Theatre News and Reviews

Hal Holbrook will star in his acclaimed one-man show Mark Twain Tonight! in a limited engagement at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Performances will start on June 6th, and play six performances a week for three weeks.

One of the most popular one-person shows of all time, Mark Twain Tonight! was first conceived in 1966 as a theatrical visit with the incisive writer and humorist born Samuel Clemens; Clemens is listed as the author of the show, in fact. The show ran for 88 performances at the Longacre Theatre, and Holbrook received a Best Actor in a Play Tony. Mark Twain Tonight! played a short return visit in 1977, and Holbrook has toured the show nationally and internationally ever since. Holbrook will soon take the show to Colorado, Ohio and Utah. The show is also familiar to non-theatregoers through a 1967 televised version.

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