By MATTHEW ASPREY GEAR (Marching Song: A Play by Orson Welles with Roger Hill; edited by Todd Tarbox. 178 pp. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.) Like a few other American giants — Mark Twain and Duke Ellington come to mind — Orson Welles left behind vast archives of unreleased work in varying states of completion. He’s […]
By RAY KELLY For decades, Todd Tarbox has assisted Orson Welles biographers and scholars by providing them access to the archive of his late grandfather, Roger “Skipper” Hill, headmaster at the former Todd School for Boys. In 2013, Tarbox published Orson Welles and Roger Hill: A Friendship in Three Acts, a play recounting the two […]
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group of Maryland will publish “Marching Song” in August.
Updated on June 9 with video of unveiling at end of post. __________________ A bronze sculpture of Orson Welles will be dedicated on Friday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the late actor-director’s adopted hometown of Woodstock, Illinois. It will be placed near a 118-foot long mural, located along the Main Street Pedway adjacent to Classic Cinemas […]
By RAY KELLY A bronze sculpture of Orson Welles will be dedicated on June 8 in Woodstock, Illinois, where the celebrated actor-director was educated at the former Todd School for Boys. It will be placed near the 118-foot long mural, located along the pedway adjacent to Classic Cinemas Woodstock Theatre. The colorful mural honors Welles […]
A gala is set for September 29.
Those wishing to donate can find more details at woodstockmural.org/support
Orson Welles was educated at the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock.
The literary journal, SubtleTea, has published an in-depth interview with Todd Tarbox.
The City Council responded positively to the proposal.
Welles considered Woodstock his hometown.
Exhibits run throughout October 2016.