At Judson Theatre Company we’ve waited a long time to bring you this play, and this star…Morgan Fairchild is probably most visible from television and film—like her recent Lifetime Christmas movie, Ladies of the 80s. But side by side with her work in on camera media is a lengthy and honorable theatre resume.
For several years, we’ve wanted her to do a show at JTC in Pinehurst. As is so often the case, sometimes it takes a little time to get schedules to line up, and to find the right property. It’s worth the wait when it all comes together like this has.
We’re incredibly thrilled that she’ll be playing Mrs. Baker in JTC’s production of Butterflies are Free, Leonard Gershe’s long-running 1969 Broadway comedy hit that was subsequently turned into a successful film. It’s the role that won Eileen Heckart an Academy Award, and it has a lengthy history of being played by first-rate actors, from Ann Sothern to Eve Arden to Gloria Swanson (to name just a few!).
Broadway World and Sandhills Sentinel, among others, have published the news of this casting, and we’ve already had a bunch of press requests…and I figured it wouldn’t hurt to write a few lines about it here.
A great script, a true star—who could ask for more? Get tickets now!