NewsPHOTO CALL: Jim Parsons, Jane Krakowski, John Cullum, Richard Kind, Tracee Chimo, Rory O'Malley and More Offer Special Reading of Merton of the MoviesRoundabout Theatre Company welcomed back four-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory,” Harvey) for a one-night-only reading of George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's Merton of the Movies, directed by six-time Tony nominee Scott Ellis, Dec. 1 at 7 PM at Studio 54 (254 W. 54th Street).
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December 02, 2014
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Jim Parsons, Jane Krakowski, John Cullum, Richard Kind, Tracee Chimo, Rory O'Malley and More Offer Special Reading of
Merton of the Movies
The reading was part of a tradition at Roundabout, offering star-studded benefit readings in order to support the range of programming at the theatre. Past readings have included Intimate Apparel, Assassins, She Loves Me and A Little Night Music.
Here's how Merton of the Movies is billed: "It’s the golden era of silent motion pictures, and no one loves them more than Merton Gill, a naïve store clerk from a small town in Illinois. After taking an acting class—and determined to become a great dramatic actor—Merton uses his life’s savings to head to Hollywood. There’s only one problem: he can’t act. When a plucky young starlet and a manipulative movie executive see how inadvertently funny Merton’s earnest efforts are, they cast him in a comedy (that they tell him is a drama) and hilarity ensues!"
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.