Sunday, March 21

Bus Stop in Olney



I did not know this...
"Olney Theatre enjoys a rich tradition of over 60 years. The theater's founder, Steve Cochran, dreamed originally of opening a straw-hat theater in a relaxing country setting accessible to both Washington and Baltimore. On July 25, 1938, the theater opened its doors for the first time with a production of Ladislaus Bus-Fekete's "The Lady Has a Heart," which starred Elissa Landi of "movie fame." Early playbills dubbed the playhouse "The South's First Professional Summer Theatre" and over the years, some of the biggest names in theater and film -"

Helen Hayes
Lillian Gish
Gloria Swanson
Tallulah Bankhead
Moss Hart
Paulette Goddard
Eve Arden
Burl Ives
John Carradine
Olivia de Havilland
Hume Cronyn
Jessica Tandy
Uta Hagen
José Ferrer
Carol Channing
John McGiver
Laurence Luckenbill
Roy Scheider
Chris Sarandon
Marcia Gay Harden



The set of "Bus Stop".

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