News - Blithe Spirit
Angela Lansbury, star of the Broadway revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, picked up her fifth Tony Award in New York Sunday night. Lansbury won the award for best featured actress in a play and earned a standing ovation when her name was called, People.com reported. This is amazing, the 83-year-old actress said upon collecting her prize.
Broadway's Billy Elliot: The Musical won the Drama League Award for distinguished production of a musical in New York Friday. God of Carnage won the league's top prize for a play, while Hair took the revival of a musical honor and Blithe Spirit the revival of a play accolade.
Octogenarian British actress Angela Lansbury is retaking the stage in a Broadway revival of the comedy Blithe Spirit. The four-time Tony winner plays psychic Madame Arcati, Playbill reported.
British movie actor Rupert Everett reportedly will make his Broadway debut in the upcoming revival of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit." Everett's film credits include "My Best Friend's Wedding,""An Ideal Husband,""The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Shakespeare in Love." The New York Times reported the actor will join the previously announced Christine Ebersole in the new production of Coward's play, which is to open in February.
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