CURTAINS STAR DAVID HYDE PIERCE APPEARS ON PAULA DEAN

TONY AWARD-WINNING CURTAINS STAR

DAVID HYDE PIERCE

APPEARS ON ‘PAULA’S PARTY’ ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1

 

 

Tony Award winning CURTAINS star David Hyde Pierce will appear on “Paula’s Party,” the popular Food Network program hosted by Paula Deen on Sunday, June 1 at 11:00 PM.   Check local listings.    CURTAINS, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from the authors of Cabaret and Chicago, is running through June 29 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45^th Street).   

 

CURTAINS unfolds backstage at Boston’s Colonial Theatre in 1959, where a new musical could be a Broadway smash, were it not for its talent-free leading lady.  When the star dies on opening night, Lt. Frank Cioffi (David Hyde Pierce) arrives to conduct an investigation.  But the lure of the theatre proves irresistible and after an unexpected romance blooms for the stage-struck detective, he finds himself just as drawn toward making the show a hit, as he is in solving the murder.  

 

The production stars 2007 Tony Award winner and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce as Lt. Frank Cioffi and Tony and Emmy Award winner Debra Monk as producer Carmen Bernstein.  CURTAINS also stars Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba as lyricist Georgia Hendricks, Jason Danieley as composer Aaron Fox, Erin Davie as ingénue Niki Harris and Edward Hibbert as director Christopher Belling, with John Bolton as theatre critic Daryl Grady, Michael X. Martin as stage manager Johnny Harmon, Michael McCormick as investor Oscar Shapiro, Noah Racey as choreographer Bobby Pepper, Megan Sikora as understudy Bambi Bernét and Gerry Vichi as producer Sidney Bernstein.

 

CURTAINS is an original musical comedy with a book by Rupert Holmes (multiple Tony Award-winner for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Say Goodnight Gracie), music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb (the Tony Award-winning songwriters of Cabaret, Chicago, New York New York), original book and concept by Tony Award-winner Peter Stone (1776, Titanic, The Will Rogers Follies), and additional lyrics by John Kander & Rupert Holmes.   CURTAINS is directed by five-time Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, 1776, 12 Angry Men, Steel Pier).  Choreography is by Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie).

 

Producers are Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley and Center Theatre Group.  CURTAINS had its world premiere on August 9, 2006 at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. 

 

Performance schedule for CURTAINS is Tuesday at 7:00 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, and Sunday at 3:00 PM.  Tickets are on sale at Telecharge at 212-239-6200, online at www.telecharge.com or in person at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (302 West 45^th Street).

 

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LES LIAISONS FEATURED ON DOWNSTAGE CENTER

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY

 

Les Liaisons Dangereuses’s

Laura Linney

will be featured on

The American Theatre Wing’s

 “Downstage Center” 

Beginning tomorrow Friday, May 23^rd at 6:00 PM, 

and repeated throughout the weekend 

 

“Downstage Center” airs weekly on XM Radio’s

 “On Broadway” channel 28 

 

“The wonderful Laura Linney is an actress of peerless emotional transparency.”

– Ben Brantley, The New York Times

 

“Laura Linney, who exudes intelligence and fair-mindedness, doesn’t just prove she’s got the range to depict fiendish calculation, vindictiveness and flashes of pain, she also opens up charming possibilities for the role.”

–Jeremy McCarter, New York Magazine

 

Laura Linney, starring in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses will be interviewed on The American Theatre Wing’s “Downstage Center” on XM Radio channel 28. Linney will appear as the special guest on Friday, May 23^rd at 6PM. The show will repeat on Saturday, May 24^th at noon, Sunday, May 25^th at 7PM, and Wednesday, May 28^th at midnight.  The program becomes available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org and iTunes beginning Tuesday afternoon, May 27^th.

 

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to present Laura Linney as “La Marquise de Merteuil” and Ben Daniels as “Le Vicomte de Valmont” in a new Broadway production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Christopher Hampton, directed by Rufus Norris at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42^nd Street). 

