James Earl Jones marked his arrival at the Monday's cast party that had been held for the Driving Miss Daisy" in high style. The red carpet had been rolled down for at the venue of the Plaza Hotel where he arrived in a classic Packard -- the very same car that is used by his character named Hoke Coleburn for Vanessa Redgrave's Daisy Werthan. When questioned regarding the kind of car Hoke would be interested in driving today, Jones didn't miss a beat when he said that it would definitely be a Cadillac as not only is it a well made car but is also a good running car."
Almost two hours before curtains at the venue of the John Golden Theatre, where the very first Broadway production of the respective play that is
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