Angela Lansbury reprising the Noel Coward comedy ‘Blithe Spirit’ and taking it on tour

September 16 2014 02:18 AM

CP29912548 — FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, actress and singer Angela Lansbury is photographed on stage at the Gielgud Theatre in central London, as she returns to the West End this spring for the first time in nearly 40 years, with the play, "Blithe Spirit," by Noel Coward. Producers said Tuesday, Sept. 16, that the TV legend and five-time Tony Award winner will reprise her role as Madame Arcati and lead a cast of “Blithe Spirit” on a tour that will take it from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. The tour plays Los Angeles Dec. 9-Jan. 18, plays San Francisco from Jan. 20-Feb. 1, Toronto from Feb. 10-March 15 and Washington, D.C., from March 17-29 at the National Theatre. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Original Publication Date: September 16, 2014 2:18AM

Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 10:07PM

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Angela Lansbury is returning to a winning stage role and taking it on the road.

Producers said Tuesday that the 88-year-old TV legend and five-time Tony Award winner will reprise her role as Madame Arcati and lead a cast of “Blithe Spirit” on a tour that will take it from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.

In Noel Coward’s comedy, Lansbury plays an irrepressible spiritualist who inadvertently summons from beyond the grave the first wife of an English novelist. The “Murder, She Wrote” star won a Tony in the role in 2009.

The tour plays Los Angeles Dec. 9-Jan. 18, 2015, plays San Francisco from Jan. 20-Feb. 1, Toronto from Feb. 10-March 15 and Washington, D.C., from March 17-29 at the National Theatre.

The play is directed by Michael Blakemore.

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Online: http://www.BlitheSpiritThePlay.com

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