 

The cast includes Siân Phillips as “Madame De Rosemonde,” Jessica Collins as “La Présidente de Tourvel”, Mamie Gummer as “Cécile Volanges”, Kristine Nielsen as “Madame De Volanges”, Benjamin Walker as “Le Chavelier Danceny,” Rosie Benton as “Emilie,” Derek Cecil as “Azolan,” Kevin Duda as “Footman/Tenor” Delphi Harrington as “Servant,” Tim McGeever as “Major-domo,” Nicole Orth-Pallavicini as “Servant” and Jane Pfitsch as “Soprano.”

 

Les Liaisons Dangereuses is playing a limited engagement through July 6^th, 2008.

 

The design team includes Scott Pask (sets), Katrina Lindsay (costumes), Donald Holder (lights), Paul Arditti (sound), Paul Huntley (hair & wigs), Deborah Hecht (dialect) and Rick Sordelet (fight direction).

 

The definitive battle of the sexes springs to life in this Tony Award®-nominated classic by Christopher Hampton. For long-time friends and occasional lovers Vicomte de Valmont (Daniels) and Marquise de Merteuil (Linney), love is simply a game of chess. But in a few false moves, they’re about to find themselves locked in the ultimate checkmate. Filled with seduction, betrayal, and plenty of illicit passion, this dark comedy paints the pre-Revolutionary French aristocracy in all its cynicism and decadence.

 

Les Liaisons Dangereuses has been nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play. Katrina Lindsay won an Outer Critic’s Circle Award and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design and Scott Pask won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design. Ben Daniels was awarded a Theatre World Award for his role as Le Vicomte de Valmont. Les Liaisons Dangereuses was nominated for nine Outer Critic’s Circle Awards, three Drama League Awards and two Drama Desk Awards.

 

TICKET INFORMATION & PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the American Airlines Box Office (227 West 42^nd Street).  

Ticket prices range from $56.25 to $101.25.

 

Les Liaisons Dangereuses plays Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00PM with a Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinee at 2:00PM. 

 

 

About The American Theatre Wing

The American Theatre Wing is best known as the creator of the Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards®, which it presents annually with The Broadway League.  The Wing’s other activities, dedicated to recognizing excellence and supporting education in theatre, include “Working in the Theatre,” now in its 29th year of telecasts on CUNY TV in New York and on other national cable outlets; “Downstage Center,” an hour-long weekly interview program on XM Satellite Radio; “Guides to Careers in the Theatre,” a video series developed for schools and libraries; a grants and scholarship program to New York City schools and not-for-profit theatre companies, which has awarded more than $2.5 million since its inception; the Theatre Intern Group, a career development program for young professionals; and SpringboardNYC, a two-week college-to-career boot camp for young performers moving to NYC.  Visitors to www.americantheatrewing.org can view or download an archive of “Working in the Theatre” and the career guides and listen to “Downstage Center”, all as free, on-demand streaming audio and podcast. Sondra Gilman is Chairman of the Board of the American Theatre Wing; Doug Leeds is President of the Board and Howard Sherman is Executive Director.

 

About XM Satellite Radio

XM is America’s number-one satellite radio company with more than 9 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, D.C., New York City, the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Toronto and Montreal, XM’s 2006 lineup includes more than 170 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: the most commercial-free music, premier sports, talk, comedy, children’s and entertainment programming; and the most advanced traffic and weather information. For more information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit www.xmradio.com.

 

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MAMMA MIA! MOVIE TEASER ON ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT

 

EXCLUSIVE SEGMENT AND NEW FOOTAGE ON

“ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT”

Click to Watch Online Now: 

“Entertainment Tonight” has debuted an exclusive segment for the highly anticipated feature film of the smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!.

Watch newly released footage from the movie and interviews with stars Pierce Brosnan, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried, producer Judy Craymer, director Phyllida Lloyd, ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and vintage ABBA concert footage.

