Minnesota Public Radio Presents Loretta Swit in Eeanor: Her Secret Journey on Saturday, September 8 at the Fitzgerald Theater

Jul 17, 2012

(St. Paul, Minn.) July 17, 2012-- Minnesota Public Radio debuts Loretta Swit in Eleanor: Her Secret Journey, at the Fitzgerald Theater for one-night-only. The solo performance drama is based on a play by Rhoda Lerman and reveals Eleanor Roosevelt's journey from the White House to the United Nations.

Theater-goers will enjoy an incredibly personalized, intimate portrait of the historic woman and the many challenges that surrounded her following the years after World War I. Her clear-eyed intelligence helped her evolve into a powerful woman whose greater beauty emerged from the warmth and compassion she brought to issues of war, peace, and human rights.

TICKETS: Tickets go on sale today at noon to MPR members only for $37 and $47. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday at noon for $39 and $49. Tickets can be purchased by calling the MPR box office at 651-290-1221 during business hours (noon - 5 p.m., Tuesday to Friday). Visit the Fitzgerald Theater website for details.

WHERE: The Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E. Exchange St., St. Paul

WHEN: Saturday, September 8 at 7 p.m.

About Loretta Swit
Loretta Swit's star-making role came within two years of moving to the West Coast when she inherited Sally Kellerman's vitriolic "Hot Lips" Houlihan movie character for the TV series version of "M*A*S*H" (1972). She stayed with the show the entire eleven seasons and was Emmy-nominated every season the show was on the air (except the first). Although Loretta's post-"M*A*S*H" career may appear less noteworthy (it would be hard to imagine anything that could top her bookend Emmy wins on the M*A*S*H series), she has nonetheless remained quite active on stage. Honored with the Sarah Siddons award for her title role in "Shirley Valentine" (over 1,000 performances) in Chicago, she has more recently toured in productions of "The Vagina Monologues" and played the musical title role of "Mame" in 2003.

About Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio® (MPR) operates a 43-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states. Reaching one million listeners each week, Minnesota Public Radio produces programming for radio, Internet and face-to-face audiences, and is home to the largest and most experienced radio newsroom in the Upper Midwest. Programs produced by Minnesota Public Radio's parent company, American Public Media™, reach over 17 million listeners on more than 800 radio stations nationwide each week. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be found at www.minnesotapublicradio.org. Source: Data are copyright Arbitron, Inc. Arbitron data are estimates only. Spring 2011/Fall 2011 average.