Main Content
Moonlight & Magnolias
by Ron Hutchinson
November 8–22, 2008
Johnson Theater, TPAC
Moonlight & Magnolias
Set in 1939 Hollywood, Moonlight and Magnolias tells the story of what could have happened when legendary producer David O. Selznick shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind. The screenplay, you see, just isn’t working. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful films of all time.
Copeland Says
“The great thing about this play is it’s both a kind of tribute to the driving energies from that era of movie-making while still poking fun at the whole mentality, and you don’t have to know anything at all about Gone with the Wind to appreciate the satire. I couldn’t resist it. Witty dialogue, funny plot, larger-than-life characters, all put together nicely. You’re in for a treat.”
Show Calendar
| October 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|||
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28
|
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
| November 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
||||||
2
|
3 |
4 |
5
|
6 |
7 |
8
|
9 |
10 |
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16 |
17 |
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
||||||
Calendar Key
- Regular Season Shows
- Special Holiday Show
- Special Events
- Meet and Greet the Cast
- Tennessee Rep InDepth
- Talk Back
- Tennessee Rep UNclassified