This one has Playhouse in the Park written all over it, but – Playbill Online announces a national tour of London and New York hit “Frost/Nixon.”
So even though Broadway Across America won’t be announcing its 2008-2009 touring season until April (that’s the current ETA) I’m expecting Stacy Keach onstage at the Aronoff. (Keach has a long list of stage credits but for Broadway touring audiences he’s probably best known for his TV work – from his Golden Globe Award for miniseries "Hemingway" to hislong run in series "Mike Hammer.")
The Watergate-themed work will cast Keach as former President Richard M. Nixon, the role created on Broadway to Tony-winning effect by Frank Langella. (The “Frost” of the title is Brit talk show host David Frost.)
“Frost/Nixon” kicks off Sept. 26 in Owensboro, Ky., so if touring has any logic, it will hit Cincinnati early in its run. (Which is not to say touring has any logic.)
As I mentioned in my “Sweeney Todd” review earlier this week, London imports have been the highlights of the current touring season to date; expect “Frost/Nixon,” which originated at London’s Donmar Warehouse, to continue the trend.
Playbill Online reports, “according to press notes, "Frost/Nixon tackles the question: How did David Frost, a famous British talk-show host with a playboy reputation, elicit the apology that the rest of the world was waiting to hear from former President Richard Nixon? The fast-paced new play shows the determination, conviction and cunning of two men as they square off in one of the most monumental political interviews of all time."
“Frost/Nixon” is being filmed for the big screen by Ron Howard with Langella and Martin Sheen in the title roles.
Jackie Demaline
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