Click on the link to watch online now:

Seen by over 30 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! is celebrating 6 sold-out years at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, and is currently playing record-breaking engagements in Las Vegas and on National Tour in the United States.  The original West End production has played more than 3,500 performances, an international tour has played in more than 30 foreign cities, and the feature film of MAMMA MIA!, produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, will be released on July 18, 2008. 

Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, Summer 2008 is the season for MAMMA MIA!

The three women who created the worldwide smash stage hit -global producer Judy Craymer, writer Catherine Johnson and director Phyllida Lloyd -repeat their roles in bringing this joyful, musical story to the big screen. The MAMMA MIA! film is produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman.

Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper join Streep in this celebration of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads.

An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Seyfried), the spirited daughter she’s raised alone. For Sophie’s wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends-practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Baranski) – from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.

On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna’s past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities.

Inspired by the storytelling magic of ABBA’s songs from “Dancing Queen” and “S.O.S.” to “Money, Money, Money” and “Take a Chance on Me,” MAMMA MIA! is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found.

MAMMA MIA! plays on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m. 

Ticket prices range from $62.50 -$111.25, including a $1.25 Shubert facility fee. Tickets are available by calling the MAMMA MIA! hotline at (212) 563-5544/(800) 432-7250; in person at the Winter Garden Box Office or online at http://www.telecharge.com/mamma-mia  and www.mamma-mia.com

For more information about MAMMA MIA! around the world:  www.mamma-mia.com

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TOP GIRLS ON NY1

NY1 CALLS MTC’s TOP GIRLS

“MIND-BLOWING, SPLENDID, & DAZZLING”

 

NY1’s “On Stage”

Excerpted Review of TOP GIRLS

Reviewed by David Cote

 

It’s an election year, so I have to ask: Does Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of TOP GIRLS have Hillary Clinton in mind? There’s a restaurant in the first act of Caryl Churchill‘s MIND-BLOWING play, which is dubbed ‘Casa Bianca’ – Italian for “white house.” That’s not in the script; it’s designer Tom Pye‘s invention. Certainly this dark, twisty play about the thorny intersection of women and power should be required viewing for any female politician aspiring to the Oval Office. Scratch that: THIS SPLENDID WORK OUGHT TO BE SEEN BY EVERYONE.

 

Full of stylistic gear shifting and dense ideas, TOP GIRLS is not easy stuff …, so BRAVO TO MTC FOR PUTTING IT ON. Churchill’s play mutates in each act, going from trans-historical fantasia to gut-wrenching naturalism. Far from a feel-good feminist romp, the playwright offers a pessimistic critique of female empowerment in capitalist society.

 

The celebrated first act takes place in the aforementioned restaurant, where Thatcherite businesswoman Marlene-PLAYED BY THE GUTSY AND RIVETING Elizabeth Marvel-is celebrating her recent promotion at the Top Girls Employment Agency. Marlene’s guests are a surreal group of distinguished women from Victorian times, medieval Japan, a 9^th-century legendary female Pope and a figure from a Brueghel painting.

 

The play unfolds, DAZZLINGLY portraying the loss of social cohesion with individual upward mobility. Marlene epitomizes this paradox; years ago, Marlene left her unwanted child, Angie, played by Martha Plimpton, in the care of her working-class sister, Joyce, Marisa Tomei. Now Angie is a severely disturbed teen, Marlene is sliding into alcoholism and Joyce is a bitter, poor single mother.

 

The middle act is sharp and satirical, snapshots at the Top Girls employment agency. NOT TO BE MISSED are the fine supporting performances by Ana Reeder, Jennifer Ikeda, Mary Catherine Garrison and Mary Beth Hurt. These women’s lipstick smiles conceal predatory teeth.

 

TOP GIRLS IS A TRIUMPHAL END TO THE SEASON, shining under British director James Macdonald’s SMART, HARD-NOSED STAGING. Even 26 years after its premiere, the play remains an EXCITING, disturbing study of what women give up to get ahead.

