Jeffrey Combs Performing Nevermore: An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe in the Boston Area on Halloween
Steve Barton
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If you’re in New England and have never seen Jeffrey Combs perform Nevermore: An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe, then clear your calendar for Halloween night because he’ll be doing just that at the Somerville Theatre right outside of Boston.
And the play’s not the only thing happening that week.The day before, on October 30th, the Edgar Allan Poe Bronze Bust Project will be unveiled at the Boston Public Library. In fact, it’s Bryan Moore, the Poe bust sculptor, and Boston-based filmmaker Izzy Lee who are bringing Dennis Paoli’s play to town.
Starring beloved character actor Combs, the one-act play is set in 1848—one year after the death of Poe’s wife and muse, Virginia, and two years before his own death—and begins and ends with the lighting and extinguishing of a candle. Combs inhabits Poe’s persona seemingly as easily as he breathes—and runs the gamut from congenial to hilarious to tragic—all in 90 minutes’ worth of expertly delivered monologue.
“I can’t express how thrilled and honored I am to be invited to perform Nevermore: An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe in Boston,”said Combs. “Not only was Boston Poe’s birthplace, but throughout his professional life he had, let’s say, a colorfully contentious relationship with the city’s literati. I simply can’t wait to step onto the Somerville Theatre stage on Halloween night.”
Lee, who is producing Nevermore at the Somerville Theatre, said this: “When Bryan asked me to be involved, I forgot to breathe. Poe is a personal hero of mine; his work helped me get through a lot of dark times in my childhood. I’m absolutely thrilled to help bring a life-size representation of Poe to the Boston Public Library, one of my favorite places in the city. This event led to talk about bringing Nevermore to town; I first saw the play in Montreal at Fantasia in 2010 and was blown away. It’s been a dream of mine to be able to bring Jeff and Nevermore to Boston since then. Anyone who attends the unveiling and the show is going to get a very, very special treat this Halloween.”
Poe sculptor Bryan Moore stated, “I’m honored to be working with my dear friend Izzy Lee on the Edgar Allan Poe Bronze Bust Project as well as bringing the incredible show Nevermore to Boston. Izzy is a filmmaker of note; her cinematic niche is hard-hitting and uncompromising in its dark vision; Izzy brings that same dedication and panache to her arsenal as a great producer. When it comes to delivering the goods, Izzy Lee takes no prisoners.”
The bust unveiling is slated for the evening of October 30, 2014 in the Boston Public Library’s Abbey Room, and Nevermore: An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe will be performed (one night only) at the Somerville Theatre on October 31, 2014. The theatre address is 55 Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144-2908; phone (617) 625-5700. Tickets are available here.
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