For Immediate Release
March 12, 2003
Contact: John Hammond, Director of Public Relations, 210/733-2147, jhammond@accd.edu
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Noel Coward's Life & Music Are
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| Noel Coward's Life & Music Are Focus of "A Private Spirit"
at SAC A one-evening performance of the musical "A Private Spirit: Noel Coward and His Gal Pals," with 12 Noel Coward songs, will be given on Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. at San Antonio College's McAllister Auditorium, followed by a reception. The production was written by and stars singer and actor Don Snell, a Texas native and Trinity University alumnus who grew up in San Antonio. Tickets are $5 at the door, and students with ID admitted free. Snell also will give a workshop for San Antonio College Theater & Communication students on Friday, March 28, 2-5 p.m. He has acted in more than 30 films, including "Traffic," "Erin Brockovich," "Contact," and "Places in the Heart." He is also a singer, who debuted in Carnegie Hall, and a writer who contributed to the original production of "Rise and Shine," a musical tribute to Irving Berlin. "A Private Spirit" is based on the life of Noel Coward, portrayed by Snell, and three women in his life, Gertrude Lawrence, Tallulah Bankhead, and Marlene Dietrich - all portrayed by singing actress Shano Palovich, who regularly performs with MYE Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Director Robert Schrock, producing artistic director of Los Angeles' Celebration Theatre, has worked with Mary Martin, Lynn Redgrave, and Roddy McDowall in a tribute to Noel Coward. Terry Dobson, who has written the arrangements, also arranged Elton John's Rocket Man for an episode of the HBO series "Six Feet Under." "A Private Spirit: Noel Coward and His Gal Pals," which deals with the private side of one of England's most public entertainers, has been described as "an elegant, debonair evening with a sense of theatricality of which Coward would approve," by Ed Kaufman of The Hollywood Reporter, and "a journey back to wit!" by Red Buttons in the Las Vegas Sun. For general information or tickets, call 733-2715. |
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