Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad are using their celebrity to boost the profile of Off-Broadway play "Through the Night" after signing on as 'artistic ambassadors' for the show. The Daniel Beaty play, about a number of characters who have an epiphany on the same evening, is scheduled to begin previews on September 10.
And producers hope to attract theater-goers to the show by enlisting Cosby and Rashad, along with actress Ruby Dee and actor Brian Stokes Mitchell, to make personal appearances and work on audience development activities. "Through the Night" is scheduled to open on September 26.
Bill Cosby is best known for starring in situation comedy series "The Cosby Show". After the hit show ended in 1992, the actor embarked on a number of other projects, including TV-movie "I Spy Returns", TV series "The Cosby Mysteries" as well as film feature "Fat Albert".
And producers hope to attract theater-goers to the show by enlisting Cosby and Rashad, along with actress Ruby Dee and actor Brian Stokes Mitchell, to make personal appearances and work on audience development activities. "Through the Night" is scheduled to open on September 26.
Bill Cosby is best known for starring in situation comedy series "The Cosby Show". After the hit show ended in 1992, the actor embarked on a number of other projects, including TV-movie "I Spy Returns", TV series "The Cosby Mysteries" as well as film feature "Fat Albert".
- 7/21/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Robert Culp was a popular leading actor best known for his work in television. He starred as Kelly Robinson in the popular espionage series I Spy with Bill Cosby from 1965 to 1968, earning three Emmy Award nominations for his acting on the series and one for scripting an episode. He later starred as government agent Bill Maxwell in the super-hero adventure series The Greatest American Hero with William Katt from 1981 to 1983.
Culp was born in Oakland, California, on August 16, 1930, and began his career on stage in New York City in the early 1950s. He was soon appearing frequently on television, and starred as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in the western series Trackdown from 1957 to 1959. He was also seen in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Chevy Mystery Show, the 1960 Shirley Temple’s Storybook production of The House of the Seven Gables, several episodes of the science fiction anthology The Outer Limits...
Culp was born in Oakland, California, on August 16, 1930, and began his career on stage in New York City in the early 1950s. He was soon appearing frequently on television, and starred as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in the western series Trackdown from 1957 to 1959. He was also seen in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Chevy Mystery Show, the 1960 Shirley Temple’s Storybook production of The House of the Seven Gables, several episodes of the science fiction anthology The Outer Limits...
- 4/7/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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