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Elizabeth McGovern To Play Ava Gardner in ‘Ava: The Secret Conversations’ At New York City Center
Billboard Women in Music 2025 Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) will reprise her role as movie star Ava Gardner in the play Ava: The Secret Conversations at New York City Center this summer. The play, written by McGovern, premiered in 2023 at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. The New York production, directed by Moritz von […]
Elizabeth McGovern, 'Ava The Secret Conversations'Jeff Lorch The New York production, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel and produced by Karl Sydow, begins performances July 30, with an official opening on August 7. The synopsis: “At the height of the Golden Age of Cinema, starlet Ava Gardner sat for a series of interviews with writer Peter Evans for him to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and her turbulent relationship to Howard Hughes. McGovern said in a statement, “Gardner’s life was one of incredible complexity, and I feel so privileged to step into her world and share her story onstage at NY City Center this summer.”
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