New Dawn Theater Company production continues Thursday-Sunday Aug. 25-28.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Duluth’s New Dawn Theater Company continues its summer production of “Seeing Stars in Dixie” Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 25-28. The delightful southern comedy is based around the filming of the movie “Raintree County” starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Eva Marie Saint. The play is set in 1956 when Hollywood’s brightest stars arrive in Natchez, MS, to film the movie. There’s a lot of excitement among the regulars at Clemmie's, a Natchez tea room, about the stars being in town and the opportunity for a small role in the movie. Competition for the movie part brings out the best and worst in the play’s memorable characters. There’s some romance in the play, too, as Clemmie, the widowed proprietor, has a secret admirer. Thursday…
Duluth theater company's summer play 'Seeing Stars in Dixie,' based on filming of movie 'Raintree County' in Natchez, MS, opens this weekend.
Duluth’s New Dawn Theater Company this weekend opens its summer production of “Seeing Stars in Dixie,” a southern comedy based around the filming of the 1950s movie “Raintree County,” a Civil War romance starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Eva Marie Saint. The play is set in 1956 when Hollywood’s brightest stars arrive in Natchez, MS, to film the movie. There’s a lot of excitement among the regulars at Clemmie's, a Natchez tea room, about the stars being in town and the opportunity for a small role in the movie. Competition for the movie part brings out the best and worst in the play’s memorable characters. There’s some romance in the play, too, as Clemmie, the widowed proprietor, has a secret admirer. The movie was actually …
Jean H
9:04 am on Thursday, August 18, 2011
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