On Thursday March 9th
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30 pm
Where: \; \;620 Eighth Ave, \;32nd Floor,&n bsp\;New York, NY 10018
Contact Phylli s Bishop to RSVP \;PBSCREENINGS @GMAIL.COM. Comp tickets limited to 20 names by 11:45AM Tuesday, March 7, 2 017.
The event begins at 6:30 with a reception with wine and really nice nibbles\; the discussion will start promptly at 7 pm. Advance registration is REQUIRED.
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One of the great ac tors of our time, \;Jane Alexander \;has performe d on Broadway, Off-Broadway, London, and regional theaters, in more than a hundred roles. Her Broadway appearances include \;The Great White Hope, 6 Rms Riv Vu, First Monday in October, \;and \;The Sisters Rosensweig. \; \;She won a Tony for \;The Gr eat White Hope, \;and has been nominated seven times. \; She has received four Oscar nominations, for \;The Great White Hope, A ll the President's Men, Kramer vs Kramer, \;and \;Testame nt. \; \;On television, she played Eleanor Roosevelt in \ ;Eleanor and Franklin, \;and has received 8 Emmy nominations, winning twice, for \;Playing for Time \;and \;Wa rm Springs.
Jane Alexander was the Chair of the National Endow ment of the Arts under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997, and wrote abou t those years in \;Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics, \;a New York Times Notable Book in 2000. \; She has long been deeply involved with wildlife conservation, and has been a T rustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society. \; She is currently on th e Board of the National Audubon Society and has been a Commissioner of New York State Parks.
Alexander will discuss her new book \;Wi ld Things, Wild Places \;telling stories from her 35 years of tra vels in the wild with field biologists.
Speaking with Alexander, we 'll have a distinguished figure in her own right, \;Victoria W ilson, \;author of the acclaimed two-volume biography \;< em>A Life of Barbara Stanwyck. Wilson is a Vice President and Senior Editor at Alfred A. Knopf. \; She has served on many Boards, including PEN American Center and the National Board Review of Motion Pictures.&nbs p\; President Clinton appointed her to the US Commission on Civil Rights ( 2000-2001).
Jane Alexander's book will be available for purchase, a nd a booksigning will follow the talk.
Special thanks to Seyfar th Shaw LLP, and to Andy Goodwin and the Plymouth Hill Foundation.