NewsPhoto Recap: Stars Walk the Red Carpet at "August: Osage County" New York Film PremiereThe film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County, starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, had the official New York premiere on Dec. 12, 2013 at the Ziegfeld Theater.
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Stars Walk the Red Carpet at "August: Osage County" New York Film Premiere
Stars Walk the Red Carpet at "August: Osage County" New York Film Premiere
The film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County, starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, will arrive in theatres Dec. 25. Stars and guests turned out for the official New York premiere, held Dec. 12 at the Ziegfeld Theater. Read the Playbill.com story.
The darkly comic August drama is a large ensemble piece (with three sisters at its core) set in a rambling house in Oklahoma. Letts (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) also penned the screenplay. John Wells (TV's "E.R." and "Shameless") directed the film adaptation.
Oscar winner Roberts ("The Normal Heart," "Erin Brockovich") plays Barbara, the oldest Weston daughter, with Streep ("The Devil Wears Prada," "The Iron Lady") as cancer-stricken drug addict Violet Weston.
The cast also features Sam Shepard (Heartless), Oscar nominee Juliette Lewis, Ewan McGregor (West End's Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs, "Moulin Rouge"), Olivier Award winner Benedict Cumberbatch (Frankenstein, "Sherlock"), Tony nominee Margo Martindale (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Oscar winner Chris Cooper ("Adaptation"), Dermot Mulroney ("My Best Friend's Wedding") and Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin (The Miracle Worker, "Little Miss Sunshine").
The Weinstein Company film is a Jean Doumanian / Smokehouse production produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Jean Doumanian and Steve Traxler. Claire Rudnick Polstein is the executive producer.
The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success.
