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Our acclaimed 2021 production, hailed as SHOW OF THE YEAR by the Orlando Sentinel, is back! Don't miss the original creative team and principal performers as they captivate audiences once more.DRIVING MISS DAISY
WRITTEN by Alfred Uhry
DIRECTED by Tara Kromer
THE FUNNY, TOUCHING, AND TOTALLY IRRESISTIBLE STORY OF A WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT BECAME A 25-YEAR FRIENDSHIP.
The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Werthan, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed Black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not impressed with his employer’s patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on, each other. Slowly and steadily the dignified, good-natured Hoke breaks down the stern defenses of the ornery old lady.
Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play. A warm-hearted, humorous, and affecting study of the unlikely relationship between an aging, crotchety white Southern lady, and a proud, soft-spoken Black man. A long-run Off-Broadway success and an Academy Award-winning film.
Don’t miss the chance to experience this extraordinary production once more at Theater West End.
2021 SHOW OF THE YEAR, ORLANDO SENTINEL
“Theater West End’s exquisite production found the sublime in the ordinary. With character-driven humor and poignancy that steered clear of sappiness, this “Driving Miss Daisy” told a story that resonated across time to today. A meticulous sound design, pitch-perfect performances, an imaginative set: Everything worked together in perfect synchronicity to make this little show a shining light of heart and hope.”
Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel
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115 West 1st St., Sanford, FL, United States, Florida 32771
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