Mercury Theatre

...Orson Welles is an amiable period-piece showbiz comedy set in 1937, when Welles, then 22, first blasted his way into the orbit of fame with his Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar. There's one great reason to see the movie, and that's...

In this article: Me and Orson Welles, Zac Efron, Julius Caesar, Richard Linklater, Woody Allen, and Claire Danes

...Cinemas in NYC on Monday night (November 23). The 22-year-old actor plays Richard Samuels in the period drama, a teenager who is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Ceasar" directed by a young Orson Welles (Christian McKay) in...

In this article: Zac Efron, Orson Welles, Me & Orson Welles, and Claire Danes

...this fictionalised account of a wide-eyed teen (Zac Efron) who falls for the charisma of Orson Welles (Christian McKay) and his newly founded Mercury Theatre, who are staging Julius Caesar. Danes plays Sonja, Welles' efficient, ambitious girl...

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"I am Orson Welles!" he thunders, when challenged. "I own the store. " The year is 1937, when the great man is twenty-two. The newly formed Mercury Theatre, under the joint direction of Welles and John Houseman (Eddie Marsan), is mounting...

In this article: Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, Me and Orson Welles, Zac Efron, School of Rock, Julius Caesar, and New York

...on actual events, the story takes place during a whirlwind week of preparation for Orson Welles' famed 1937 remix of Julius Caesar at the Mercury Theater in New York City. Seen through the eyes of an ambitious teenager hired for the production...

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...out of character to assure you that "The War of the Worlds" has no further significance than as the holiday offering it was intended to be. A Mercury Theater's own radio version of dressing up in a sheet and jumping out of a bush and say...

In this article: Orson Welles, Liane Hansen, Public Radio, Hollywood, National Public Radio, All rights reserved, Mercury Theater, and Confabulation

Me and Orson Welles is set in 1937, during rehearsals for the show that would prove to be the stage triumph of his early career: the Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar, set in an unnamed European fascist regime. Placed against...

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...British theatres on December 4, 22-year-old Efron plays a teenaged student who fortuitously stumbles into a minor role in the 1937 Mercury Theater production of "Julius Caesar" directed by the young Welles. During one tumultuous week, he...

In this article: Zac Efron, Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, High School Musical, Me and Orson Welles, School of Rock, Hollywood, London, Mercury Theater, and Julius Caesar

...Me & Orson Welles. The drama follows teenage student Richard Samuels (Efron) who lucks his way into a minor role in the legendary 1937 Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar, directed by a youthful Orson Welles (Christian McKay).

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