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*an unofficial fan site*

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Congratulations to Kevin on his 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award!
"Outstanding Actor in a Play"
WINNER: Kevin Kline for his portrayal of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in Cyrano de Bergerac
See Playbill.com for Full List of Winners (and Nominees)

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For other awards that Kevin has won or been nominated for, see The Bio Notes Page

RECENT ... CURRENT ... (and /or) UPCOMING FILM...
MOVIE... Joueuse Kevin's first French-speaking film! Kevin as "Kröger") IMDb page Release Date Info (IMDb link) HollywoodReporter.com: Kevin Kline cast in French-speaking role	MOVIE... The Tale of Despereaux Animated Feature coming Christmas 2008 Kevin as "Andre" (voice) IMDb page Release Date Info (IMDb link) Trailer at Movies.Yahoo	MOVIE ... Definitely, Maybe Kevin as "Hampton Roth" (Kevin's role is a cameo.) Romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Elizabeth Banks. Official Film Site IMDb page Early Review from Ain't It Cool News USA Release Date: February 14, 2008 (IMDb link)

Congratulations to Kevin on his 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award!
"Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries"
WINNER: Kevin Kline for As You Like It (2006)
Congrats also to Kevin's fellow nominees in this category:
Michael Keaton, Oliver Platt, Sam Shephard, and John Turturro.
(More about SAG and the Awards at SAG.org)
Google Search results for "As You Like It" on DVD

3rd Annual Kevin Kline Awards
March 31, 2008
Loretto-Hilton Center
St. Louis, MO

Nominees were announced live on KWMU 90.7 Radio in St. Louis on Friday, January 25, 2008.

Nominees announced for Kevin Kline Awards
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 25, 2008
Baldwin, Cody, McCarthy and Page Among Kline Award Nominees
Playbill, January 25, 2008

KevinKlineAwards.org
(logo graphic seen here swiped from and © KevinKlineAwards.org)
"Recognizing outstanding achievement in Professional Theatre in the Greater St. Louis Area"

Archived Content:
Kevin Kline Awards Benefit Raises Funds

A dinner party and raffle last week raised about $25,000 for the Kevin Kline Awards. The program honors excellence in St. Louis professional theater and organizes programs in theater education.

Read rest of the article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(article dated 12/16/07)

KLINE AS "CYRANO" ON BROADWAY - 11/1/07 - 1/6/08
The play was recorded for later broadcast on PBS,
probably during the 2008-2009 season of "Great Performances".
Links, Review Quotes & Info Below
Kevin Kline as 'Cyrano' - photo credit: Carol Rosegg
LATEST NEWS:
Added January 6, 2007:
Playbill News: Kline-Led Cyrano de Bergerac Concludes Broadway Run Jan. 6
(Playbill article dated Jan. 6, 2008)

Playbill News: Cyrano Revival, Starring Kevin Kline, Will Be Broadcast on PBS
(Playbill article dated Jan. 3, 2008)

Added December 24, 2007:
Kevin Kline's 'Cyrano' Nose Raises Funds for Broadway Cares
(Charities Aid Foundation article dated 12/21/07)
see Broadway Cares banner/link below

Man Asks Players To Speak Up
(Cindy Adams / NY Post article dated 12/17/07 - Note: quite humorous!)

'Cyrano' Tops Broadway Box Office
(Variety.com article dated 12/10/07)

Cyrano Revival...Announces Extension [through January 6]
(Playbill article dated 12/4/07)

MAIN LINKS:
Richard Rodgers Theatre

Cyrano on Broadway - Official Site

Ticketmaster.com

REVIEWS:

"I've seldom had as joyful an experience as watching Kline
play Edmond Rostand's romantic hero"
- The Record (Robert Feldberg)

"Kevin Kline doesn't do a blessed thing wrong
in the title role of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'."
- The Sun (Eric Grode)

"Mr. Kline knows what he’s doing. His bluster-free take
on a man of bluster ... makes wonderfully good sense."
- New York Times (Ben Brantley)

"[Kevin Kline] captures both the physical and verbal
qualities of Edmond Rostand's hero."
- Times Herald-Record (Michael Kuchwara/AP)

"If you just go to see Kline ...
you will certainly get your money's worth."
- New York Post (Clive Barnes)

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Recent Broadway Strike / Resolution coverage archived here.

