Category: Anne Articles

Yonkers Star Exits Historic Role in Long-Run Broadway Hit Tonight. The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, New York); 27 June 1959; pg. 6. Author: Larry Swindell Tonight’s performance of the splendid, long-running Two for the Seesaw completes a most important chapter in one of modern Broadway’s historic star stories. Anne Bancroft, the Yonkers girl who originated the… Continue reading Anne Bancroft Bids Farewell to Gittel and “Seesaw” (The Herald Statesman, June 1959)

Anne Bancroft, Broadway’s big star this season, is an intense young actress dedicated to her art. Daily News (New York, New York); 20 April 1958; pg. 816. Author: Don Nelsen There was a time when a spirit of gay irresponsibility characterized a whole generation of young actors. Today, the keynote seems to be brooding intensity.… Continue reading On the Serious Side (Daily News, April 1958)

Daily News (New York, New York); 18 Mar. 1958; pg. 486. Author: Douglas Watt I drank fresh, hot coffee while Anne made the bed. I’d have offered to help her, but it wasn’t my bed. It wasn’t even my girl. It was Anne Bancroft of Two for the Seesaw, and I was just snooping around.… Continue reading New Girl in Town and She’s Got a Village Flat (Daily News, March 1958)

Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan); 9 Mar. 1958; pg. 29. A two-character play by a new playwright has turned out to be the surprise hit of the Broadway season. The author is William Gibson whose first novel, The Cobweb, made the best-seller list three years ago. Two for the Seesaw is a comedy drama about… Continue reading “Two for the Seesaw” (Lansing State Journal, March 1958)

The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio); 28 Jan. 1958; pg. 22. Author: Walter Winchell NEW YORK–New Yorkers are talking about…the theater celebrating a blessed event–the birth of a star in Two for the Seesaw. Anne Bancroft is Broadway’s newest Miss Radiance. Her performance with Henry Fonda in the two-character drama is the season’s mightiest one-two… Continue reading The Akron Beacon Journal, January 1958

Daily News (New York, New York); 18 Jan. 1958; pg. 106. Author: John Chapman The rarest and most difficult venture in the theatre is a two-character play. It was difficult, at any rate, up to last evening, when a romantic comedy by William Gibson, Two for the Seesaw, was presented at the Booth Theatre. Gibson… Continue reading “Two for the Seesaw” Captivating (Daily News, January 1958)