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Living a legend // Christopher Plummer gets caught up in spirit of `Barrymore'
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`Barrymore'
March 4-9 Shubert Theatre,
22 W. Monroe
Tickets, $22.50-$50
(312) 902-1500
Ninety-four years after John Barrymore's 1903 stage debut in
Chicago, he's coming back.
No, this is not a tale of reincarnation, though perhaps in a
sense it is. The legendary actor - considered by some to be the
greatest stage performer of his time - is being brought back to
"life" by Christopher Plummer, himself an actor who has stirred
critics to wax poetic in their reviews.
"Barrymore," a new play ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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`Barrymore' is rescued by Plummer
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... and pharmaceutically incorrect, the play is studded with a series of randy limericks - one even taking off from Chicago Daily News scribe Eugene Field's children's verse, "Wynken, Blynken and Nod." Plummer's Barrymore uses a bottle of scotch as much as a balancing ...
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`Barrymore' is a bore, though Plummer pleases
The Boston Globe
; BARRYMORE Play in two acts by William Luce Directed by Gene Saks. Set and costumes, Santo Loquasto. Lighting, Natasha Katz At: The Colonial Theatre, through Jan. 26 Is it a sign that the national psyche is improving that we can again laugh at drunks? Don't worry, we won't be debating the ravages of
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Living legend - Christopher Plummer brings matinee idol John Barrymore back life.
The Boston Herald
; Please do not disabuse yourself of the prevalent notion that I am a tragic figure. I've had one hell of a life. - John Barrymore Of all the names that resonate through the history of 20th-century American theater, none is more familiar than Barrymore. Part of a stage dynasty, Lionel, Ethel and John
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THEATER: Plummer is 'Barrymore'.
The Boston Herald
; Barrymore, starring Christopher Plummer, at the Colonial Theatre, Boston, through Sunday. Barrymore is a celebration of three geniuses: William Shakespeare, John Barrymore and Christopher Plummer. Gathering such powerful forces could be a bit unwieldy, but playwright William Luce, who also wrote
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PLUMMER AT WORK; IN `BARRYMORE,' ONE GREAT ACTOR PORTRAYS ANOTHER.(L.A. LIFE)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Reed Johnson Daily News Staff Writer The voice purrs across the phone line like a Mercedes-Benz engine: ``Yes, this is Christopher Plummer, how are you ...
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