newest plays on Broadway, Driving Miss Daisy. The play, upon which the 1989 movie was based, is one of the most anticipated shows this season. The plot of the show centers on Mrs. Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old widow living in Atlanta, GA, who totals her car and has to find a chauffeur for insurance reasons. Her son hires a man named Hoke Colburn to drive her, but at first Daisy refuses to let him drive her anywhere, instead walking anywhere she needs to go. As the story develops, the relationship between the two grows as well. Daisy begins to realize that Hoke's race affects the way people treat him and the opportunities available to him. This production of the Alfred Uhry play stars James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Driving Miss Daisy
On October 7, previews start for one of the
newest plays on Broadway, Driving Miss Daisy. The play, upon which the 1989 movie was based, is one of the most anticipated shows this season. The plot of the show centers on Mrs. Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old widow living in Atlanta, GA, who totals her car and has to find a chauffeur for insurance reasons. Her son hires a man named Hoke Colburn to drive her, but at first Daisy refuses to let him drive her anywhere, instead walking anywhere she needs to go. As the story develops, the relationship between the two grows as well. Daisy begins to realize that Hoke's race affects the way people treat him and the opportunities available to him. This production of the Alfred Uhry play stars James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave.
newest plays on Broadway, Driving Miss Daisy. The play, upon which the 1989 movie was based, is one of the most anticipated shows this season. The plot of the show centers on Mrs. Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old widow living in Atlanta, GA, who totals her car and has to find a chauffeur for insurance reasons. Her son hires a man named Hoke Colburn to drive her, but at first Daisy refuses to let him drive her anywhere, instead walking anywhere she needs to go. As the story develops, the relationship between the two grows as well. Daisy begins to realize that Hoke's race affects the way people treat him and the opportunities available to him. This production of the Alfred Uhry play stars James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave.
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