 

INFORMATION ON TOP GIRLS

TOP GIRLS features Mary Catherine Garrison (Rabbit Hole, Assassins), three-time Tony Awardâ nominee Mary Beth Hurt (A Delicate Balance, The World According to Garp), Jennifer Ikeda (As You Like It), four-time Obie Award winner Elizabeth Marvel (Seascape and An American Daughter on Broadway), Drama Desk Award winner Martha Plimpton (Shining City at MTC, The Coast of Utopia), Ana Reeder (No Country For Old Men, Sight Unseen), and Academy Award® winner Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny and In the Bedroom, seen on Broadway in Salomé) .

 

TOP GIRLS marks the Broadway debut of Caryl Churchill‘s groundbreaking work. At the Top Girls Employment Agency in London in the early 1980s, Marlene has just been appointed head of the firm. But as this ambitious career woman celebrates her achievements, can we applaud her values? This bold and ingenious work from the singularly talented author of Far Away and Cloud Nine offers one of the theatre’s most honest portraits of what it means to be a woman in the modern world.

 

The creative team for TOP GIRLS includes Tom Pye (scenic design), Laura Bauer (costume design), Christopher Akerlind (lighting design), Darron L West (sound design), Matthew Herbert (original music), Paul Huntley (hair and wig design) and Elizabeth Smith (dialect consultant).

 

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 as well as numerous other awards. Renowned MTC productions include LoveMusik; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife; Kimberly Akimbo; 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’. 

 

In 2003, MTC reopened Broadway’s landmark, long-neglected Biltmore Theatre, following a two-year, $35 million capital campaign. In addition to the Biltmore, MTC operates two theatres at New York City Center, its Off-Broadway home since 1984.

 

During Meadow’s sabbatical this season, Daniel Sullivan, a close associate of MTC and director of several Manhattan Theatre Club productions (Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, Proof, Psychopathia Sexualis), is serving as Acting Artistic Director. Sullivan will continue consulting with Meadow and MTC’s artistic staff on the planning of the 2007-2008 season. Meadow will return to MTC for the 2008-2009 season and will consult on the planning of that season.

 

For information on how to subscribe please visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.

 

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets to TOP GIRLS are available by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, online at Telecharge.com, and at the Biltmore Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Tickets range in price from $46.50-$91.50. For group ticket information, call (800) 432-7780. Student rush tickets are available the day of the performance at the Biltmore Theatre box office for $26.50.

 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

• Through Sunday, June 29: Tuesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.

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TOP GIRLS MARTH PLIMPTON TO APPEAR ON PRI

TOP GIRLS’

MARTHA PLIMPTON

TO BE FEATURED ON

PRI’S “FAIR GAME WITH FAITH SALIE”

 

“Martha Plimpton is hilarious and heartbreaking.”

 – David Rooney, Variety

 

Martha Plimpton, currently appearing in MTC’s critically acclaimed production of Caryl Churchill‘s TOP GIRLS, will be a guest on PRI’s “Fair Game with Faith Salie” on Tuesday, May 13. The program airs locally on WNYC 820-AM at 8 PM. Check local listings for airtimes outside of New York.

 

Plimpton, a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winner, will sit down with host Faith Salie and discuss her lauded work in TOP GIRLS, as well as her almost non-stop two year stretch of work in New York theatre which began in 2006 with MTC’s production of Shining City, continued with The Coast of Utopia, and culminated this season with productions of A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Cymbeline, and her dual roles in TOP GIRLS.

 

In addition to Plimpton, TOP GIRLS features Mary Catherine Garrison (Rabbit Hole, Assassins), three-time Tony Awardâ nominee Mary Beth Hurt (A Delicate Balance, The World According to Garp), Jennifer Ikeda (As You Like It), four-time Obie Award winner Elizabeth Marvel (Seascape and An American Daughter on Broadway), Ana Reeder (No Country For Old Men, Sight Unseen), and Academy Award® winner Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny and In the Bedroom, seen on Broadway in Salomé).  The play is directed by James Macdonald

 

TOP GIRLS marks the Broadway debut of Caryl Churchill‘s groundbreaking work. At the Top Girls Employment Agency in London in the early 1980s, Marlene has just been appointed head of the firm. But as this ambitious career woman celebrates her achievements, can we applaud her values? This bold and ingenious work from the singularly talented author of Far Away and Cloud Nine offers one of the theatre’s most honest portraits of what it means to be a woman in the modern world.

