11.13.07
Posted in Eddie Jones, Film at 8:24 pm by Amanda Rogers
Quite a while back I wrote about a film called Angst that starred our own Eddie Jones. The latest news I have is that the film is scheduled to be released in 2008. Also, its name has been officially changed to Act Your Age.
If you happen to be in the Illinois area, you have a chance to see this film before everyone else. Tomorrow night, November 14, at 7:00 p.m., there will be a sneak preview of Act Your Age at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for students and senior citizens, and $4 for children. You can purchase tickets by calling the ticket line at (217) 356-9063.
Virginia Theatre
203 W. Park
Champaign, IL
Visit the Virginia Theatre website for more information. And for more info on the movie and to watch the trailer, visit the official Act Your Age website. If you’re having trouble downloading the trailer, you can also view it on actress Amanda Troop’s MySpace TV page.
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09.13.07
Posted in Eddie Jones, MySpace, Theatre/Plays at 8:22 pm by Amanda Rogers
That’s the name of Eddie Jones’ new play, which is currently playing at the McCadden Place Theatre in Hollywood, California! Eddie’s wife, Anita Khanzadian, is directing. The play started September 6 and it runs until October 14. Six weeks only, so don’t hesitate if you want to see Eddie perform live!
Days and times:
Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday Matinees at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets:
Thursday - Saturday $20
Sunday $15
www.plays411.com/dreamer
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/16401
Phone Reservations: (818) 765-8732
Venue:
McCadden Place Theatre
1157 N. McCadden Place
Hollywood, CA 90038
Map to Theatre
Websites:
www.adeepbreathandaleap.com
Dreamer MySpace Page
Interact Theater Company
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01.27.07
Posted in Eddie Jones, Theatre/Plays at 9:11 pm by Amanda Rogers
If you’ve missed Eddie Jones‘ previous performances in Death of a Salesman, you’ve got another chance to see him shine in this role. Eddie has sent the following note, as well as a great review, that I’m passing on to all of you.
Hello All,
I have been given the privilege of playing Willy again. I think I am getting pretty close to getting it right. Check our production out. Please.
Death of a Salesman at the Odyssey
A Review By Kelly Monaghan
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman enjoys iconic status in the American theatrical canon and justly so. However, in an odd way, its success has worked against it. Revivals tend to attract mega-stars to the role of Willie Loman and the productions built around them tend to strive for operatic grandeur. The result is often less than successful, as perfectly illustrated by recent productions starring Dustin Hoffman and Brian Dennehy. The Willies we get in these bloated, star-driven vehicles are intriguingly idiosyncratic (Hoffman) or downright bathetic (Dennehy), but the play inevitably suffers.
Now Los Angeles’ estimable Odyssey Theatre is presenting a human-scale reading of the play that allows it to speak with the quiet power that I think Miller intended.
The Odyssey production, under the unobtrusive direction of Bob Collins, allows veteran character actor Eddie Jones to turn in a masterful performance that is quite literally heart-wrenching. I have never seen Miller’s merciless deconstruction of the American myth of success rendered more powerfully or more simply. I confess that I am unfamiliar with Jones’ work, but if this isn’t the greatest performance of his career then I feel cheated from having missed him in earlier roles.
Linda Loman, Willie’s long-suffering wife, is often portrayed as a beaten-down woman in performances that are muted to avoid drawing attention from the star. Anne Gee Byrd is something a revelation, giving us a Linda Loman who lives up to Biff’s description of her as a “woman with substance.” She is quite simply superb, every inch Jones’ equal and, through her love and loyalty, we are able to see the Willie that was in the sad, beaten man who is.
Ivan Baccarat (Biff) and Aaron McPherson (Happy) as the Loman’s flawed sons do a good job of making concrete the fatal flaws in the world view Willie wants so desperately to pass on to them. Baccarat works especially well with Jones. The scene late in the play in which Biff sees Willie at his most-human and most-pathetic is embarrassing to watch, which is just as it should be.
Miller, unlike most other playwrights, has the gift of creating small roles that allow good actors to score indelible impressions with a few scant moments of stage time. The supporting performers in this production seize the opportunity. Robert Machray (Uncle Ben), Alan Charof (Charley), Jeremy Shouldis (Bernard), and Lou Volpe (Stanley, the waiter) are all excellent. And Jill Jacobson (The Woman) makes Willie’s cruel betrayal of Linda perfectly understandable.
This is, quite simply, a superb production of a great American classic. If you are in the L.A. area, don’t miss it.
Salesman runs from January 20th through February 25th. Tickets are $22 to $26, with discounts for students and union actors. For more information call 310-477-2055 or log on to www.odysseytheatre.com.
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01.20.07
Posted in Eddie Jones, Film, TV at 5:07 pm by Amanda Rogers
Big thanks to Laura who just gave me the heads up that Seabiscuit is being rerun tonight on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time, 7:00 p.m. Central Time. (Check your local listings.)
I really enjoyed this movie and what makes it even better is that our own Eddie Jones has a role in it. He plays the character Samuel Riddle.
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11.23.06
Posted in Eddie Jones, Theatre/Plays at 10:26 pm by Amanda Rogers
This came in today from Eddie Jones regarding his play Death of a Salesman.
Hello again to all. I am writing to let you know we are offering ½ price tickets for this Sat. show at (8) PM and the Sun. at 2 PM. Please get your superior posteriors to our seats. They will be very happy to see you. And, of course, so will we. We have an excellent show. Guaranteed.
Eddie
So if you’re in the LA area this weekend and you want to make those comfy seats, as well as Eddie and company, very happy, go take advantage of this half-price offer and save yourself some bucks.
Death of a Salesman runs from October 28 - December 15, 2006. Show times are on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
2055 South Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
For tickets call the Odyssey Box Office at 310-477-2055 or go to www.odysseytheatre.com.
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