winner and also an eight-time Tony Award winner. His most recent work includes the hit musical Monty Python’s SPAMALOT.
The Cast
Morgan Freeman has returned to Broadway with The Country Girl after a gap of twenty years. He last appeared on Broadway in The Gospel at Colonus in 1988. Morgan Freeman is best known for his work in films like Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, and Million Dollar Baby. Morgan Freeman is playing the role of Frank Elgin, who was once a great theater star but is now out of luck.
Georgie is the title character of The Country Girl. The role has been beautifully played by Frances McDormand. McDormand’s last Broadway appearance was in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1988. She is best known for her work in films like Fargo. She won an Academy Award for her role in Fargo. She is also known for her roles in Almost Famous and North Country.
Peter Gallagher stars as Bernie Dodd in The Country Girl. He has done lot of theater but he is the most famous for playing Sandy Cohen on the popular drama The O.C.
Others in this famous play include Chip Zien, Remy Auberjonois, Anna Camp, and Lucas Caleb Rooney. Tony Award winner Tim Hatley is responsible for scenic design. Costume design is by the Academy Award nominee Albert Wolsky. Lighting design for the play has been done by the Tony Award Winner Natasha Katz.
The Country Girl is one of the Clifford Odet’s last plays. It first premiered on Broadway in 1950. The first Broadway version starred Uta Hagen, Paul Kelly and Steven Hill. In 1954, a film was made based on the play. It starred Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and William Holden. The film was a huge success and went on to win two Academy Awards.
The Story
The play tells a classic backstage story. Georgie is married to actor Frank Elgin. Elgin was once a great theater star but is now out of luck. He is offered a major role in a play by a very famous director Bernie Dodd. Elgin now has a chance to make a comeback but will he be able to get over his past and his drinking problem and become the star that he was? That is for the audience to see. The play is about how Georgie helps Frank make a comeback while at the same time fights her love for another man.
The Country Girl will be playing on Broadway for a limited time, so tickets are only available for a short period. Tickets for the play can easily be bought online through an authorized ticket broker. It is best to buy from authorized ticket brokers as their sites are safe. You would not have to worry about your information being shared or stolen. You get to choose from a huge selection of tickets. Once you place your order, the tickets will be delivered within twenty-four hours at your billing address. Buying a ticket online is easy and convenient and that is why more and more people are going for it today.
About the Author
Al writes many reviews on Broadway productions including the much anticipated The Country Girl show, His articles keep up with all openings on Broadway and other venues around the country and has helpful articles on locating The Country Girl tickets online.
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Formula One: From Humble Beginnings to Billion Dollar Business
The first Formula One world championship race took place at Silverstone race track in Britain in 1950 and was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina, who only just managed to defeat his Argentine team mate Juan Manual Fangio. However, Fangio won the championship five times over the next ten years, earning him the title of “grand master” of Formula One from many motor sport enthusiasts.
During this initial period, Formula One was almost entirely dominated by teams run by car manufacturers, including Ferrari and Mercedes Benz. However, over the next 20 years the sport of Formula One changed dramatically with the introduction of not only engineering innovations such as fuel injection and aluminium chassis but also instances of sponsorship in the sport - the first being when Lotus painted Imperial Tobacco livery on their cars in 1968. Lotus was also the first team to introduce ground effect aerodynamics that helped the cars increase their cornering speeds by providing tremendous down force.
Significant business decisions were made during the 1970s, when a man by the name of Bernie Ecclestone rearranged the way Formula One’s commercial rights were managed. Ecclestone gained a seat on the Formula One Constructors Association following his purchase of the Brabham team in 1971, before becoming the president of the association in 1978.
Ecclestone began offering Formula One as a package to circuit owners they could either take or leave, when previously the circuit owners negotiated with the teams individually and controlled the teams’ income. In return for this package, almost all circuit owners had to surrender trackside advertising, thus beginning the big money business of Formula One sponsorship that has seen tobacco companies, car credit and consumer finance companies and oil companies among numerous corporate sponsors all spending millions of pounds to have their names and logos on the cars and alongside the racetrack.
Technological advancements continued to be made throughout the late 70’s and 80’s including the introduction and subsequent banning of turbocharged engines. Perhaps one of the more significant developments were electronic driver aids, with the first active suspension system being used by Lotus in 1982, followed by a progression to semi-automatic gearboxes and traction control. Despite complaints that new technologies were determining the outcome of races more than the drivers’ skill, a move to ban the new electronic aids proved fruitless as it was discovered that a ban on such aids was hard to police.
The teams of McLaren and Williams dominated throughout the 80s and into the 90s, with the rivalry between F1 legends Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost capturing fans' attention all over the world until Prost’s retirement in 1993. Senna’s death during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 also made Formula One authorities look more closely at driver safety standards - a move which has ensured no further driver fatalities in the sport since that day.
The dawn of the new millennium was also a new dawn for Formula One as Michael Schumacher, a skilful German driver, began his dominance of the sport, eventually winning an unprecedented five consecutive driver championships with his team, Ferrari, picking up six constructers championships. During this time racing authorities made a number of changes to the rules regarding the qualifying format for races, the points scoring system and more besides. These changes were designed to increase safety and combat the spiralling cost of Formula One.
But, despite worryingly low viewing figures for racing seasons in the early 2000s, the future of the sport looks bright, with Bernie Ecclestone organising a number of races in new countries, expanding Formula One into new areas of the globe and attracting new teams and drivers, all looking to pit their wits against the big boys of the sport.
About the Author
Andrew Regan is an online, freelance author from Scotland. He is a keen rugby player and enjoys travelling.