 

The creative team for TOP GIRLS includes Tom Pye (scenic design), Laura Bauer (costume design), Christopher Akerlind (lighting design), Darron L West (sound design), Matthew Herbert (original music), Paul Huntley (hair and wig design) and Elizabeth Smith (dialect consultant).

 

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 as well as numerous other awards. Renowned MTC productions include LoveMusik; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife; Kimberly Akimbo; 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’. 

 

In 2003, MTC reopened Broadway’s landmark, long-neglected Biltmore Theatre, following a two-year, $35 million capital campaign. In addition to the Biltmore, MTC operates two theatres at New York City Center, its Off-Broadway home since 1984.

 

During Meadow’s sabbatical this season, Daniel Sullivan, a close associate of MTC and director of several Manhattan Theatre Club productions (Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, Proof, Psychopathia Sexualis), is serving as Acting Artistic Director. Sullivan will continue consulting with Meadow and MTC’s artistic staff on the planning of the 2007-2008 season. Meadow will return to MTC for the 2008-2009 season and will consult on the planning of that season.

 

For information on how to subscribe please visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.

 

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets to TOP GIRLS are available by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, online at Telecharge.com, and at the Biltmore Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Tickets range in price from $46.50-$91.50. For group ticket information, call (800) 432-7780. Student rush tickets are available the day of the performance at the Biltmore Theatre box office for $26.50.

 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

• Through Sunday, June 29: Tuesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.

 

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SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY

 

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

stars Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell

will appear live on

WABC’s “Eyewitness News this Morning”

On Sunday, May 11^th at 9:00AM

on channel 7

 

 “Breathtaking and exquisite. The clarity and depth of understanding in this revival make it an experience to be savored! Daniel Evans brings moving intensity and Jenna Russell is incandescent. “

–  David Rooney, Variety

 

“Daniel Evans is superb. Jenna Russell is sassy, sensual, funny and touching.”

– Elysa Gardner, USA Today

 

“A work of art! Elegantly acted, directed and designed. Daniel Evans brings fiery intensity and Jenna Russell draws you in with radiant warmth – they are excellent.”

– Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News

 

 

Sunday in the Park with George’s stars Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will appear on WABC’s “Eyewitness News this Morning” on Sunday, May 11^th at 9:00AM on channel 7. Tune in to hear Daniel and Jenna discuss their Olivier Award winning roles in this beautiful musical revival.

 

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical Sunday in the Park with George. This Olivier Award winning production of Sunday in the Park with George, is directed by Sam Buntrock with musical staging by Christopher Gattelli. Sunday in the Park with George stars Daniel Evans (George), Jenna Russell (Dot & Marie), Michael Cumpsty (Jules & Bob), Alexander Gemignani (Boatman & Dennis) and Jessica Molaskey (Yvonne & Naomi).

             

Sunday in the Park with George is playing a limited engagement through June 29^th, 2008 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54^th Street). 

 

The Georges Seurat painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, is the inspiration for this compelling musical fantasy which celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art.  The first half of Sunday in the Park with George, set in 1884, sees the painting and its rich comic tapestry come to life in a world where, for Georges, art comes before love, before everything.  In the second half, set in 1980s New York, we see the great grandson of Georges and his search for inspiration amongst the unfolding world of contemporary art.

 

Sunday in the Park with George was nominated for six Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Sam Buntrock) and Outstanding Actor & Actress in a Musical (Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell).Sunday in the Park with George was nominated for five Outer Critic’s Circle Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Daniel Evans). Sunday in the Park with George was also honored with three Drama League nominations for Distinguished Revival of a Musical and Distinguished Performances (Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell). 

