'Taking a Chance on America: Bela Lugosi's Ellis Island Story'

'Taking a Chance on America: Bela Lugosi's Ellis Island Story'

New Play to Premiere at Ellis Island

ELLIS ISLAND, N.Y., March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The immigrant experience of legendary movie actor Bela Lugosi -- best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula -- comes to life seven times daily at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum's intimate Living Theater beginning March 16 for a limited run. Written by playwright and screenwriter Aurorae Khoo, "Taking a Chance on America: Bela Lugosi's Ellis Island Story" features a reenactment of the Ellis Island inspection process. The show also includes contemporary immigrant characters.

Produced and funded by The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., this new 30-minute show will be presented seven days a week through mid-October. Show times are 10:45; 11:30; 12:15; 1:00; 2:30; 3:15; and 4:00. Admission is $6.00.

For more information about "Taking a Chance on America: Bela Lugosi's Ellis Island Story" or to make group reservations, contact The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation at 212-561-4500, ext. 0 or visit http://www.statueofliberty.org/.

And now for the first time, reserve ferry tickets are being offered (recommended for show-goers), which allow ticket holders priority entry to security check-in and save wait time. Flex ferry tickets are also available. For ferry tickets and schedules, call Statue Cruises at 1-877-LADY TIX or visit http://www.statuecruises.com/.

The Living Theater is located in the Main Registry Building at Ellis Island, which underwent extensive restoration in the 1980s and reopened in 1990 as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, whose exhibits tell the inspiring story of American immigration and chronicle Ellis Island's role in immigration history. It also houses the American Family Immigration History Center(R) that contains the ship passenger records of the more than 25 million people who entered through the Port of New York and Ellis Island from 1892-1924 and the popular American Immigrant Wall of Honor(R).

About The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 to raise funds for and oversee the historic restorations of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, working in partnership with the National Park Service/U.S. Department of the Interior. Its endowment has funded over 200 projects at the islands.

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Source: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

CONTACT: Peg Zitko of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation,
Inc., +1-212-561-4517, pzitko@ellisisland.org

Web Site: http://www.ellisisland.org/
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http://www.statueofliberty.org/

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