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Director Bruce Beresford's affinity for the subtleties of southern life is apparent in this adaptation of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Starring Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan and Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn, the film opens in late-1940s Atlanta. Since Miss Daisy is becoming a menace behind the wheel, her son, .. Read more

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  Jones staying on Broadway after Driving Miss Daisy

  • 27 Feb 2011

  Veteran actor James Earl Jones is doubling up on Broadway - he's already landed a new stage project before his stint in a revival of Driving Miss Daisy comes to an end. The Star Wars legend is wrapping up his final weeks in the hit New York play, in which he stars alongside Vanessa Redgrave, and they are due to bow out of the production on 9 April (11). But Jones won't be out of work for long - he's set to portray a fictional former U.S. president in Gore Vidal's The Best Man, reports trade... Read more

  

  Redgrave & Jones to take Driving Miss Daisy to Broadway

  • 30 Jun 2010

  Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones are to team up onstage for the Broadway debut of Driving Miss Daisy. The Tony Award-winners will recreate roles played on the big screen by Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman when the Alfred Uhry play opens in October (10). Driving Miss Daisy originally opened Off-Broadway in 1987 and became a four-time Academy Award-winning film two years later. Read more

  

  Jones and Redgrave take Daisy to London

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 27 Jun 2011

  James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave are steering their hit Broadway play Driving Miss Daisy towards London. The duo took to the stage in New York for a revival of Alfred Uhry's award-winning play in October (10) and now they've signed on to reprise their roles when the production moves to the West End. The two will take over Wyndham's Theatre on 26 September (11), according to the Associated Press. Jones and Redgrave aren't the only ones taking their Broadway characters on the road -... Read more

  

  Redgrave & Corden triumph at WhatsOnStage Awards

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 20 Feb 2012

  Vanessa Redgrave and James Corden were the big winners at the annual WhatsOnStage.com Awards after they went home with the prizegiving's main acting trophies on Sunday (19Feb12). The veteran star was honoured with the Best Actress award for her turn in Driving Miss Daisy, while Corden was presented with Best Actor for his acclaimed role in One Man, Two Guvnors at the ceremony, who celebrates the best in West End theatre. Corden's play also landed two other gongs - Best New Comedy and Best... Read more

  

  Law, Redgrave and Spacey up for theatre awards

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 02 Dec 2011

  Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave and Kevin Spacey are among the stars nominated for the upcoming Whatsonstage.com Awards, which honour the best in London theatre. Law has been nominated for the Best Actor trophy for his role in the West End run of Anna Christie. He will be up against Spacey's Richard III and Benedict Cumberbatch's acclaimed portrayal of Frankenstein and his monster. Redgrave is up for the Best Actress honour for her role in Driving Miss Daisy, and faces competition from Kristin... Read more

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    Director Bruce Beresford's affinity for the subtleties of southern life is apparent in this adaptation of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Starring Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan and Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn, the film opens in late-1940s Atlanta. Since Miss Daisy is becoming a ...

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