 

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Studio 54 Box Office (254 West 54^th Street).  Ticket prices range from $36.25-$121.25.

 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Sunday in the Park with George will play Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00PM with a Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinee at 2:00PM. 

 

www.roundabouttheatre.org

 

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THE 39 STEPS ON TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES

CATCH ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S ORIGINAL 1935 FILM
THE 39 STEPS

ON TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES ON MONDAY, MAY 12 AT 8:00 PM

 

TCM HOST ROBERT OSBORNE DISCUSSES

HIT BROADWAY PRODUCTION DURING INTRODUCTION

 

ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S THE 39 STEPS

REOPENS ON BROADWAY TONIGHT AT THE CORT THEATRE

 

 

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film classic, The 39 Steps, will air on Turner Classic Movies on Monday, May 12^th at 8:00PM,.  TCM host Robert Osborne will introduce the film and discuss the hit Broadway production, Alfred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS, which reopens tonight at the Cort Theatre.  Check local listings for channel information.

 

Alfred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS is the critically acclaimed 2007 Olivier Award-winner for Best New Comedy.  On Broadway, the show has been nominated for three Drama Desk Awards, including Unique Theatrical Event, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Broadway Play and Outstanding Director of a Play (Maria Aitken), and a Drama League Award for Distinguished Broadway Play. 

 

The Broadway premiere of THE 39 STEPS opened earlier this season at Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre to deliriously ecstatic reviews.   Ben Brantley, New York Times, called the production, “Absurdly enjoyable!  This gleefully theatrical riff on Hitchcock’s film is fast and frothy, performed by a cast of four that seems like a cast of thousands.  The actors themselves seem to be having a helluva good time.  As does the audience.”   Clive Barnes, New York Post, pronounced THE 39 STEPS “Inventively astonishing, riotous & marvelous.”  Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News, exclaimed, “Hitchcock probably never imagined his thriller had the makings of a hilarious comedy, but this show is a dizzy delight and an ingenious spoof, inventively directed by Maria Aitken. A fast-paced fun ride!”

 

THE 39 STEPS is adapted by Patrick Barlow and directed by Maria Aitken.  The production is based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon and on the book by John Buchan.

 

THE 39 STEPS features Arnie Burton (Man #2), Charles Edwards (Richard Hannay), Jennifer Ferrin (Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret).and Cliff Saunders (Man #1).  The company also includes Claire Brownell, Cameron Fulmar and Mark Shanahan.  Charles Edwards is appearing with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association.  The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance with this production.

 

Mix Alfred Hitchcock’s cinematic masterpiece with a juicy spy novel. Then, add the manic dash of vintage Monty Python and you have THE 39 STEPS – equal parts hilarious whodunit, espionage thriller and quick-change comedy, adapted for the stage from Hitchcock’s famous 1935 film and John Buchan’s 1915 novel.  Seeking a frivolous night out at the theatre, Richard Hannay is lured into a world of intrigue by a mysterious woman claiming to be a spy. When she winds up dead in his flat, he flees London with the police hot on his trail. 

 

THE 39 STEPS is produced by Bob Boyett, Harriet Newman Leve/Ron Nicynski, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Manocherian Golden Prods., Olympus Theatricals/Douglas Denoff, Pam Laudenslager/Pat Addiss, Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director; Harold Wolpert, Managing Director; Julia Levy, Executive Director), Huntington Theatre Company (Nicholas Martin, Artistic Director; Michael Maso, Managing Director) and Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Ltd.

 

Tickets for THE 39 STEPS are available from TeleCharge at 212-239-6200, online at www.telecharge.com or at the Cort Theatre box office (138 West 48^th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues).   39 tickets at $39 are available for every performance.  Student Rush tickets are available for $26.50 at the box office two hours prior to the performance. There is a limit of two tickets per valid student ID. The tickets are available for cash only and are subject to availability.  Performances are Tuesday at 7:00 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM. 

