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Orson's Shadow

Part of the Long Beach Playhouse’s new Collaborative Series, Alive Theatre presents an ingenious tale of two Hollywood Giants – Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier.

The time is 1960; the place is a West End theatre. Legendary critic Kenneth Tynan has made a startling proposal: Welles should direct Olivier and the young Joan Plowright in Rhinoceros, Ionesco’s absurdist masterpiece. But it is the rehearsal process that brims with absurdity as titanic personalities, including Viven Leigh, wrestle the muse in this witty and incisive depiction of the drama of theatre.

Orson's Shadow by Austin Pendleton & conceived by Judith Aberjonois, directed by Ricci Dedola, is an elevating, smartly entertaining glimpse at the extraordinary foibles of extraordinary men. It is a juicy portrait of a moment in the lives of Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles, among many others, each feeling enormous pressure to reinvent himself, to prove to press and public that he’s still got "it."

Showtimes:
Friday, January 20 - Sunday, February 5.

Friday-Saturday @ 8pm, Sundays @ 2pm

Tickets:
$20 General / $15 Students and Seniors
$10 groups of 10 or more

For more information, please visit our website or call (562) 494-1014.

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