Old Play Calls: 'Gimme Rewrite!' ; How Ken Ludwig Revised a Hecht-Macarthur Classic About the Theater
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › March 01, 2004
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Ken Ludwig is an old hand at writing for Broadway, with successes ("Lend Me a Tenor," the book for "Crazy for You"), mixed results ("Moon Over Buffalo"), and flops (the book for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer").
He's now the "adaptor" of the revival of "Twentieth Century," the 1932 screwball comedy by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur that stars Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche. The show began previews last week at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre.See the full content of this document
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Old Play Calls: 'Gimme Rewrite!' ; How Ken Ludwig Revised a Hecht-Macarthur Classic About the Theater
It might seem odd that a fairly well-known 20th century play would have to be rewritten, but Ludwig said it was unproduceable on Broadway the way it was.
"There were 30...See the full content of this document
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