Wisconsin-Created Noel Coward Exhibit Held In California
Show Will Be Displayed In Beverly Hills
Posted: 4:50 pm CST December 7, 2009
MILWAUKEE -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences plans to show a Noel Coward exhibit developed at Ten Chimneys in Wisconsin.The exhibit was first shown in 2007 at Ten Chimneys in Genesee Depot but also traveled to The National Theatre in London and San Francisco's Museum of Performance & Design.It features oversized panels showing different parts of the late playwright's life.Ten Chimneys is the former home of late theater greats Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. The couple retreated there in the summer, and Coward and other friends frequently visited.The show will be on display in the galleries of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif. from Jan. 23 to April 18 -- during the "Oscar season" installation slot.
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