FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 22, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Mariesa Bus, Marketing Assistant Manager Phone: 253.573.2507 | Email: [email protected] | Web: BroadwayCenter.org An Icon of American Theater: Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight! Returns to Tacoma’s Pantages Theater November 7
Sponsor: MultiCare | Media: KUOW
Tacoma, Wash.– Iconic actor Hal Holbrook brings his solo Mark Twain show, Mark Twain Tonight!, to Tacoma’s historic Pantages Theater on November 7, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $29 and are on sale now.
Sixty years ago, Hal Holbrook took the stage in a tiny off-Broadway theater and introduced the world to a man they would never forget. In Mark Twain Tonight!, Holbrook delivers one of the most acclaimed and enduring performances in the history of theater as he brings the wit and wisdom of the first great American author to life.
Holbrook’s solo Twain show was originally created in 1954 in a Greenwich Village nightclub, where Ed Sullivan saw him and first gave Holbrook national television exposure. Ten years later, Mark Twain Tonight! ran on Broadway, winning Holbrook the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, and Mark Twain Tonight! aired on CBS Television before 30 million people. The New York Times stated, “Mr. Holbrook’s material is uproarious, his ability to hold an audience by acting is brilliant.” While The Washington Post declared, “The combination of Holbrook’s physical and vocal talents and the potency of Twain’s words is a mesmerizing thing to behold.”
Tickets to Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight! are $29, $49, $69, and $85 and are on sale now. To purchase tickets, call the Broadway Center Box Office at 253.591.5894, toll-free 1.800.291.7593, visit in person at 901 Broadway in Tacoma's Theater District, or online at BroadwayCenter.org. ###
The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the following for support of the 2015-16 Season: ArtsFund, Ben B. Cheney Foundation, The Boeing Company, CHI Franciscan Health System, City of Tacoma, The Forest Foundation, MultiCare, The News Tribune, Pierce County Arts Commission, The Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Washington State Arts Commission, and Wells Fargo.