here<\/a> (click on Schedule page) or at the door.<\/p>\nLizzie Borden Live debuted in Fall River at the Eagle in June to a sold out house. Ms. Dalton said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are thrilled to finally bring Lizzie Borden Live to Fall River and the response was overwhelming.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jerry Donovan, who recently restored the Eagle, said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The play and its sell-out mark the beginning of a new era in the city.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mayor Robert Correla praised the play saying it was powerful and exceptionally performed. Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter, who attended the play with his wife Dottie. Said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If she was innocent, that was an incredible price to pay. If she was guilty, she got what she deserved. But it raises aspects and a side of this story I never had considered.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jill Dalton, who plays Lizzie and wrote the play stunned audience members with her delivery, which featured many laughs, many somber notes and a compelling tragedy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ric Oliveira, O Jornal<\/em><\/p>\nOn a hot August morning the bodies of Andrew Borden and his wife were found bludgeoned to death. Their youngest daughter, Lizzie, became the only suspect. Innocent in a court of law. Guilty in the court of public opinion. Condemned by society. The legend comes to life with humor and insight as the real Lizzie steps on stage.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dalton is nothing less than superb in her depiction of the character, as her Lizzie is alternating sweet, innocent, witty and savagely murderous. The audience is left to decide which Lizzie is the real one.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ed Wismer, Cape May Star Wave<\/em><\/p>\nJill Dalton, (writer\/performer) an award winning New York actress with a long list of television and theatre credits, was commissioned by the East Lynne Theater Company in Cape May, N.J. to write the play where it had a successful five week run garnering praise and standing ovations from audiences and critics alike. Ms Dalton won the 2007 Jacoby Award for her portrayal of Lizzie in Lizzie Borden Live. Ms. Dalton wants the audience to decide for themselves if Lizzie Borden was guilty of killing her father and step-mother on August 4, 1892.<\/p>\n
The true crime thriller is set 13 years after the double murder in Maplecroft, the mansion Lizzie bought with money inherited from her father. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dalton gives a compelling performance enacting the humanity, humor, irony and sadness of a woman who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s had time to reflect on horrific events.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Susan Johnson, Red Rock News<\/em> <\/p>\nJack McCullough, (director) born in Fall River, said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We had to get down to the very marrow of the bone, otherwise there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no point in telling the story. People come to see Lizzie expecting to see a monster and instead they find themselves.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Haunting the performance is music written by Emmy winning and Tony nominated orchestrator and composer Larry Hochman, who created his original pieces based on the script and his personal observations during rehearsals.<\/p>\n
Dalton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s credits include: Law and Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Rachel Getting Married, Veronika Decides to Die (2009), Wall Street, Another World, All My Children, One Life to Live, As The World Turns and Saturday Night Live. Ms. Dalton was also a stand up comic for several years and won the Mary Jo Comedy Show Award for stand-up comedy in NYC.<\/p>\n
McCullough, a graduate of the Trinity Repertory Conservatory in Providence, R.I., also directed another of Dalton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s solo plays, My Life in the Trenches, most recently at the Kitchen Theatre in Ithaca, NY and at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, the International Midtown Theatre Festival NYC, the One Festival and the 78th Street Theatre Lab in NYC. As an actor he appeared in Third Watch, Desperate Measures, The Observer, Osmosis Jones, Spenser: for Hire, Mr. North and Providence.<\/p>\n
Seating is limited to 150. The doors of the Eagle will open at 7:00 PM. Prior to the performance there will be a cash bar and members of the Mutton Eaters, dressed in period garb, will meet and greet the guests.<\/p>\n
Lizzie Borden Live challenges the audience to rethink the legend that is Lizzie Borden. Think you know her? Think again! <\/p>\n
The Eagle Performing Arts Center
\n35 N. Main Street
\nFall River, MA 02723<\/p>\n
Tickets ($30). Available here<\/a> (click on Schedule page) and (CASH ONLY) at the door.<\/p>\nPress contact: Jack McCullough (917) 806-3243 or lizziebordenlive@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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