OPENING NIGHT COVERAGE:

Playbill News: PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT:
Cyrano de Bergerac - A Curse of the Poet (God Nose)!

PHOTOS:

A Nose Is a Nose - The New York Times - Theater - Slide Show

Playbill.com - Marquee Photos

BroadwayWorld: Opening Night Arrivals

BroadwayWorld: Opening Night & Party
(9 curtain call photos of Kevin included)
(End of latest added links.)

Playbill News: PHOTO CALL
10/19/07 article by Greg Kalafatas, with photos by Carol Rosegg

Photo Flash: 'Cyrano de Bergerac' Opens November 1
10/19/07 BroadwayWorld.com article with photos by Carol Rosegg

Confirmed Early News Links:
"Kevin Kline Plays `Cyrano De Bergerac'"
(FoxNews.com)

"Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner and Daniel Sunjata Are Cyrano Triangle for Broadway"
(Playbill.com)

"Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner Set for Broadway Cyrano de Bergerac"
(Broadway.com)

Earlier "Rumored" Links:
"Leveaux to Direct Cyrano de Bergerac Revival; Kline and Garner May Star"
8/1/07 Playbill article by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

"Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner for Cyrano"
Discussion thread at BroadwayWorld.com

"Nothing To Sneeze At -- Kline & Garner Nosing Around Cyrano Revival"
New York Post article by Michael Riedel

A Prairie Home Companion
(Yeah, this is OLD, but whatever...)
Kevin as "Guy Noir"
...with Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan,
Lyle Lovett and others (See IMDb link.)
directed by Robert Altman
THEATRE RELEASE: 6/9/06
NOW ON DVD!
OFFICIAL SITE!
iFilm Clip
Clip description:
"Lefty (John C. Reilly) tells Lola (Lindsey Lohan) about Dusty (Woody Harrelson) singing gospel in prison."
Movie Poster Image
Poster & Stills Link (ZIP file / offsite)
(Includes pic of Kevin as "Guy Noir")
Thanks to Picturehouse for all the links and info!
IMDb Page for APHC
Internat'l Release Dates @ IMDb
Seattle Times article 8/25

"KEVIN KLINE IS COOL"
Read Gretchen M. Michelfeld's Shakespeare column at heyallright.com.

SEPTEMBER 2007
'TRADE' THE MOVIE RELEASE DATE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
Trade promo graphic

'Trade' showed Kline risky side of Mexico
UPI - Fri Sep 28, 2007

'Trade' is already sparking controversy
LA Times - Wed Sep 26, 2007 - by Robert W. Welkos

Kevin Kline opens film at U.N. on trafficking in U.S.
Reuters - Thu Sep 20, 2007 - By Evelyn Leopold

Kevin Kline Stars in Jose Rivera's "Trade" Film
Playbill News - Tue Sep 4, 2007 - By Ernio Hernandez

"The Girls Next Door"
The New York Times - Jan 25, 2004 - by Peter Landesman (11 pages)
(This is the Times cover story on which the film is based.)

TRADE: Get Involved
(Section of official TRADE movie site with over two dozen links to organizations
that are dedicated to ending the horror of human slavery and sex trafficking.)

