by Clare Boothe Luce
directed by Scott Elliott
An all-star cast - including Kristen Johnston ("Third Rock From The Sun"), Rue McClanahan ("Golden Girls"), Cynthia Nixon ("Sex and the City"), Jennifer Tilly (Bullets Over Broadway) and Mary Louise Wilson (Cabaret) - takes on this gleefully malicious comedy about New York socialites, their twisted marriages and the delicious gossip that ruins their reputations. Smart, sexy and scandalous, these femme fatales kick off the Fall Broadway season with style!
Also featured in the cast, directed by Scott Elliott (Ecstasy) are Lynn Collins, Jennifer Coolidge, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Lisa Emery and Amy Ryan.
The Women enjoyed a sold-out run and will be aired on the PBS series STAGE ON SCREEN, on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 9 PM (E.T.) (check local listings).
Support for this production generously provided by WE: WOMEN'S ENTERTAINMENT
January 22 - April 7, 2002
"ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES OF THE SEASON!
Director Michael Mayer's staging is exquisite!" - Clive Barnes, New York Post
"Heather McDonald creates a vision of spirituality that
BRIMS WITH IMAGINATION, HUMOR AND HOPE!" - Elysa Gardner, USA Today
"THE GIFTED KEVIN BACON
makes a welcome return to the New York stage!" - Howard Kissel, Daily News
"Go see An Almost Holy Picture
IT WILL CHANGE YOU!" - Joan Hamburg, WOR Radio
Kevin Bacon
by Heather McDonald
directed by Michael Mayer
One of the foremost actors of his generation, Kevin Bacon (Footloose, Apollo 13, A Few Good Men), plays Samuel Gentle, a groundskeeper for The Church of the Holy Comforter who has heard God's call, but can't comprehend His mysteries. His sometime poignant, sometimes comic journey of faith is the subject of this new play by American playwright Heather McDonald, directed by Michael Mayer (The Credeaux Canvas, Uncle Vanya, Side Man).
John Dossett (Ragtime, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prelude to a Kiss) will play the role of Samuel Gentle once a week; His schedule is listed below.
This beautifully crafted drama was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award and won the prestigious Kesselring Prize, an award whose previous winners include Tony Kushner, Nicky Silver and Naomi Wallace.
This production is part of Roundabout's New Play Initiative,
generously funded by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust,
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. and the Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation.
Buy the Script to An Almost Holy Picture
April 19 - June 30, 2002
"A STIRRING AND RICH REVIVAL!" –Bruce Weber, The New York Times
"FASCINATING! Anyone with an affection for Arthur Miller,
or the American Theatre for that matter, should see this play!"
–Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
"TREMENDOUSLY POWERFUL! I was enthralled by Scott Ellis' SUPERLATIVE PRODUCTION!
Samantha Mathis is DEEPLY MOVING!" –Howard Kissel, Daily News
"Chris O'Donnell's performance RANKS AMONG THE SEASON'S FINEST!"
–Charles Isherwood, Variety
"A FIRST-CLASS PRODUCTION of a daring and fascinating play!" –Dennis Cunningham, NY1
Chris O'Donnell
Samantha Mathis
by Arthur Miller
directed by Scott Ellis
Must prosperity only spring from hard work? Or does luck deal the determining card?
In his first Broadway play, America's master dramatist Arthur Miller explores the mystery of serendipity through the curious life of David Beeves. He's an ordinary Midwestern man blessed with extraordinary fortune. But as hardships increasingly plague his loved ones, Beeves turns frenetically fearful of the day his luck will run out. In their much-anticipated Broadway debuts, Chris O'Donnell (Scent of a Woman, Circle of Friends) and Samantha Mathis (The American President, Little Women) star in this dazzling new production of an American masterpiece.
July 24 - October 20, 2002
"A GEM-LIKE MUSICAL WITH PLEASURES APLENTY!" -Jacques le Sourd, THE JOURNAL NEWS
"THE SONGS ARE IRRESISTIBLE! THE CAST IS WONDERFUL!" -Howard Kissel, THE DAILY NEWS
"THE SCORE IS RAVISHING!
with those immortal standards "Falling in Love With Love", "This Can't Be Love",
"Sing for Your Supper" as well as another half-dozen that zing merrily around the memory!"
-Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST
DELECTABLE! Scott Ellis stages this handsome production with breezy assurance!
-Michael Sommers, THE STAR-LEDGER
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
New book by Nicky Silver
Based on the original book by George Abbott
Music Direction
& Vocal Arrangements by David Loud
Choreography by Rob Ashford
Directed by Scott Ellis
Based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, this outrageously funny musical comedy tells the tale of two sets of identical twins and the women who can't tell them apart. Set in ancient Rome, The Boys From Syracuse contains some of Rodgers and Hart's most lovely and unforgettable songs, including such favorites as 'Falling in Love with Love', 'Sing for Your Supper' and 'This Can't Be Love'.
The cast for The Boys From Syracuse includes Jeffrey Broadhurst (Angelo), Walter Charles (Aegean), Toni DiBuono (Luce), Erin Dilly (Luciana), Jonathan Dokuchitz (Antipholus from Syracuse) Tom Galantich (Merchant, Aegean), Sara Gettelfinger (Courtesan, Ensemble), Deidre Goodwin (Courtesan, Ensemble), Milena Govich (Courtesan, Ensemble), George Hall (Sorcerer), Teri Hansen (Courtesan, Ensemble), Tripp Hanson (Ensemble), Jackée Harry (Madam), Tom Hewitt (Antipholus from Ephesus), Fred Inkley (Sergeant), Mark Lotito (Tailor, Ensemble), Kirk McDonald (Ensemble), Elizabeth Mills (Courtesan, Ensemble), Lauren Mitchell (Adriana), J.C. Montgomery (Duke, Ensemble), Scott Robertson (Merchant, Ensemble), Allyson Turner (Ensemble), Lee Wilkof (Dromio from Syracuse) and Chip Zien (Dromio from Ephesus).
