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Watergate. Haldeman and Ehrlichman. Twisting slowing, slowing in the wind. Watergate. Modified limited hangout. Stonewall. I’m not a crook. Watergate. The Plumbers. Watergate. Chuck Colson. John Mitchell. Woodward and Bernstein. Watergate. John Dean. Spiro Agnew. 18 and ½ minutes. June, 17, 1972. Aug. 9, 1974. Watergate. Hush money. The Smoking Gun. Deep Throat. Watergate. Dirty tricks. Judge Sirica. Watergate. Committee To Re-elect The President. Sen. Sam Ervin. Mark Felt. Rose Mary Woods. Watergate. Impeachment. Gerald Ford. L. Patrick Gray. Watergate. High crimes and misdemeanors. David Frost. Richard M. Nixon. Watergate.

The names and phrases echo across time. Now relive history with the Tony-nominated play, “FROST/NIXON.” FROST/NIXON, starring Stacy Keach, tackles the question: How did David Frost, a famous British talk-show host with a playboy reputation, elicit the apology that the rest of the world was waiting to hear from former President Richard Nixon? This fast-paced drama shows the determination, conviction and cunning of two men as they square off in one of the most monumental television interviews of all time.

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"Frost/Nixon" nominated for Oscars

And the winner is... well, maybe not just yet, but it's in the running.

This morning the movie "Frost/Nixon" was nominated for the Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay (Peter Morgan who also wrote the original Broadway play) Oscars. For Best Picture, Frost/Nixon is up against "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Milk," "The Reader" and "Slumdog Millionaire."

Want to see the play (written by Peter Morgan) that started all the Hollywood buzz? Of course you do! Frost/Nixon will be performed live at the TBPAC Feb. 17-22 and stars Stacy Keach as "President Nixon."

Sir David Frost on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Sir David Frost was the special guest last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, promoting the DVD of the original interviews between him and Richard Nixon.

There is also a national tour out of the play based on those 28 hours of interviews that spanned 12 days, Frost/Nixon, which stars Stacey Keach and is coming to Tampa Feb. 17-22. A Ron Howard film is also coming out soon starring Frank Langella and Martin Sheen - the original cast of both the London and Broadway productions.

Frost/Nixon opens in Des Moines

Occasionally, we get dispatches from the touring Broadway world, and we just received this one from the producers of Frost/Nixon, which just opened in Des Moines.

“I’m happy to report that the Frost/Nixon tour is up and running and soon coming to a city near you! After our tech week and one preview in Owensboro, Kentucky, we made our first move and had a terrific first performance in Des Moines last night. The cast is truly wonderful. Stacy Keach is a great Nixon, but is also the perfect leader for the company. Yesterday in Des Moines he gave 10 local radio and TV reviews in the morning, a full company rehearsal in the afternoon, and the first performance last night, and did it all with aplomb."

“Scenically, the show is as close a replica of the Broadway production as is possible. The TV screen uses flat-screen technology instead of the vintage TV monitors from Broadway. The lighting rig includes moving lights to isolate the actors in the same way that we did on Broadway, and everyone is pleased with the results.

“This is a first-rate tour that you can all be extremely proud of.”

Soon, we’ll be able to check it out for ourselves. -- MichaelK

Keach in Camelot

Additional casting has been announced for the New York Philharmonic's upcoming production of Camelot.

Newcomers to the starry company include stage and screen star Stacy Keach, who will star in the national tour of Frost/Nixon (coming to TBPAC next season!), as Merlyn, King Arthur's tutor; and Erin Morley, a member of The Metropolitan Opera's Lindermann Young Artist Development Program, as Nimue, the nymph who lures Merlyn into her cave.

Keach and Morley join a cast that includes the previously announced Gabriel Byrne as King Arthur, Marin Mazzie as Guenevere, Christopher Lloyd as Pellinore, Marc Kudisch as Lionel, Christopher Sieber as Dinadan, Will Swenson as Sagramore, Nathan Gunn as Lancelot, Bobby Steggert as Mordred and Fran Drescher as Morgan le Fey.

The semi-staged performances of Lerner & Loewe's Camelot will play Avery Fisher Hall May 7-10.

PBS' Live from Lincoln Center series will broadcast the May 8 performance, which is scheduled to begin at 8 PM ET.

In Camelot, according to press notes, "idealistic King Arthur longs to create a perfectly principled kingdom, but sees his dream undone by a tragic love triangle involving Queen Guenevere and his best friend Lancelot. In this thoroughly engaging production, the medieval monarch's vision — a place where 'violence is not strength, and compassion is not weakness' — speaks to our time and for all time."

Camelot — featuring music by Frederick Loewe and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner — originally opened at Broadway's Majestic Theatre in Dec. 1960, playing 873 performances before closing Jan. 5, 1963. The premiere company included Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Robert Coote, John Cullum and Roddy McDowall. The classic Lerner and Loewe score boasts such tunes as "If Ever I Would Leave You," "I Loved You Once in Silence," "Follow Me," "I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight" and the title tune.

Stacy Keach has appeared on Broadway in Danton's Death, The Country Wife, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, King Lear, Indians (Tony nomination), Deathtrap, Solitary Confinement and The Kentucky Cycle. The actor won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the TV miniseries "Hemingway," and his numerous screen credits also include "Mike Hammer," "Fat City," "End of the Road" and "Titus."

(edited from material from Playbill.com)

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