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DENVER CENTER THEATRE COMPANY FEATURED ON NPR

DENVER CENTER THEATRE COMPANY

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR KENT THOMPSON

FEATURED ON NPR’S “WEEKEND EDITION”

 

Kent Thompson, artistic director of the Denver Center Theatre Company, was interviewed recently on NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

 

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO

THE COMPLETE INTERVIEW

 

During Kent Thompson’s three years as artistic director, Colorado’s Denver Center Theatre Company has become one of a handful of regional theaters regularly staging full-fledged productions of new work.

When Thompson took the position, he had two goals: to serve the local community and to develop new plays.

The first thing he did was to look at what plays the company had done before; he discovered that out of 264 productions, only a handful had been written by women.

“I thought, that’s really strange because the American theater of the last 25 years has been the renaissance of writing by women,” says Thompson. “I knew we needed to correct that right away, so we started doing three or four plays a year by women.”

Thompson also noticed the Denver Center had done very few plays by Latinos, even though Denver’s population is about one-third Hispanic. So now they’re doing one Latino play a year, including Lydia, by Octavio Solis, which Thompson shepherded into creation, first commissioning it, then giving it a professional reading and finally staging a full production – an unusual level of involvement for an artistic director.

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LES LIAISONS’ LAURA LINNEY ON JOAN HAMBURG

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY

 

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES

Laura Linney

will be featured on

WOR’s “Joan Hamburg Show”

on Wednesday, May 7^th from 10:00AM-10:30AM

on 710AM

 

“The wonderful Laura Linney is an actress of peerless emotional transparency, capable of conveying a multitude of conflicting feelings through minimal means.”

-Ben Brantley, The New York Times

 

“Laura Linney, who exudes intelligence and fair-mindedness, doesn’t just prove she’s got the range to depict fiendish calculation, vindictiveness and flashes of pain, she also opens up charming possibilities for the role.”

-Jeremy McCarter, New York Magazine

 

On Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre

 

 

Laura Linney who is currently starring in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, will be featured on WOR’s “Joan Hamburg Show” on Wednesday, May 7^th from 10:00-10:30AM on 710AM. Tune in to hear Laura discuss her role in Christopher Hampton’s play about conniving aristocrats in 17^th Century France.  

 

Roundabout Theatre Company presents Laura Linney as “La Marquise de Merteuil” and Ben Daniels as “Le Vicomte de Valmont” in a new Broadway production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Christopher Hampton, directed by Rufus Norris at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42^nd Street). 

 

The cast includes Siân Phillips as “Madame De Rosemonde,” Jessica Collins as “La Présidente de Tourvel“, Mamie Gummer as “Cécile Volanges”, Kristine Nielsen as “Madame De Volanges”, Benjamin Walker as “Le Chavelier Danceny,” Rosie Benton as “Emilie,” Derek Cecil as “Azolan,” Kevin Duda as “Footman/Tenor” Delphi Harrington as “Servant,” Tim McGeever as “Major-domo,” Nicole Orth-Pallavicini as “Servant” and Jane Pfitsch as “Soprano.”

 

Les Liaisons Dangereuses began previews on Saturday, April 12^th, 2008 and officially opened on Thursday, May 1^st, 2008.   This is a limited engagement through July 6^th, 2008.

 

The definitive battle of the sexes springs to life in this Tony Award®-nominated classic by Christopher Hampton. For long-time friends and occasional lovers Vicomte de Valmont (Daniels) and Marquise de Merteuil (Linney), love is simply a game of chess. But in a few false moves, they’re about to find themselves locked in the ultimate checkmate. Filled with seduction, betrayal, and plenty of illicit passion, this dark comedy paints the pre-Revolutionary French aristocracy in all its cynicism and decadence.