Choreography is by 2002 Tony Award® winner Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie), and Roundabout Associate Artistic Director, Scott Ellis (The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Rainmaker, 1776) directs.
The Laura Pels Theatre Season at the GRAMERCY THEATRE
October 26, 2001 - January 20, 2002
"Clever, Provactive and Resonant!" - Bruce Weber, The New York Times
"Beguiling and Absorbing, Beautifully Acted
and Marvelously Staged! A Superb Cast!" - Robert Dominguez, Daily News
"Evocative and Hynotic!" - Elysa Gardner, USA Today
"A Stylish, Well-Acted jigsaw puzzle.
Andrew Bovell's dialogue is Sharp and Funny!" - Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
Top: Karen Allen, Kevin Anderson
Bottom: Margaret Colin, Michel R. Gill
by Andrew Bovell
directed by Mark Clements
Written by Andrew Bovell, co-author of the acclaimed film, Strictly Ballroom, Speaking in Tongues is a wonderful theatrical hybrid that is equal parts psychological thriller, murder mystery and partner-swapping satire. The play later become the basis for his screenplay for the award-winning film, Lantana.
The cast features Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Perfect Storm), Kevin Anderson (Tony nomination, Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for his performance as 'Biff' in Death of a Salesman), Margaret Colin (Jackie, Psychopathia Sexualis, Aristocrats) and Michel R. Gill (Othello, Da Caravaggio, Coyote Ugly).
Director Mark Clements is the Artistic Director of the Derby Playhouse in Derby, England as well as an Associate Director at the New End Theatre Hampstead.
This production is part of the New Play Initiative,
generously funded through the support of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust,
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. and the Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation
Buy the Script to Speaking In Tongues
Buy the DVD of the movie based on this play (Lantana)
February 15 - May 12, 2002
"BRILLIANT! The Gem of the season!
An AMAZING new play that 's lively and witty - by far Richard Greenberg's best!
DELICIOUSLY, DELIRIOUSLY
performed by Peter Frechette and Reg Rogers!" - Donald Lyons, New York Post
"FASCINATING!
THE DAZZLE lives up to its name!" - Jason Zinoman, Time Out New York
"DARING ORGINALITY!
Reg Rogers is SMASHING!" - Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"An IRRESISTIBLE NEW HIGH-WIRE ACT of a play!
David Warren is an expert of comic precision.
Peter Frechette is WONDERFUL! - Linda Winer, Newsday
WINNER!
OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Outer Critics Circle Award
WINNER!
OUTSTANDING ACTOR - REG ROGERS
Lucille Lortel Award
Peter Frechette Reg Rogers
also starring Francie Swift
by Richard Greenberg
directed by David Warren
THE DAZZLE is about two brothers, very different in how they view the possibilities of life. One longs to make his life a story. The other lives a life of serial intensities. A young woman comes to be fascinated with both brothers, providing their lives with a plot. The Dazzle is about how people spend their time. It's about the joys of collecting. It's about a house that gets incredibly messy.
Peter Frechette and Reg Rogers play the brothers and have both previously worked at the Roundabout Theatre Company in Richard Greenberg's Hurrah At Last. Peter Frechette was in The Plays the Thing and Reg Rogers was in The Moliere Comedies (The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Cuckhold), both at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Francie Swift (The Dazzle at NYS&F and Drama Department) plays the young woman.
David Warren (Holiday, Fit To Be Tied, Hurrah At Last) directes this New York Premiere work by one of the most lauded contemporary playwrights around, Richard Greenberg (Everett Beekin, Three Days of Rain, Hurrah At Last, Night and Her Stars)
This production is part of the New Play Initiative,
generously funded through the support of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust,
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. and the Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation
Buy the Script to The Dazzle
June 7 - September 1, 2002
"Rosemary Harris and Michael Learned are SUPERB!" - Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"REMARKABLE! A vibrant play of ideas,
brimming with theatrical life!" - Michael Kuchwara, AP
"RIVETING and GORGEOUSLY CAST!" - Linda Winer, Newsday
"AN EXCELLENT NEW PRODUCTION!
Edward Albee reveals humanity at its most fragile and forceful
and director Emily Mann and her SUPERB CAST
make this revelation especially COMPELLING!" - Elysa Gardner, USA Today
Rosemary Harris Michael Learned
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directed by Emily Mann
All Over is a rare gem from one of America's greatest living dramatists, Edward Albee (The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Who's Afriad of Virginia Woolf?; A Delicate Balance; Three Tall Women).
All Over revolves around the deathbed vigil of a prominent man's family as they embark on a ritual of truthtelling, confronting the slippery reality of love.
The cast of All Over features Emmy Award-winners Rosemary Harris (A Delicate Balance, An Inspector Calls, Lost in Yonkers, Hay Fever) and Michael Learned (The Sisters Rosensweig, "The Waltons") under the direction of Emily Mann, Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey.
Image: Rosemary Harris and Michael Learned
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