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Performers prove age to be irrelevant
– The Boston Globe
There’s no stopping the iron-willed Carrie Watts, protagonist of “The Trip to Bountiful, portrayed by Cicely Tyson at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. In defiance of her son and daughter-in-law, Carrie slips out of their Houston apartment and embarks on a bus journey back to her beloved hometown.
Cicely Tyson gets a Boston honor
– The Boston Globe
Cicely Tyson, who’s starring in The Trip to Bountiful at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, was at the Strand in Dorchester on Monday to receive a “lifetime achievement proclamation” from the city...
”The Trip to Bountiful” Comes to Boston
– Boston Magazine
Boston, are you ready for a trip to Bountiful? Because Carrie Watts sure is. When you first meet the sassy strong-willed protagonist of The Trip to Bountiful—a Tony-nominated revival of Horton Foote’s classic story of intergenerational conflict...
Cicely Tyson stars in "The Trip to Bountiful"
– Metro West Daily News
When Cicely Tyson won her 2013 Tony Award as Best Actress for The Trip to Bountiful, which comes to Boston’s Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre this week, it was proof positive that great roles come to great actresses who wait, especially when they’re persistent...
Vanessa Williams takes a trip to "Bountiful"
– Metro Boston
Keeping a character who battles with her elderly mother-in-law sympathetic might seem like a bit of a challenge, but Vanessa Williams, who portrays a woman doing just that in The Trip to Bountiful (opening Nov. 20 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre) says it’s all part of the job...
Info
- Location: Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre
- Starring: Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Blair Underwood
- Written by: Horton Foote
- Directed by: Michael Wilson
- Also: Jurnee Smollett-Bell
- Produced by: ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage and Jonathan Reinis Productions in association with Center Theatre Group
- Series: Legend
- Ages: 10+
- Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes with one 15 minute intermission