Blithe Spirit 2011 - Articles Page 19

Run Time:
2 hours and 30 minutes
Opened: March 9, 2011
Closing: June 18, 2011

Blithe Spirit - 2011 - West End History , Info & More

Apollo Theatre
29 Shaftesbury Avenue London

Blithe Spirit opened in 1941 when it played for over 2,000 performances and hugely raised wartime spirits. It has been one of the world's favourite comedies ever since. Its razor-sharp wit and wonderful characters have continued to raise spirits both in the audience and on stage. Novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife Ruth are literally haunted by a past relationship when an eccentric medium manages to conjure up the ghost of Charles's neurotic first wife, Elvira, at a seance.



They have assumed the preposterous Madame Arcati is a fraud who will simply entertain their dinner guests with a little chicanery and supply Charles with material for his forthcoming novel. But when Elvira appears, visible only to Charles, and determined to sabotage his current marriage, life - and the afterlife - begin to get complicated.

Blithe Spirit - 2011 - West End Cast

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Gulfshore Playhouse Announces 2010 2011 Season
by Beau Higgins - Jun 23, 2010


Opening the mainstage season is 'Tuesdays With Morrie' by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, based on the book by Mitch Albom, playing October 29th - November 21st, 2010, with a preview performance on October 28th. This theatrical incarnation of the beloved bestseller is the heartwarming autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie's appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life. Wayne LeGette, who played Cleante in their production of 'Tartuffe' will star as Mitch.

Alison Steadman to Lead BLITHE SPIRIT in West End; Opens March 2011
by Jessica Lewis - Jun 11, 2010


Baz Bamigboye reports in the London Daily Mail today that Alison Steadman has signed on to lead the cast of BLITHE SPIRIT as 'Madame Arcati' in the West End. Rehearsals are scheduled to begin sometime in late September and open at the Theatre Royal in Bath on November 3, 2010 for a limited run. Thereafter, Bamigboye reports, the show will tour the U.K. briefly before landing at the Apollo Theatre in the West End on March 2, 2011.

First Folio Announces 2010-2011 Season of Suspense
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 25, 2010


Tickets and subscriptions are now on sale for First Folio Theatre's 2010-2011 season. Opening the Season of Suspense is an encore production of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story, followed by Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and the long-running London hit The Woman in Black.

Marcus Center For The Performing Arts Announces 2010-11 Season
by Charlie Piane - Apr 21, 2010


Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America - Milwaukee invites you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2010-2011. This season we are thrilled to be bringing you the Mel Brooks classic movie to stage, Young Frankenstein, HAIR, the American tribal love-rock musical, Les Misérables, the classic Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Tony Award® winning musical and the much anticipated Milwaukee premiere of Jersey Boys. Mamma Mia! will run as a special addition to this season.

Playwrights Horizons Adds Four Productions To 2010-2011 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 29, 2010


Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce four additional productions for its 2010/2011 40th Anniversary Season. The three World Premieres and one New York premiere join the previously-announced New York premiere of Edward Albee's ME, MYSELF & I.

HAIR, DREAMGIRLS, WEST SIDE STORY & More Land at Fox Theatre as Part of New Season
by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2010


Atlanta brings Atlanta arts fans a lineup of Broadway sensations as part of its newly announced 2010-2011 season at The Fabulous Fox Theatre. Audiences will embark on a dramatic and diverse journey with the debuts of BURN THE FLOOR and SHREK THE MUSICAL paired with award-winning fan favorites DREAMGIRLS, WEST SIDE STORY and HAIR.

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM To Play Toronto in 2010, Festival Partners With Mirvish Productions
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 14, 2009


The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's hilarious production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is heading to Toronto in 2010, where it will be presented as part of Mirvish Productions' 2010/2011 subscription season.

Mann Helms Albee's ME, MYSELF & I 2010 NY Premiere
by Jessica Lewis - Dec 8, 2009


Playwrights Horizons announced today that the New York premiere of ME, MYSELF & I, a new play by three-time Pulitzer Prize and three-time Tony Award winner Edward Albee (A Delicate Balance; Seascape; Three Tall Women; Who's Afraid of Virgina Wolf?; The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?) will open the theater company's 2010/2011 40th Anniversary Season. Mr. Albee will be making his Playwrights Horizons debut.

Other Productions of Blithe Spirit

1941   Broadway
Broadway
1943   Broadway
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1987   Broadway
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2009   Broadway Broadway Revival
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2011   West End London Production
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2014   West End West End Revival Production
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2014   US Tour 1st National Tour
US Tour
2021   West End
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