Sweet Bird Of Youth Sweet Bird Of Youth. Sweet Bird of Youth opens in a hotel room in St. Cloud, Florida. In bed are Princess Kosmonopolis (the alias of aging actress Alexandra ...

Billy Burke remembers 'Sweet Bird of Youth' Billy Burke, who travelled to New York City many times to see Broadway plays, saw Sidney Blackmer in the original production of 'Sweet Bird of Youth,' which ...

PPT presents Sweet Bird of Youth Piedmont Players presents Sweet Bird of Youth. Kathleen Tronsor and Jonathan Furr. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post. Piedmont Players presents Sweet ...

Blackmer a star of stage and screen According to the "Sweet Bird of Youth" playbill, Blackmer's role as a political boss was appropriate, given that his maternal grandfather, Sidney Sears Alderman of Florida, "was first signer and last survivor of the Secessional Convention." Blackmer attended the University of North Carolina, where he not only acted in plays but played football and worked as associate editor for The Tar Heel. After working briefly in Atlanta for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, he went to New York in his late teens in hopes of establishing an acting career. According to the Internet Movie Database, he began his career by appearing in movies — uncredited — produced...

'The Champagne Charlie Stakes' finds dignity in age and was on Broadway in the original cast of 'Sweet Bird of Youth.' So he was always trying to learn new voices and accents. One time our whole family was in ...

A Role to Sink Her Teeth Into Geraldine Page (“Sweet Bird of Youth”), Katharine Hepburn (“The Glass Menagerie”) and, of course, Vivien Leigh (Blanche Dubois in the Marlon Brando/Elia Kazan “A Streetcar Named Desire” of 1951). It’s easy to see why: Given the borderline craziness of so many Williams women, the roles aren’t just a passport into American dramatic beatification, they’re a kind of raw meat for the emotively inclined. Speaking of raw meat, the actress Bryce Dallas Howard will be inhabiting the vampire Victoria in the next installment of the “Twilight” series (“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”). But she can also be seen as the unstable Fisher Willow, principal eccentric of Williams’...

	Today In Theatre History 1925 Birthday of actor Paul Newman, who will star on Broadway in Picnic, The Sweet Bird of Youth and The Desperate Hours before going to ... 'Sweet Bird of Youth' a gripping drama There's very little sweetness in "Sweet Bird of Youth." It's pure Tennessee Williams — angst, anger, disappointment. ... Roger Catlin's TV Eye The month long Monday night look at method acting continues on Turner Classic Movies with "Lonelyhearts" (8 p.m.), "Sweet Bird of Youth" (10 p.m.), "The Diary of Anne Frank" (12:15 a.m.) and "The Sergeant" (3:15 a.m.). The new animated "Team Umizoomi" (Nickelodeon, 11:30 p.m.) concentrates on math - and having fun! Men's college hoops include Georgetown at Syracuse (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Missouri at Kansas (ESPN, 9 p.m.) in women's games, it's Ohio State at Purdue (ESPN2, 7 p.m.). In the NBA, Clippers at Celtics (CSN, 7:30 p.m.). What's happening Piedmont Players presents Sweet Bird of Youth. Ryan Miles, Bill Greene, Lori Van Wallendael and Lynn Harrell. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post. Music and more Rowan County Concert Association-"Hank Williams and My Honky Tonk Heroes" — 3 p.m., Jan. 24. Keppel Auditorium, Catawba College. Adult $20, student $5. www.rccamusic.com. 704-633-1474. UNCC Faculty and Friends Concert — 8 p.m., Jan. 22. Featuring music of Mozart and Schubert. Anne R. Belk Theater, Robinson Hall. $9 public, $7 seniors, $6 students. 704-687-1849. www.performances.uncc.edu. Van Cliburn gold medalist Hao...