 

Les Liaisons Dangereuses was nominated for nine Outer Critic’s Circle Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Director of a Play (Rufus Norris) and Outstanding Actor & Actress in a Play (Laura Linney, Ben Daniels). Les Liaisons Dangereuses was also honored with three Drama League nominations for Distinguished Revival of a Play and Distinguished Performances (Laura Linney, Ben Daniels).  Additionally, Les Liaisons Dangereuses was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards.

 

TICKET INFORMATION & PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the American Airlines Box Office (227 West 42^nd Street).   Ticket prices range from $56.25 to $101.25.

 

Les Liaisons Dangereuses plays Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00PM with a Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinee at 2:00PM. 

           

www.roundabouttheatre.org

 

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CURTAINS STAR DAVID HYDE PIERCE ON GOOD DAY NEW YORK

TONY AWARD-WINNING CURTAINS STAR

DAVID HYDE PIERCE

ON FOX-5’s ‘GOOD DAY NEW YORK’

 

Tony Award winning CURTAINS star David Hyde Pierce appeared on FOX-5’s “Good Day New York” this morning in a new segment called “Breakfast with Anne Craig.” 

 

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CURTAINS, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from the authors of Cabaret and Chicago, is playing on Broadway through Sunday, June 29 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45^th Street).   

 

CURTAINS unfolds backstage at Boston’s Colonial Theatre in 1959, where a new musical could be a Broadway smash, were it not for its talent-free leading lady.  When the star dies on opening night, Lt. Frank Cioffi (David Hyde Pierce) arrives to conduct an investigation.  But the lure of the theatre proves irresistible and after an unexpected romance blooms for the stage-struck detective, he finds himself just as drawn toward making the show a hit, as he is in solving the murder.  

 

The production stars 2007 Tony Award winner and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce as Lt. Frank Cioffi and Tony and Emmy Award winner Debra Monk as producer Carmen Bernstein.  CURTAINS also stars Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba as lyricist Georgia Hendricks, Jason Danieley as composer Aaron Fox, Erin Davie as ingénue Niki Harris and Edward Hibbert as director Christopher Belling, with John Bolton as theatre critic Daryl Grady, Michael X. Martin as stage manager Johnny Harmon, Michael McCormick as investor Oscar Shapiro, Noah Racey as choreographer Bobby Pepper, Megan Sikora as understudy Bambi Bernét and Gerry Vichi as producer Sidney Bernstein.

 

CURTAINS is an original musical comedy with a book by Rupert Holmes (multiple Tony Award-winner for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Say Goodnight Gracie), music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb (the Tony Award-winning songwriters of Cabaret, Chicago, New York New York), original book and concept by Tony Award-winner Peter Stone (1776, Titanic, The Will Rogers Follies), and additional lyrics by John Kander & Rupert Holmes.   CURTAINS is directed by five-time Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, 1776, 12 Angry Men, Steel Pier).  Choreography is by Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie).

 

The 31-member cast also features Nili Bassman (Arlene Barucca), Kevin Bernard (Roy Stetson/Detective O’Farrell), Ward Billeisen (Brick Hawvermale), Jennifer Dunne (Jan Setler), David Eggers (Swing), J. Austin Eyer (Swing), Jennifer Frankel (Marjorie Cook), Patty Goble (Jessica Cranshaw/Connie Subbotin), Lorin Lattaro (Swing), Shannon Lewis (Mona Page), David Loud (Sasha Iljinsky), Brittany Marcin (Peg Prentice), Aaron Ramey (Harv Fremont), Joe Aaron Reid (Ronnie Driscoll), Christopher Spaulding (Russ Cochran), Julie Tolivar (Roberta Wooster), Jerome Vivona (Swing), Matt Wall (Randy Dexter) and Stephanie Youell (Swing).

 

Producers are Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley and Center Theatre Group.  CURTAINS had its world premiere on August 9, 2006 at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. 

 

Performance schedule for CURTAINS is Tuesday at 7:00 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, and Sunday at 3:00 PM.  Tickets are on sale at Telecharge at 212-239-6200, online at www.telecharge.com or in person at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (302 West 45^th Street).

 

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