"Tea At Five" at The Shubert

Television and film star Kate Mulgrew takes on the role of legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea At Five,” at The Shubert Theatre from December 7 - 19.

Directed by John Tillinger, the one-woman “Tea At Five” follows Hepburn’s rise from her well-heeled Yankee upbringing in Hartford to her place as a four-time Oscar-winning actress and icon.

From her beloved Fenwick home, Kate reflects on the dizzying heights and emotional lows of her childhood days, her adventures in show business and her heartbreaking romance with Spencer Tracy. Lombardo’s play reveals Hepburn as an undeniable talent of equal parts wit and fire, and one of the twentieth century’s greatest film stars.

After a seven year run as Captain Kathryn Janeway on “Star Trek: Voyager,” Kate Mulgrew returns to the stage to portray the legendary Ms. Hepburn at opposite ends of her peerless career. Her performance in “Tea At Five” earned her a 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance and a 2004 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Actress.

Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Mulgrew created the role of Mary Ryan on “Ryan’s Hope” while simultaneously making her stage debut as Emily in the Stamford Shakespeare Festival production of Thornton Wilder's “Our Town.” Other television credits include leading roles in “Mrs. Columbo,” “Kate Loves A Mystery,” “Heartbeat,” “Cheers” and a guest appearance on “Murphy Brown” for which she won the Tracy Humanitarian Award.

A veteran of numerous stage productions, Ms. Mulgrew made her Broadway debut in Peter Shaffer’s “Black Comedy,” and appeared in “The Royal Family” at the Ahmanson Theatre, “Titus Andronicus" at the NYSF Delacorte, “The Film Society” at the L. A. Theatre Center, “What The Butler Saw” at the La Jolla Playhouse, and “Hedda Gabler” and “Measure for Measure” at the Mark Taper Forum.

For tickets and information, stop by the Shubert Theatre box office, 265 Tremont Street in Boston, call 800-447-7400 or visit either www.telecharge.com or www.wangcenter.org.

			Kate Mulgrew is Katharine Hepburn in “Tea At Five” Television and film star Kate Mulgrew takes on the role of legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea At Five,” at The Shubert Theatre from December 7 - 19. Directed by John Tillinger, the one-woman “Tea At Five” follows Hepburn’s rise from her well-heeled Yankee upbringing in Hartford to her place as a four-time Oscar-winning actress and icon. From her beloved Fenwick home, Kate reflects on the dizzying heights and emotional lows of her childhood days, her adventures in show business and her heartbreaking romance with Spencer Tracy. Lombardo’s play reveals Hepburn as an undeniable talent of equal parts wit and fire, and one of the twentieth century’s greatest film stars. After a seven year run as Captain Kathryn Janeway on “Star Trek: Voyager,” Kate Mulgrew returns to the stage to portray the legendary Ms. Hepburn at opposite ends of her peerless career. Her performance in “Tea At Five” earned her a 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance and a 2004 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Actress. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Mulgrew created the role of Mary Ryan on “Ryan’s Hope” while simultaneously making her stage debut as Emily in the Stamford Shakespeare Festival production of Thornton Wilder's “Our Town.” Other television credits include leading roles in “Mrs. Columbo,” “Kate Loves A Mystery,” “Heartbeat,” “Cheers” and a guest appearance on “Murphy Brown” for which she won the Tracy Humanitarian Award. A veteran of numerous stage productions, Ms. Mulgrew made her Broadway debut in Peter Shaffer’s “Black Comedy,” and appeared in “The Royal Family” at the Ahmanson Theatre, “Titus Andronicus" at the NYSF Delacorte, “The Film Society” at the L. A. Theatre Center, “What The Butler Saw” at the La Jolla Playhouse, and “Hedda Gabler” and “Measure for Measure” at the Mark Taper Forum. For tickets and information, stop by the Shubert Theatre box office, 265 Tremont Street in Boston, call 800-447-7400 or visit either www.telecharge.com or www.wangcenter.org. -- OnStage Boston 11/19/04

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