Cakewalk

Broadway legend Elaine Stritch stars as author Lillian Hellman in Peter Feibleman’s beguiling account of Hellman’s tumultuous relationship across several decades with a man 25 years her junior, played by Oscar nominee Bruce Davison.

Accompanied by the original music of Carly Simon. Includes a conversation with Hellman scholar Deborah Martinson, author of Lillian Hellman: A Life with Foxes and Scoundrels.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in February 2000.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg

Samantha Bennett as Esther Bruce

Bruce Davison as Cuff

Claudette Nevins as Women’s Voices

Raphael Sbarge as Men’s Voices

Elaine Stritch as Lilly

Radio Producer: Raymond Guarna

Foley Artist/Stage Manager: John Lovick