TO BE OR NOT TO BE’S JAN MAXWELL FEATURED ON XM 28′S DOWNSTAGE CENTER

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Posted on November 7, 2008 by bbbblogger

TO BE OR NOT TO BE’S

JAN MAXWELL

TO BE FEATURED ON XM 28′S “DOWNSTAGE CENTER”

WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION TO END LIMITED ENGAGEMENT

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

AT THE SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE

Tony Awardâ nominee Jan Maxwell, currently starring in TO BE OR NOT TO BE at Manhattan Theatre Club, will be this week’s guest on XM 28’s “Downstage Center.” Maxwell sat down with XM’s John von Soosten and executive director of the American Theater Wing, Howard Sherman to speak about her extended stage career and her return to Broadway in TO BE OR NOT TO BE.

Maxwell’s interview can be heard on “Downstage Center” Friday, November 7 at 6PM. The show will repeat throughout the weekend. “Downstage Center” airs on XM’s On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

The program will also be available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org.

As previously announced, TO BE OR NOT TO BE will end its limited engagement on Sunday, November 16 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47^th Street) after 32 previews and 40 regular performances. The production opened October 14, 2008 after beginning previews September 16, 2008.

Nick Whitby’s TO BE OR NOT TO BE, based on the 1942 film To Be or Not To Be, is directed by three-time Tonyâ nominee Casey Nicholaw (The Drowsy Chaperone, Monty Python’s Spamalot).

The production features Peter Benson (The Pajama Game), Robert Dorfman (The Drowsy Chaperone), Steve Kazee (Monty Python’s Spamalot), Tony Awardâ nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Jan Maxwell (Coram Boy, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Peter Maloney (Almost An Evening, Dinner At Eight), Michael McCarty (Mary Poppins), two-time Obie Award winner Kristine Nielsen (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, MTC’s Our Leading Lady), Brandon Perler (Broadway debut), David Rasche (Burn After Reading, MTC’s Regret’s Only), Rocco Sisto (Iphigenia 2.0), Jimmy Smagula (Damn Yankees at Encores!), and Marina Squerciati (MTC’s Beauty of the Father).

At the Polski Theatre in 1939 Warsaw, Josef (David Rasche) and Maria Tura (Jan Maxwell) are about to open yet another smash with their theatrical troupe. As the German invasion gets underway, the theatre is closed by the censors, forcing the troupe to face desperate times. But when a handsome young bomber pilot enlists their help to catch a spy, what is a group of actors to do? This hilarious black comedy is an ingenious commentary on the World War II era and an inspired tribute to the timeless joys of the theatre.

The creative team for TO BE OR NOT TO BE includes: Anna Louizos (scenic design), Gregg Barnes (costume design), Howell Binkley (lighting design), Darron L West (sound design), Wendall and Zak (projection design), Josh Marquette (hair design), and David Caparelliotis (casting).

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, MTC has become one of the country’s most prominent and prestigious theatre companies. MTC productions have earned a total of 16 Tony Awards and five Pulitzer Prizes, an accomplishment unparalleled by a New York theatrical institution. Renowned MTC productions include Top Girls; From Up Here; Come Back, Little Sheba; The Receptionist; LoveMusik; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; Kimberly Akimbo; The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife; Love! Valour! Compassion!; Sylvia; Four Dogs and a Bone; Putting It Together; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Crimes of the Heart; and Ain’t Misbehavin’.

This season, MTC’s Broadway stage was renamed the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47^th Street). The landmarked theatre has been the institution’s home on Broadway since 2003 and was rehabilitated by MTC following a two-year, $35 million capital campaign. In addition, MTC operates two theatres at New York City Center (131 West 55^th Street), its Off-Broadway home since 1984.

You can subscribe to MTC by calling (212) 399-3030, Monday – Friday, noon – 8 PM, with a major credit card. Subscriptions are available online at www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.

TICKET INFORMATION:

Via Telecharge.com: Single tickets to TO BE OR NOT TO BE will be available via Telecharge.com by telephone at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area and online at Telecharge.com. For group ticket information, call (800) 432-7780.
Via the Samuel J. Friedman Box Office: Tickets will be available at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Tickets range in price from $56.50-$96.50. Student rush tickets are available the day of the performance at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre box office for $26.50.
MTC Subscriptions: You can subscribe to MTC by calling (212) 399-3030, Monday – Friday, noon – 8 PM, with a major credit card. Subscriptions are available online at www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.

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