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Mark Twain Tonight! premiered on Broadway March 23, 1966, at the Longacre Theatre.It ran for 85 performances; Holbrook won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for that appearance and an Emmy Award nomination for the 1967 television broadcast (which was produced by David Susskind) on CBS.
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey is a 2014 American documentary film directed by Scott Teems about actor Hal Holbrook's six decades performing his one-man show Mark Twain Tonight! The film was released in 2019. [2] The idea for the documentary came from Dixie Carter, Holbrook's wife. [3] [4] It was shot in black and white.
In 1967, Mark Twain Tonight! was presented on television by CBS and Xerox, and Holbrook received an Emmy for his performance. [3] Holbrook's Twain first played on Broadway in 1966, and again in 1977 and 2005; Holbrook was 80 years old during his final Broadway run, older (for the first time) than the character he was portraying.
The Emmy and Tony winner was best known for his role as Mark Twain, whom he portrayed for decades in one-man shows, died on Jan. 23. Actor Hal Holbrook dies aged 95 Skip to main content
No cause of death has yet been released.Holbrook was best known for his role as Mark Twain, whom he portrayed for decades in a one-man show he developed, Mark Twain Tonight! Between the 1950s and ...
Hal Holbrook, the versatile stage and screen actor best known for his Tony-winning portrayal of Mark Twain, died Jan. 26 at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 95. Holbrook’s assistant told the ...
Lotas discovered Hal Holbrook at The Lambs in Manhattan in the 1950s. Lotas was elected to The Lambs in 1953. In 1959, he presented Holbrook's Mark Twain Tonight! at the 44th Street Theatre in New York City. The show ran for 174 performances. [1] It later reopened on Broadway. [1]
Holbrook died on Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, California, the New York Times reported. In 2008, at age 82, Holbrook became the oldest male performer ever nominated for an Academy Award ...