NewsPHOTO CALL: Jim Parsons, Jane Krakowski, John Cullum, Richard Kind, Tracee Chimo, Rory O'Malley and More Offer Special Reading of Merton of the MoviesRoundabout Theatre Company welcomed back four-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory,” Harvey) for a one-night-only reading of George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's Merton of the Movies, directed by six-time Tony nominee Scott Ellis, Dec. 1 at 7 PM at Studio 54 (254 W. 54th Street).
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Jim Parsons, Jane Krakowski, John Cullum, Richard Kind, Tracee Chimo, Rory O'Malley and More Offer Special Reading of
Merton of the Movies
Jim Parsons, Jane Krakowski, John Cullum, Richard Kind, Tracee Chimo, Rory O'Malley and More Offer Special Reading of
Merton of the Movies
Roundabout Theatre Company welcomed back four-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory,” Harvey) for a one-night-only reading of George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's Merton of the Movies, directed by six-time Tony nominee Scott Ellis, Dec. 1 at 7 PM at Studio 54 (254 W. 54th Street).
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Jim Parsons and Jane Krakowski
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David Turner, Tracee Chimo, Daniel Davis, Rachel York and Debra Jo Rupp
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Debra Jo Rupp, Jim Parsons, Richard Kind, Jane Krakowski and Brooks Ashmanskas
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Tracee Chimo, Daniel Davis, Rachel York, Debra Jo Rupp, Jim Parsons, Richard Kind, Jane Krakowski, Brooks Ashmanskas, John Cullum, Rory O'Malley and Peter Scolari
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Debra Jo Rupp, Jim Parsons, Richard Kind, Jane Krakowski, Brooks Ashmanskas, John Cullum, Rory O'Malley and Peter Scolari
The reading was part of a tradition at Roundabout, offering star-studded benefit readings in order to support the range of programming at the theatre. Past readings have included Intimate Apparel, Assassins, She Loves Me and A Little Night Music.
Here's how Merton of the Movies is billed: "It’s the golden era of silent motion pictures, and no one loves them more than Merton Gill, a naïve store clerk from a small town in Illinois. After taking an acting class—and determined to become a great dramatic actor—Merton uses his life’s savings to head to Hollywood. There’s only one problem: he can’t act. When a plucky young starlet and a manipulative movie executive see how inadvertently funny Merton’s earnest efforts are, they cast him in a comedy (that they tell him is a drama) and hilarity ensues!"
