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Black Tie International:
George
Hamilton To Star in "La Cage Aux Folles" |
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Palm Beach’s Favorite
Son GEORGE HAMILTON
To Star in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Tony-Winning Production to
Run at
the Kravis Center
February 14-19, 2012
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The producers of the Tony
Award® winning
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
have announced that Palm Beach’s favorite son
George Hamilton
will star in the hilarious new production that will run
next year at the
Raymond F. Kravis Center
for the Performing Arts.
The show was the Great
White Way’s biggest hit in 2010 and is coming here as
part of the 2011-2012
Kravis On Broadway
series.
February 14-19, 2012
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Starring George Hamilton
The musical comedy tells
the story of Georges (George Hamilton) the owner of a
glitzy nightclub in lovely Saint-Tropez, and his partner
Albin, who moonlights as the glamorous chanteuse Zaza.
When Georges' son brings his fiancée's conservative
parents home to meet the flashy pair, the bonds of
family are put to the test as the feather boas fly! LA
CAGE AUX FOLLES
is a tuneful and touching tale of one family's struggle
to stay together... stay fabulous... and above all else,
stay true to themselves!
George Hamilton
is noted for his dashing, sporting, jet-setter image
and perpetually bronzed skin tones in commercials,
dramatic and comedic film roles and reality shows.
George Hamilton
with his exceedingly handsome looks and attractive
personality, he took a bold chance and moved to Los
Angeles in the late 1950s. Metro Goldwyn Mayer
wasted no time putting him in films following some
guest appearances on TV. His first film, a lead in
Crime & Punishment,
USA
(1959), was an offbeat, updated adaptation of the
Fyodor Dostoevsky
novel. He was the recipient of a Golden Globe for
"Most Promising Newcomer" as well as being nominated
for "Best Foreign Actor" by the British Film Academy
(BAFTA). This in turn led to an enviable series of
film showcases such as Home from the Hill,
All the Fine Young
Cannibals, Light in the Piazza
and
Two Weeks in Another
Town.
He performed several
roles in numerous films but is best known for MGM
films in the 1960s'
Where the Boys Are,
a coming-of-age romantic comedy in which Hamilton
played a smooth Ivy League type. Hamilton made two
memorable bio-pics:
Your Cheatin' Heart
in 1964, in which he portrayed the country-western
music legend
Hank Williams
and in 1971,
Evel Knievel,
the life story of the motorcycle daredevil.
As the 1960s began to
unfold,
George Hamilton
started making
headlines more as a handsome escort to the rich, the
powerful and the beautiful than as an acclaimed
actor -- none more so than his 1966 squiring of
President
Lyndon B. Johnson's
daughter Lynda Bird Johnson. From the 1970s on,
George tended to be tux-prone on standard film and
TV comedy and drama, whether as a martini-swirling
opportunist, villain or lover. A wonderful
comeback
for him came in the form of the disco-era Dracula
spoof
Love at First Bite
(1979), which he executive-produced. Nominated for a
Golden Globe as the campy neck-biter displaced and
having to fend off the harsh realities of New York
living, he continued on the parody road successfully
with
Zorro, the Gay Blade
(1981) in the very best
Mel Brooks
tradition.
This renewed
popularity led to a one-year stint on
"Dynasty"
(1981) during the 1985-1986 season and a string of
fun, self-mocking commercials, particularly his Ritz
Cracker appearance that often spoofed his overly
tanned appearance. In 1989 he started a line of
skin-care products and a chain of tanning salons.
On the tube he can still pull off a good time,
whether playing flamboyant publisher
William Randolph
Hearst
in
Rough Riders
(1997) (TV), playing the best-looking Santa Claus
ever in
A Very Cool Christmas
(2004) (TV), hosting beauty pageants or making
breezy gag appearances.
He has broken through
the "reality show" ranks by hosting
"The Family"
(2003) and participating in the second season of
ABC's
"Dancing with the
Stars"
(2005/I), where his charm and usual impeccable
tailoring scored higher than his limberness.
Hamilton was honored
with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009,
on his 70th birthday.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
recently made Tony Awards history as the first show
to ever win the Tony Award three times for best
production. The classic musical comedy by
Jerry Herman
and
Harvey Fierstein
originally won six Tony Awards in 1984, including
Best Musical. A Broadway revival won two 2005 Tony
Awards including the Best Revival of a Musical
prize. The new, freshly reconceived
LA CAGE
won three 2010 Tony Awards including Best Revival of
a Musical and Best Director of a Musical (Terry
Johnson).
The production is
also the winner of three Drama Desk Awards,
including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, four
Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding
Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Director of a
Musical (Terry
Johnson)
and the Drama League Award for Distinguished Revival
of a Musical.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
features music and lyrics by
Jerry Herman
and book by
Harvey Fierstein,
based on the play by
Jean Poiret.
For more information, please visit
www.lacage.com.
The 2011-2012 Kravis
on Broadway series also includes
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
(November 8-13),
HAIR
(January 10-15, 2012),
COME FLY AWAY
(March 13-18) and the 25th anniversary production of
LES
MISÉRABLES
(May 16-26).
How to Get Tickets:
Subscriptions for all
five
Kravis On Broadway
productions are $140 to
$419 and go on sale July 9 at 10 a.m. to the general
public. For information about purchasing a subscription
to
Kravis On Broadway,
contact the Kravis Center box office at
(561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471, or log on to
kravis.org/broadway.
About the Raymond F.
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts:
The Raymond F. Kravis
Center for the Performing Arts is a not-for-profit
performing arts center whose mission is to enhance the
quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a
diverse schedule of national and international artists
and companies of the highest quality; by offering
comprehensive arts education programs; by providing a
Palm Beach County home in which local and regional arts
organizations can showcase their work; and by providing
economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm
Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism
to Palm Beach County.
The Kravis Center is
located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL.
For more information, please call (561)
832-7469
or visit
www.kravis.org/broadway.
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