LA Times Today: Elizabeth McGovern plays Ava Gardner at Geffen Playhouse

LA Times Today's Lisa McRee spoke with Elizabeth McGovern on writing and performing in her play "Ava: The Secret Conversations."

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April 4 – May 14, 2023
Geffen Playhouse
www.geffenplayhouse.org

AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS
Written by Elizabeth McGovern
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Featuring Aaron Costa Ganis, Ryan W. Garcia, Elizabeth McGovern

“I either write the book or sell the jewels. I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.” So says legendary Hollywood icon Ava Gardner (Elizabeth McGovern, Once Upon a Time in America, Downton Abbey) to her ghost writer Peter Evans as they begin work on her tell-all biography that will shock Tinseltown. But as Peter attempts to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and her turbulent relationship to Howard Hughes, an altogether different and unexpected journey unfolds in this theatrical glimpse into the private life of Hollywood's original femme fatale.