elizabeth ashley starred in barefoot in the park on broadway as corie bratter.
elizabeth ashley starred in barefoot in the park on broadway as corie bratter.
who starred in barefoot in the park on broadway as corie bratter?
elizabeth ashley
ashley won a tony award for best featured actress in a play for "take her, she's mine", then later starred as corie in the original broadway production of neil simon's "barefoot in the park" (1963), and later, as maggie in a broadway revival of tennessee williams' "cat on a hot tin roof" (1974). she received tony nominations for both performances. she appeared on broadway as dr. livingstone in "agnes of god" (1982) and was a replacement in the role of mattie fae during the original broadway run of "".
elizabeth ashley
corie sets up a dinner date with paul, victor, and corie's mother, ethel banks (mildred natwick) in a scheme to get corie's mother to fall for victor. corie feels that her mother is lonely now that she lives alone and needs love. victor takes them all to an albanian restaurant on staten island where he knows the owner. there, the group drinks, and corie and victor dance with the belly dancer, while paul and ethel watch in embarrassment. afterwards, corie and victor return to the apartment in high spirits as paul and ethel drag themselves along with fatigue. as victor escorts ethel outside, corie and paul begin an argument over their differences. corie feels her adventurous spirit is impeded by paul's cautious demeanor. one of the examples she gives is that he would not go barefoot in the park with her one evening. his excuse was that it was freezing. corie says she will kick paul out and get a big dog to protect her from him. paul says maybe it will finally allow her to have someone who will go barefoot in the park with her. they eventually go to sleep, corie in their tiny bedroom and paul sleeping on the couch under a hole in the skylight on a snowy february night.
barefoot in the park (film)