Driving Miss Daisy, Onstage at Long Beach Playhouse
Long Beach Playhouse - Studio Theatre (5021 E. Anaheim St. Long Beach, CA 90804)
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- $20.00
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- $10.00*
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The last date listed for Driving Miss Daisy was Saturday October 7, 2006 / 8:00pm.
3 Goldstar Member Reviews
Goldstar Member
Ben W.
This is a great story that explores the real-life struggles of people who are aging and become limited in what they can do. The play was very well acted and it was an enjoyable experience.Written on Sep 11 2006
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Sandi B.
We were surprised at the acting quality. High quality performances by all 3 Actors.Written on Oct 09 2006
Miss Daisy's aging was incredible.
Very intimate theater experience.
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More Information About Driving Miss Daisy
Quotes & Highlights
- "The play is sweet without being mawkish, ameliorative, without being sanctimonious." --New York Times
Description
<p>The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Wertham, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not impressed with his employer's patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on, each other, until, eventually, they become almost a couple.</p> <p>Slowly and steadily the dignified, good-natured Hoke breaks down the stern defenses of the ornery old lady, as she teaches him to read and write and, in a gesture of good will and shared concern, invites him to join her at a banquet in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. As the play ends Hoke has a final visit with Miss Daisy, now ninety-seven and confined to a nursing home, and while it is evident that a vestige of her fierce independence and sense of position still remain, it is also movingly clear that they have both come to realize they have more in common than they ever believed possible—and that times and circumstances would ever allow them to publicly admit.</p>
About the Ticket Supplier: Long Beach Playhouse
Seventy-five continuous years of quality live theatrical entertainment have established the Long Beach Playhouse as a landmark in the City of Long Beach. The Playhouse produces 16 shows annually with a new play or musical every three weeks on the the Mainstage or upstairs in the Studio Theatre. Long Beach's flagship professional theatre cuts across age, gender, ethnic, and cultural boundaries while being entirely self-supporting through ticket sales and membership support.