Carrie Preston, RayMcKinnon, and Hal Holbrook exchange conflicting emotion in “That Evening Sun”
Subdued lighting and a somber Mia Wasikowska set the tone for a scene in “That Evening Sun” From director Scott Teems: “She came in and had two hours to prep for the audition, and had never done a southern accent. Her agent told her to be like Sissy Spacek, so she went online and watched two hours of YouTube clips from ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter.’ Then she came in and had that quality, an energy that was really...
“The veteran actor — still best known for his Tony Award-winning one-man show “Mark Twain Tonight!” — shines in “Evening Sun” as Abner Meecham, an elderly Tennessee farmer. Meecham is sent to live at a retirement home by his attorney son. The old man flees the home to return to the family farm that he shared with his beloved late wife (Carter). But unbeknownst to him, his son has leased the farm to...
Carrie Preston as Ludie (left), Mia Wasikowska as Pamela and Hal Holbrook as Abner Meecham in ‘That Evening Sun’
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