Buck Henry and Dick Cavett to Appear in Orson's Shadow Talkbacks

By Robert Simonson
07 Jun 2005

Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Photo by Aubrey Reuben

Actors and raconteurs Buck Henry and Dick Cavett have been booked for future talkbacks at the acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Austin Pendleton's Orson's Shadow at the Barrow Street Theatre.

Buck Henry will appear after the June 8 performance. Dick Cavett is set for the June 15 show. And Robert Osborne will speak following the June 22 presentation.

Henry, who has split his career between screenwriting ("The Graduate," "To Die For") and acting ("Short Cuts," the Off-Broadway play Three Viewings) acted with Orson Welles—one of the characters in Pendleton's play— in the film "Catch 22," a movie which also starred a young Pendleton.

Welles was a frequent guest on Dick Cavett's famous talk show of the early '70s.

Susan Bennett, John Judd, Sean McNall, Lee Roy Rogers, Jeff Still and Ian Westerfer currently star in Orson's Shadow.

Orson's Shadow plays the Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow at Seventh Avenue South. Tickets for the production are priced $55 and are available by calling (212) 239-6200. For more information visit www.OrsonThePlay.com.