Orson Welles and Shakespeare to be feted in Woodstock
Exhibits run throughout October 2016.
Photos from the 80th anniversary celebration of the Todd Theatre Festival in Woodstock, Illinois
The 1934 Todd Theatre Festival was recalled in an 80th anniversary celebration in Woodstock, Illinois on May 16-17, 2014.
80th anniversary celebration of Orson Welles and Roger Hill’s Todd Theatre Festival underway in Woodstock, Illinois
Todd Tarbox, grandson of Roger Hill, opened the 80th anniversary of Orson Welles’ Todd Theatre Festival in Woodstock.
Orson Welles’ ‘Othello’ getting theatrical re-release in U.S. and France; French home video planned
By RAY KELLY Orson Welles’ Othello, last seen in U.S. theaters in 1992, will be re-released to cinemas this spring. Carlotta Films has acquired the theatrical rights to Othello in the United States and France. A new digitally restored release of the 1992 “restored” version commissioned by the late director’s youngest daughter, Beatrice Welles, will […]
Michael Dawson interview: Part 3 – Woodstock Celebrates and ‘Citizen Welles’
By MIKE TEAL “Othello” restoration producer Michael Dawson concludes his interview with Wellesnet with a discussion of the plans for a celebration in Woodstock, Illinois, for the 2015 centennial of Orson Welles’s birth, and also discusses his documentary “Citizen Welles.” What is Woodstock Celebrates? Woodstock Celebrates is a nonprofit organization formed to make better known […]
Michael Dawson interview: Part 2 – The ‘Chimes at Midnight’ restoration
“Othello” restoration producer Michael Dawson looks at the possibility of doing a restoration of “Chimes at Midnight.”
Todd Tarbox on ‘Orson Welles and Roger Hill: A Friendship in Three Acts’
By RAY KELLY Todd Tarbox, grandson of Orson Welles’ beloved mentor, Roger “Skipper” Hill, has recently published “Orson Welles and Roger Hill: A Friendship in Three Acts,” which recounts their life-long relationship in a series of candid and often moving conversations. Available online through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and other major retailers, “Friendship” is essential reading for […]
Michael Dawson interview: Part 1 – The 1992 ‘Othello’ restoration
Producer Michael Dawson brought a restored version of Orson Welles’ “Othello” to movie-goers in 1992. He has been actively working with Woodstock Celebrates Inc. to organize a proper 100th birthday celebration honoring Welles’ legacy in 2015. Dawson took time to discuss the 1992 restoration and future Welles projects with Wellesnet’s Mike Teal. By MIKE TEAL […]
Would you like to see a restored 3-DVD set of Orson Welles’s masterpiece “Othello’?
By LAWRENCE FRENCH I have recently been talking with Michael Dawson, the producer of the 1992 restored version of Othello, who explained some of the many problems he encountered while working on the restoration of the film. The interview will be published shortly on Wellesnet’s main page, and hopefully may led to a three-DVD reissue […]