See our movie poster, synopsis, info area

More at Official TRADE the Movie site

"Kevin Kline Horrified By US Illegal Sex Trade"

More about the MOVIE Trade:
Kevin as "Ray"
Trade - Official Movie Website
Trade - Poster, Synopsis, Info
IMDb Page
Trade - Opening Night Film @ New York International Latino Film Festival
Tickets on Sale June 25
See these sites for more info about the festival:
myspace.com/NYILFF
nylatinfilm.com
Press Release @ biz.yahoo.com
[end NYILFF info and links]
Filmfest Mûnchen Honors for TRADE & Kline
TRADE article @ FilmStew.com
Photo @ Cinempire.com
(Movie was formerly titled "Welcome to America...")
Basics: produced, directed by Roland Emmerich; a Lionsgate
Release dates: 21 September 2007 (NY/LA, USA)
(More release dates - IMDb)
It's about sex trafficking and is inspired by a 2003 New York Times Magazine story.
Kevin plays a Texas police officer ...(more at link above.
"Kevin Kline Horrified By US Illegal Sex Trade"
(Starpulse/WENN)

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AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2007
'AS YOU LIKE IT' PREMIERED ON HBO
AUGUST 21, 2007 AT 9:00 PM EASTERN

Now on DVD! - Released September 25th
Amazon.com • Netflix.com • Blockbuster.com
More at HBO Films
Official HBO 'As You Like It' Site

With Kevin as "Jacques"
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
IMDb Page
Kenneth Branagh Compendium
USA Release Date: 7 April 2007 (Shakespeare Association of America)
More release dates @ IMDb.
DVD (released 25 September):
Amazon | Netflix | Blockbuster
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JULY 2007
PETER AND THE WOLF
July 5-7 -- More info below

New York Philharmonic: Summertime Calssics - Moscow on the Hudson
Bramwell Tovey, Conductor & Host • Kevin Kline, Narrator
Thursday, July 5, 2007, 7:30 PM Eastern
Friday, July 6, 2007, 8:00 PM Eastern

New York Philharmonic: Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Bramwell Tovey, Conductor & Host • Kevin Kline, Narrator
Saturday, July 7, 2007, 8:00 PM Eastern

Playbill News: Kevin Kline to Narrate Peter and the Wolf for New York Philharmonic in July
recordonline.com - Kevin Kline joins Philharmonic at Bethel

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JUNE 2007
CINEMERIT AWARD 2007: KEVIN KLINE
(June 28 - 29)
Kevin will receive the Filmfest's CineMerit Award at the
"Bernhard Wicki Film Prize – The Bridge" event.
(More info follows, below.)
Filmfest Mûnchen|News|2007 Guests

THE BERNHARD WICKI FILM PRIZE – THE BRIDGE
"This prize has been awarded since 2002 to artists in the film industry
whose work builds bridges and inspires tolerance and humanitarianism.
The prize money is € 10,000. 2007 This year's winner is TRADE by Marco Kreuzpaintner
and Kevin Kline will also receive the Filmfest's CineMerit Award."
(See Filmfest Mûnchen|Presse & Media|Press Releases.)

American Institute for Stuttering
Benefit Gala Luncheon
June 10, 2007
Queen Mary 2
More about the event @ StutteringTreatment.org (PDF file)
Kevin Kline was listed among the "Special Guests"
lined up as part of this benefit.
Note: Kevin was not listed as a former stutterer. I have NO idea if he ever was or not.

MAY 2007
Kevin Kline honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award
at the 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards on May 7 at New World Stages.
LortelAward.com

APRIL 2007
The Shakespeare Society's second annual free Shakespeare Birthday Marathon
on April 9 at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, NYC,
included an excerpt of Kenneth Branagh's upcoming film version of
As You Like It starring Kevin Kline, Bryce Dallas Howard and Alfred Molina.

MARCH 2007

(archived)
KEVIN IN KING LEAR!
EXTENDED RUN ENDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON,
MARCH 25, 2007 AT THE PUBLIC THEATRE
Kevin Kline plays King Lear - Photo credit: Getty Images

KING LEAR
(Show now closed. Consider this section "archived".)
The Public Theatre's KING LEAR Page
Previews began February 9. Official opening March 7.
Production extended to run through March 25, 2007!
Very limited ticket availability.
See Public Theatre page for more info.

