Opening night bits and pieces ...

A group of fans (including myself) sent Kevin and the cast of Iceman flowers for opening night. Purple/blue hydrangeas with yellow/gold orchids and orange roses for the cast. White roses with white orchids for Kevin. I hope they enjoyed the flowers since it was fun sending them.

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Kevin dedicates his Iceman performance to Alan J. Pakula, the director who died in a car accident. Article in USA Today.

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The next morning in USA Today, Jeanne Williams column:

It was after midnight, but Kevin Spacey seemed as bubbly as the champagne and Heinekens his co-stars were washing down. They'd been going since 5 p.m., when The Iceman Cometh's opening show began.

Spacey didn't know it but the next day he would become the rave man in the press. New York magazine's crusty John Simon laid his wreath on Spacey's dome. His performance as Eugene O'Neill's anti-hero is one "to make every nonactor want to take up acting and every actor want to give up in despair."

At Thursday's opening party, press was banned from whatever shenanigans went on at the Tavern on the Green supper (with Drew Barrymore, Ed Norton, Kathleen Turner, and Stephen Rhea on hand). The 19-member cast worked non-stop during previews of the four-hour, 15 minute barroom drama, and "we just wanted to blast it out," Spacey said. Spacey, Tony Danza as the bartender/procurer, Robert Sean Leonard and director Howard Davies are all savoring the rare joy of a sold-out hit.

Brian Dennehy, who made a mark as Hickey in Iceman, dropped by after his Death of a Salesman show to hug Spacey. "I'm proud of him for doing it. It's a tough part," Dennehy said.

Spacey was still reeling from "the sweetest" letter from Jason Robards of the famed 1956 Iceman. He read it to the audience at the curtain call. "I had to make him a part of this evening," he said, "or it wouldn't have been complete for me."

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"Not only the theatrical event of the season, but the most ambitious and brilliantly realized revival to be seen on Broadway in years! Kevin Spacey gives a thrilling tour de force performance." - Pat Collins WWOR-tv 

 

~More opening night coming soon!~

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