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Updates Archive: February 2008
"Stop Loss" Television Spot
Posted: 2008-02-21 |
Here comes a new 30 seconds television spot for "Stop Loss" which, unlike the trailer,
features some Mamie footage :-) The film hits theaters March 28.
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Casting complete for "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
Posted: 2008-02-21 |
Jessica Collins, Kevin Duda & Jane Pfitsch have joined the cast of Roundabout Theatre
Company's new production of Christopher Hampton's lush and libido-driven Les Liaisons
Dangereuses. They complete the cast of the Rufus Norris-directed staging, which features
the previously announced Laura Linney (as La Marquise de Merteuil) and Ben Daniels (as Le
Vicomte de Valmont). Previews begin April 11 toward an opening May 1 at Broadway's
American Airlines Theatre. The limited engagement will play through June 29. Joining
Linney and Daniels in the company are Siān Phillips as Madame De Rosemonde, Mamie Gummer
as Cecile Volanges, Kristine Nielsen as Madame De Volanges, Benjamin Walker as Danceny,
Rosie Benton as Emile and Derek Cecil as Azolan.
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Scan from Glamour Magazine
Posted: 2008-02-13 |
Many thanks to Mycah (my scanning
hero! :-) for sending in this amazing photo of Mamie and "Stop Loss" director Kimberly Peirce
from the March issue of Glamour Magazine (US). The scan can be found in the Image Library
(don't forget to click the HQ icon for the full size photo)
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New "Stop Loss" production still
Posted: 2008-02-12 |
Added a new production still from "Stop Loss", originally found on our latest affiliate
site Joseph Gordon Levitt Fan
and with thanks to Mycah for the
heads-up :-) Edit: Added two more stills courtesy the Internet Movie Database.
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"Hunting and Gathering" reviews cont'd
Posted: 2008-02-04 |
Michael Chernus, Mamie Gummer, Keira Naughton and Jeremy Shamos star in the Primary Stages
world-premiere run of Brooke Berman's Hunting and Gathering, which officially opens
Off-Broadway Feb. 3. Leigh Silverman directs the production, which began previews
Jan. 22. The run is scheduled to play through March 1. From the writer
of Smashing comes this new play that "follows four interconnected New Yorkers through
their thwarted attempts to find a place without compromise," as show notes reveal.
"Jesse has his first date since his divorce, his ex-lover Ruth is
living a fantasy, his brother Astor is the 'man with the van,' and Bess
has a plan to come out on top." "We are thrilled to begin the new year with the
world premiere of this exciting new play by Brooke Berman that incorporates original
music by some of New York's up-and coming rock bands," said Primary Stages artistic
director Andrew Leynse in a previous statement.
More reviews on "Hunting and Gathering", alongside new pictures from the play, can be
found at its detail page.
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"Hunting and Gathering" production stills
Posted: 2008-02-04 |
Added four new pictures from "Hunting and Gathering" to the Image Library.
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Streep's Daughter Goes Man-"Hunting", Plot-Seeking Off-Broadway
Posted: 2008-02-04 |
Article courtesy Bloomberg.com:
Looking for decent housing in New York is an endless and enervating process. Give
playwright Brooke Berman credit, then, for her play, "Hunting and Gathering", which
opened last night at Primary Stages, a company that performs in midtown Manhattan's 59E59
complex. Even at a slim, 90 intermissionless minutes, "Hunting and Gathering" is
nothing if not realistic: It feels like it will never end. That's no small accomplishment,
given an attractive young cast that includes some acting royalty: Mamie Gummer, daughter
of Meryl Streep, and Keira Naughton, daughter of James Naughton. Gummer plays a
heat-seeking missile who beds her recently divorced college professor (she's only
auditing). Naughton plays the professor's ex-lover (hence the divorce), an itinerant do-
gooder and best friend of the professor's ursine half-brother, who's just itinerant. The
men are played by Jeremy Shamos as the prof and Michael Chernus as the brother.
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The Making Of "John Adams"
Posted: 2008-02-01 |
HBO has posted a two minutes clip with new scenes from the upcoming mini-series "John Adams",
including behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with writer David McCullough, producer
Tom Hanks and actors Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. Additionally, the website for the film
has been updated with cast biographies, new pictures and a full synopsis. Unfortunately,
none of that features Mamie, so I guess her role, that of Adams' niece Sally, will be rather
small. Scroll down to download the making of.
"John Adams" taps into the uncertainty and intensity surrounding the birth of the American
republic and its first 50 years. With the fervent support of his wife Abigail, and
through a lifelong political rivalry and friendship with Thomas Jefferson, Adams rose to
be the leader of the American independence movement, the nation's first ambassador to
Holland and England, the first American Vice President, the second American President,
and father of the sixth American President.
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"Hunting and Gathering": Apartment Hunting as Art
Posted: 2008-02-01 |
In a city in which real estate is an obsession, Brooke Berman's experience is so unique,
she felt compelled to turn it into a play. After all, how many New Yorkers can say that
they've lived in more than 30 apartments around the city? Berman's new play, Hunting and
Gathering, now having its world premiere at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters with an
enviable cast (Mamie Gummer, Keira Naughton, Jeremy Shamos and Michael Chernus) directed
by Leigh Silverman, follows four young New Yorkers in search of "their place." It's a
topic that Berman, a Juilliard graduate who began her career as a solo performer, has
obviously thought about a lotand her lyrical Broadway.com essay gives an intriguing (and
personal) preview of how the idea of "coming home" can be presented on an off-Broadway
stage. Read the full article here
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