The Public Theatre production's closing matinee coverage, etc:
(Article dated 25 March 2007):
Playbill News: Exit the King: Kevin Kline's Lear Closes March 25

The Public Theatre production's opening night coverage, etc:
(Article dated 7 March 2007):
Playbill News: Every Inch a King: Kevin Kline's Lear Opens March 7

(Following three articles dated 6 March 2007):
Playbill News: PHOTO CALL: King Lear Celebration

village voice > art > Spring Arts Guide: Kevin Kline Prepares to Scale the Blind King's Heroic

Photo Coverage: King Lear Opening Night (BroadwayWorld.com)

(Dated 5 March 2007):
A Hirsute Kevin Kline Plans to Shave - New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer

(Following article dated 4 March 2007):
Kevin Kline is Fit for a King! Lear Opens at the Public, Photo Op: Broadway.com Buzz
More from Broadway.com:
Opening Night: King Lear, Video Feature: Broadway.com Buzz
King Lear (Off Broadway) Tickets | King Lear (Off-Broadway) Information on Broadway.com

(Article dated 1 March 2007):
PLaybill News: Kline King Lear Extends One Week to March 25: Guare Is Guest at Benefit

Look up more Kevin Kline news:
Kevin Kline - Google News

Past news about it:
Read the Broadway.com article

Kevin's "Cyrano" Nose has raised funds for this worthy organization. back to 'Cyrano' section
Kevin Kline wants YOU! JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes Amazing video starring Kevin. Don't just watch though! Walk• Sponsor a walker• Donate• JDF is close to Kevin & family's heart. Kevin is a Board Member. Diabetes Funding - Kevin's Testimony Before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 2005 PSA Press Release See the PSA - Windows Media Honor the memory of Kevin's late mother with a donation to the Clayton, MO Chapter of JDRF. Thanks to TickCo.com (see text ad near top) for donating proceeds from their ad here directly to JDRF.
Please check out the Starlight Children's Foundation web site and consider a donation. Kevin has supported this organization in the past, so I thought I'd link to them here.
From the website: "The Actors' Fund of America, a nonprofit organization founded in 1882, provides for the social welfare of all entertainment professionals - designers, writers, sound technicians, musicians, dancers, administrators, directors, film editors, stagehands - as well as actors."
Kevin participated in their "Seeing Stars" Auction (May 22 - June 1, 2003) by donating a pair of eyeglasses from The Big Chill. The winning bid was $66.00 See the letter received by "Kevin Kline - as in the Actor - Online" from the coordinator of the auction before its start date.
Visit The Child Health Site	Visit The Hunger Site	Visit The Rainforest Site	Visit The Breast Cancer Site	Visit The Animal Rescue Site
Don't know of KK's personal involvement with these, added at webmaster's discretion.

Links go to pages at TBTA site:
Pirates of Penzance - VHS (BroadwayArchive.com)
Pirates of Penzance - DVD (BroadwayArchive.com)
Pirates of Penzance - Broadway Revival Cast on CD (BroadwayArchive.com)
(not the movie version; this is the 1980 Public Theater/NY Shakespeare Festival production)

Hamlet - VHS (BroadwayArchive.com)
Hamlet - DVD (BroadwayArchive.com)
Hamlet - Low Speed Video Clip - pop-up window at BroadwayTonight.com
Hamlet - High Speed Video Clip - pop-up window at BroadwayTonight.com
Transcript (Hamlet - Act III, Scene Eighth, 35-69):

How all occasions do inform against me
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more.
Sure he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and godlike reason
To fust in us unus'd. Now, whether it be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple
Of thinking too precisely on th' event
(A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom,
And ever three parts coward) I do not know
Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do,'
Sith I have cause and will and strength and means
To do 't. Examples gross as earth exhort me:
Witness this army of such mass and charge,
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death and danger dare,
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great
Is not to stir without great argument
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honor's at the stake. How stand I then,
That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd,
Excitements of my reason and my blood,
And let all sleep, while, to my shame, I see
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,
That for a fantasy and trick of fame
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
Which is not tomb enough and continent
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!

