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Goodbye Charlie (play)
''Goodbye Charlie'' is a 1959 play written by George Axelrod. It opened on Broadway theatre, Broadway on December 16, 1959, and closed on March 19, 1960. Settings The show takes place at the beach home of Charlie Sorel, a few miles north of Malibu, California. Productions The show had five out of town tryouts in 1959, first Regional Enterprise Tower#Nixon Theater, Nixon Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, second was at the Shubert-Lafayette Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, third was at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, fourth at Ford's Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, and finally at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later, this production transferred to Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre (Broadway), Lyceum Theatre on December 16, 1959, directed by Axelrod, set design Oliver Smith (designer), Oliver Smith and lighting design Peggy Clark. The cast included Frank Roberts (Greg Morris), Sydney Chaplin (American actor), Sydney Chaplin (George Tracy), Michelle Rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Axelrod
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter and producer. His play '' The Seven Year Itch'' (1952), was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' and also adapted Richard Condon's '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (1962). Early life and family Axelrod was born in New York City, the son of Beatrice Carpenter, a silent film actress, and Herman Axelrod, a Columbia graduate who had worked on the school's annual Varsity Show with Oscar Hammerstein and who later went into real estate. His father was Russian Jewish and his mother was of Scottish and English descent. He was the father of lawyer Peter Axelrod; Steven Axelrod, painting contractor and writer; Nina Axelrod, actress; and stepfather of screenwriter Jonathan Axelrod (who married the actress Illeana Douglas). George Axelrod is the grandfather of actor Talie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |