A Rich and Bountiful Life
May 2014 (Emmy Magazine)
In the thirty-two years Cicely Tyson has lived in the same New York City apartment building, none of her neighbors have paid her much attention or even seemed to know she was there.
Remarks by the First Lady After “The Trip to Bountiful” Screening
February 24th (Whitehouse.gov)
MRS. OBAMA: Hello! (Applause.) Well, hello there. Yay, yay, yay! You guys rest. Sit yourselves down. Welcome to the White House — or the building across the street from the White House.
Cicely Tyson in ‘Trip to Bountiful’ leads Ahmanson 2014-15 season
February 13th (Los Angeles Times)
Cicely Tyson will bring her recent Tony Award-winning performance in Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” to Los Angeles as part of the Ahmanson Theatre’s 2014-15 season, the Center Theatre Group announced Thursday. The season will feature five productions including touring versions of the Broadway musicals “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” and the previously announced “Matilda the Musical.” Tyson’s “Bountiful” tour is set to open the Ahmanson’s new season Sept. 26. The revival, directed by Michael Wilson, ran on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Preview performances at the Ahmanson are scheduled to begin Sept. 17, with the run concluding on Nov. 2.
Lifetime’s THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, Starring Cicely Tyson, to Air on 2/22
January 6th (BroadwayWorld)
The Trip to Bountiful is a television adaptation of American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote‘s Tony nominated play. Set during the final years of the Jim Crow South, the film follows one woman’s quest to reconnect with her past in order to ensure her family’s future. The Trip to Bountifulpremieres Saturday, February 22nd, at 8:00pm ET/PT.
Adepero Oduye Boards THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Cast as ‘Thelma’
July 15th (BroadwayWorld)
Adepero Oduye will assume the role of Thelma in the critically acclaimed revival of Horton Foote‘s American masterpiece, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, on Tuesday, July 16th.
Cicely Tyson Breaks Barriers on Broadway
July 1st (Jet)
While the term “legend” tends to get tossed around often, only a select few can truly own that designation. Cicely Tyson is one such individual.
A Landmark Tony Awards Season for Black Actors
June 10th (New York Times)
When Cicely Tyson was asked to star in “The Trip to Bountiful” on Broadway this spring, she knew some people might regard it as a marketing ploy. Her role was originally conceived as a white character, after all, with Geraldine Page winning an Academy Award in the 1985 film version.
Cicely Tyson wins best actress in a play at Tony Awards
June 10th (CBS)
Cicely Tyson, who returned to Broadway this season for the first time in 30 years, took home the Tony Award for best leading actress in a play on Sunday night in New York.
Backstage Predicts the 2013 Tony Winners
May 23rd (Backstage)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, “The Other Place”
Amy Morton, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Kristine Nielsen, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
Holland Taylor, “Ann”
Cicely Tyson, “The Trip to Bountiful”
Something Happened on the Way to Bountiful: Everyone Sang Along
May 27th (New York Times)
Not long after the curtain rises on the second act of “The Trip to Bountiful,” the Broadway revival of the Horton Foote play at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, something unusual happens. Cicely Tyson, as Mrs. Carrie Watts, sits on a bus station bench in a small Texas town. She is on the run from her abusive daughter-in-law and henpecked son in Houston, desperate to see the family farm in Bountiful once more before she dies.
‘Trip’ is a tremendous journey
May 16th (New Amsterdam News)
An exceptional journey awaits you at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on West 43rd Street.
Theatergoers: Can I Get an Amen?
May 9th (The Wall Street Journal)
Carrie Watts, the character played by Cicely Tyson in the Broadway revival of Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful,” is an old woman from a small Texas town who likes to sing hymns to herself. When Ms. Tyson did so at the preview performance that I saw a couple of weeks ago, a fair number of people in the theater sang along with her. It didn’t look to me as though she was trying to encourage them, either: They just joined in.
Broadway’s Brilliant TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL is Nostalgic Masterpiece
May 1st (Houston Chronicle)
No one writes better nostalgia than the late, great Horton Foote, easily one of the most profoundly brilliant playwrights of the twentieth century.
Meet the Nominees! Complete Coverage of the Starry 2013 Tony Press Reception
May 1st (Broadway.com)
Barely 24 hours after the Tony nominations were announced, the happy (and slightly dazed) nominees got dolled up and headed to the Millennium Broadway Hotel on May 1 for a mammoth press meet- and-greet.
Photo Coverage Special: Meet the 2013 Tony Nominees!
May 2nd (BroadwayWorld)
Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 67th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards were announced on Tuesday by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sutton Foster. Check out the full list of Tony nods here, and meet the nominees below!
Photo Flash: Vanessa Williams, George Takei and More at NCTF Gala
May 1st (BroadwayWorld)
On April 29th at New York City’s Pierre Hotel, the National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) honored Vanessa Williams (The Trip to Bountiful), American Express and five resident theatres celebrating their 50th anniversary – Actors Theatre of Louisville, Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre and Trinity Repertory Company – at NCTF’s annual Chairman’s Awards Gala.
Toward Eternity
April 23rd (The Wall Street Journal)
Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” is one of the half-dozen greatest American plays, yet its greatness has yet to be generally acknowledged. The reasons why aren’t hard to grasp. Like all of Foote’s plays, it’s a soft-spoken character study, the tale of a tired old woman from Texas who hasn’t seen her hometown in 20 years, longs to do so once more before she dies, and decides one day to go there.
‘The Trip to Bountiful’ Is a Not-to-Be-Missed Treasure
April 23rd (Backstage)
The most heart-stopping moment of the Broadway season happens late in Act 2 of Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful.” As Carrie Watts stands once again on the now-sagging porch of the beloved home she was forced to abandon 20 years earlier, Cicely Tyson, framed by a wooden post and a flowering vine, radiates with quiet fulfillment as Carrie gazes out over what used to be her land. It is simple, silent, and stunning, proof, if any were needed, of Tyson’s magnificence as a stage actor. In director Michael Wilson’s impeccable revival of Foote’s masterwork, Tyson is giving a performance for the ages.
‘The Trip to Bountiful’ is one well worth taking
April 23rd (New York Post)
Few shows are as deceptively simple as “The Trip to Bountiful.” Horton Foote’s play is about an elderly woman, Carrie Watts, who’s dead set on seeing her childhood home in Bountiful, Texas, one last time. So she gets on a bus and goes.
It’s a Beautiful Opening Night Celebration for The Trip to Bountiful, Starring Cicely Tyson & Vanessa Williams
April 24th (Broadway.com)
Horton Foote’s beloved 1953 drama The Trip to Bountiful is back on the Great White Way for the first time in 60 years, and on April 23, the company celebrated the play’s official opening night. Directed by Michael Wilson and starring Oscar nominee Cicely Tyson, Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tony nominees Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad, The Trip to Bountiful tells the story of Carrie Watts (Tyson), an elderly woman who longs to return to her hometown of Bountiful, Texas, one final time.
PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Trip to Bountiful—Carrie Me Back
April 24th (Playbill)
Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of The Trip to Bountiful. Cicely Tyson, Tom Wopat, Vanessa Williams and Cuba Gooding, Jr. were there – so was Playbill.
Vanessa Williams on her Broadway role in ‘The Trip to Bountiful’
April 22nd (Newsday)
After celebrating her birthday last month and proudly proclaiming that 50 is fabulous, Vanessa Williams returns to Broadway Tuesday night for the first time in 10 years in Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful,” opening at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
Cuba Gooding Jr., onstage and in ‘creative place’
April 23rd (Associated Press)
The other night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Cuba Gooding Jr. came bounding onto the stage.
Vanessa Williams Welcomes Tyson Chandler, Mary Wilson & More Backstage at The Trip to Bountiful
April 19th (Broadway.com)
What a Bountiful bunch! Stage, screen and sports stars flocked to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on April 18 to catch the new revival of The Trip to Bountiful, starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams.
TOM GOES TO SEE ‘THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL’ ON BROADWAY- 4/16
April 17th (Tom Cruise Forever)
Enjoy these pics of Tom backstage with Cuba Gooding Jr and Vanessa Williams at the play “The Trip to Bountiful” on Broadway at The Stephen Sondheim Theater last night.
A Long Journey Home: The Trip to Bountiful’s Emotional Ride From Texas to Teleplay to Broadway
April 11th (Broadway.com)
Horton Foote’s touching 1953 drama The Trip to Bountiful has returned to the Broadway stage, starring Oscar nominee Cicely Tyson as an elderly woman who longs to return to her hometown of Bountiful, Texas. Below, we chart the emotional journey of Bountiful from Foote’s childhood memories to to TV, Broadway, a lauded film and now back to the Great White Way.
Cicely Tyson gets her ‘Trip to Bountiful’
April 7th (The Star-Ledger)
In Horton Foote’s play “The Trip to Bountiful,” Carrie Watts wants nothing more than to go back to the small town where she lived out the happiest years of her life — to go home.
Cicely Tyson Takes a Trip to Bountiful On Broadway, Starting March 30
March 30th (Playbill)
The new Broadway production of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, featuring Emmy-winning stage and screen star Cicely Tyson, begins previews March 30 at 8 PM at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
Vanessa Williams, Cicely Tyson Bond on Broadway
March 22nd (Ebony)
All-star cast rehearsals for a major Broadway show can be filled with pressure and anxiety. But for The Trip to Bountiful cast it’s also about style, Chipotle and history lessons.
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Remembers Playwright Horton Foote’s Birthday Today
March 15th (BroadwayWorld)
Heralded playwright Horton Foote, born March 14, 1916 would be 97 years old today.
Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Vanessa Williams Discuss the Road to Broadway’ s Trip to Bountiful
March 13th (Theatermania)
In the midst of rehearsals, the three stars of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful sit down for a chat about the drama’s first-ever Broadway revival.
The Trip To Bountiful Is Now A Comment On Racism
March 12th (Village Voice)
Horton Foote‘s emotional The Trip To Bountiful–about a widow’s yearning to revisit her beloved Bountiful, Texas–began as a TV movie, then it was a Broadway play, then a 1985 movie (which won Geraldine Page a deserved Oscar), and now it’s back on Broadway, with Cicely Tyson in the lead role.
PHOTO CALL: Meet the Cast of Broadway’s Trip to Bountiful, With Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad and Cuba Gooding Jr.
March 11th (Playbill)
Box-Office Opening Date Announced for Broadway’s Starry The Trip to Bountiful
March 8th (Playbill)
The box office for the Broadway production of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, which will begin previews March 30 the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, will open for business March 11 at 10 AM ET; the theatre is located at 124 W. 43rd St.
Tom Wopat Joins THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL; Complete Cast Announced!
February 25th (BroadwayWorld)
Broadway veteran and two-time Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat will join the company of the upcoming Broadway revival of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, starring the previously announced Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Vanessa Williams, and Condola Rashad.
The Trip to Bountiful, With Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Cicely Tyson, Will Arrive on Broadway Early
January 28th (Playbill)
The Broadway production of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, which was scheduled to begin previews March 31 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, will now do so March 30, one day earlier than originally announced.
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Moves First Preview to March 30
January 28th (BroadwayWorld)
The upcoming Broadway revival of Horton Foote’s beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, will begin preview performances on Saturday, March 30 at 8pm, one day earlier than the previously announced March 31st, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 W 43rd St).