Paul Newman will not direct 'Of Mice and Men'
NEW YORK (AP) - May 23, 2008 Newman, 83, will be replaced by Mark Lamos, a former artistic
director of Hartford Stage, who has directed extensively around the
country and in New York.
"`I'm sorry I can't be part of this Westport Country Playhouse
production, but I leave 'Of Mice and Men' in Mark Lamos' very
capable hands with the full support of my wife, Joanne Woodward,
and Anne Keefe, as Playhouse artistic directors," Newman said in a
statement.
No further details were immediately given by Westport or from
Newman's representatives at Warren Cowan and Associates and ICM.
"Of Mice and Men," Steinbeck's 1937 drama about the friendship
between two itinerant farm workers, will run Oct. 7-Nov. 1 in
Westport.
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