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McGillis brings Mrs. Robinson to Milwaukee
 
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers

Published Aug. 12, 2003 at 5:27 a.m.
Tags: kelly mcgillis, the graduate, milwaukee rep, marcus center, broadway series, milwaukee theater

Kelly McGillis, most famous as Tom Cruise's love interest in "Top Gun," is currently playing Mrs. Robinson in the Broadway smash hit, "The Graduate."

The show, which has sold out in both London and New York, is on its way to Milwaukee's Marcus Center for the Performing Arts and will run for a week beginning March 30, 2004.

Set in '60s California, "The Graduate" tells the story of Benjamin Braddock, a recent college grad unsure about his future, who winds up having an affair with a married friend of his parents', Mrs. Robinson.

"The Graduate" was originally a book by Charles Webb and later a film starring Dustin Hoffmann and Anne Bancroft.

McGillis has a strong theatrical background, most recently with Washington D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre. She has also starred in Broadway's "Hedda Gabbler" and was on national tour with "The Vagina Monologues."

Group tickets are already available to this sure-to-sell-out show and single tickets will be available about six weeks prior to the performance. Call (800) 905-7469 for more information.

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