(Thirteen/WNET NY Great Performances 1990; on Video & DVD)

Time of Your Life - VHS (BroadwayArchive.com)
Time of Your Life - DVD (BroadwayArchive.com)
(Thirteen/WNET New York, Theater In America 1976)

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HIGHLIGHTS/RECENT UPDATES
Latest updates:
6/27/08 - Added 'Tale of Despereaux' trailer link to upcoming movies section.
5/20/08 - As I'm sure most of you know, Kevin didn't win the Drama Desk the other evening. Mark Rylance (Boeing-Boeing) took home the award. Other nominees besides KK were: Bill Champion (Intimate Exchanges); Bill Pullman (Peter and Jerry); Tobias Segal (From Up Here); and Rufus Sewell (Rock 'n' Roll).
5/17/08 - News about Outer Critics Circle Award added, plus some news about the Drama Desk Awards which are tomorrow night.
5/14/08 - New guest book address; please use this one from now on. IMPORTANT NOTE: I can no longer access the old guest book, so any submissions there will NOT show. (Last known entry to old guest book was 11/24/07). New entries will only show in the new guest book. Thanks!
1/28/08 - Kevin won the SAG ... but wasn't there to accept, so if you missed the awards on tv, you didn't miss seeing him. (Well, they did show a clip from As You Like It.)
1/26/08 - Kevin Kline Awards section updated.
1/24/08 - 3rd Annual Kevin Kline Awards are almost upon us; moved some stuff around on the page, blah blah, siss-boom-bah.
1/6/08 - Hope everyone's holidays were good; Happy New Year and all that. Okay, so 'Cyrano' run ended today, but it'll be airing on PBS at some point. More at the 'Cyrano' section.
12/24/07 - Catching up on recent 'Cyrano' News; also a report from Kevin Kline Awards Fundraiser; added Broadway Cares banner/link to charities section.
11/28/07 - Broadway's ON again! Kevin fans can see Cyrano!
11/10/07 - Cyrano affected by stagehands strike. See news links in Cyrano section.
11/4/07 - Added review quotes to 'Cyrano' section.
10/24/07 - Happy Birthday to Kevin!
10/21/07 - Added some links to top of Cyrano section. (Thanks to A.D. for the Playbill and BroadwayWorld photo article links.)
9/26/07 - Added a few more TRADE links. (Latest near top of the section.)
8/28/07 - Added following news link to current/upcoming movies section (under TRADE): "Kevin Kline Horrified By US Illegal Sex Trade".
Also added some more (confirmed) 'Cyrano' news links.
8/18/07 - TRADE poster, info added.
8/4/07 - Added "Cyrano" news/rumors.
8/1/07 - Revamped the IN & OUT screen caps.
7/21/07 - Link to Kevin Kline article at heyallright.com added.
6/29/07 - Peter & the Wolf info updated with dates and NY Philharmonic links.
6/27/07 - As You Like It - HBO premiere date/news added.
6/22/07 - News about Filmfest Mûnchen's CineMerit Award 2007 for Kevin.
6/18/07 - Movie info updated for TRADE - added links for New York International Latino Film Festival.
6/6/07 - Info about Kevin @ StutteringTreatment.org benefit
6/3/07 - Trade movie site link added to upcoming movies info.
5/6/07 - News added: Kevin to narrate PETER AND THE WOLF at Philharmonic at Bethel. Also updated "write to Kevin" addresses/info on Bio/Notes page.
4/9/07 - updated info/link re. Shakespeare's birthday event (Rainn Wilson and Sam Waterston have dropped out).
4/4/07 - News added about 'As You Like It Clip' @ Shakespeare b'day marathon; also added page compiling Kevin's work at The Public Theater.
4/2/07 - News added about Kevin receiving a Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award this May.

Ongoing, apparently continuously necessary update:
On this very page (disclaimer, below), I attempt, in vain it seems, to convince some of the visitors to this site that I personally am not Kevin Kline and that no one can email him via this site.

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This web site is in no way related or to be confused with KevinKlineOnline.com, the web site of musician Kevin Kline, a totally different guy who just happens to have the same name as Kevin Kline, the actor we love.
In other words, this site is about the real Kevin Kline. *wink*
(Not to mention I used the title "Kevin Kline Online" long before the musician's domain existed!)
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