Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> One of Katharine Hepburn’s biggest hits was the romantic comedy, The Philadelphia Story.  The movie was based on a screenplay by Phillip Barry, who wrote the play specifically for Hepburn.  When the play opened in Buffalo in October 1940, prominent actor Joseph Cotten starred alongside Hepburn.

Hepburn has other local connections--her maternal grandparents lived here, and her mother, Kit, was born in Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Barry, Philip, 1896-1949]]> Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003]]> Heflin, Van, 1910-1971]]> Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994]]> Joy, Nicholas, -1964]]> Lonergan, Lenore, 1928-1989]]> Sinclair, Robert B., 1905-1970]]> Theatre Guild]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959]]> Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993]]> Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997]]> Collins, Russell, 1897-1965]]> Bissell, Whit, 1909-1996]]> McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Buffalo Academy of Music]]> Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616]]> Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909]]> Barrymore, Maurice, 1849-1905]]> Owen, W. F.]]> Milton, Maud, 1850-1945]]> Ellison, Clara]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1850-1900)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]>
Hepburn has other local connections--her maternal grandparents lived here, and her mother, Kit, was born in Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003]]> Barry, Philip, 1896-1949]]> Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980]]> Kerrigan, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1884-1964]]> Christie, Audrey]]> Sinclair, Robert B., 1905-1970]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]>