Producers Jeffrey Finn, Jill Furman, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith and Roy Furman have announced the on-sale Ticketing schedule for two-time Tony Award nominee, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Alan Rickman (Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the Harry Potter franchise) making his eagerly-anticipated return to Broadway starring in the World Premiere of SEMINAR, a new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Peabody Award winner Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius, The Understudy, Omnium Gatherum, The Family of Mann, Spike Heels, NBC's upcoming "Smash"). Directed by acclaimed Obie Award winner Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, The Aliens, Tigers Be Still, Kin, The Coward) in his Broadway debut, the production will also star Tony Award nominee Lily Rabe (The Merchant of Venice, Steel Magnolias, this summer's lauded A Doll's House at Williamstown) and Obie Award winner Hamish Linklater (The School for Lies, Twelfth Night, "The New Adventures of Old Christine"). SEMINAR will begin previews on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at The Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) with an Opening Night set for Sunday, November 20 at 6:30 PM.
Tickets for SEMINAR will first be available through an exclusive American Express® presale beginning today, Tuesday, September 6. American Express Cardmembers will have the opportunity to buy tickets before they are placed on sale to the general public by visiting www.telecharge.com or calling (212) 239-6200, with Preferred Seating available to the American Express Gold Card, Platinum Card® and Centurion® members. The American Express exclusive presale will be available through Sunday, September 11 at 11:59pm.
Beginning Monday, September 12, a second presale for SEMINAR tickets will be available through Audience Rewards (www.audiencerewards.com), the official rewards program of Broadway. Members of the program will be able to purchase tickets and earn bonus Audience Rewards points through Friday, September 16.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Saturday, September 17 and will be available through internet and phone sales by visiting www.telecharge.com or calling (212) 239-6200.
To buy tickets in person, The Golden Theatre box office (252 West 45th Street) will open on Thursday, October 6. Tickets are $51.50-126.50, with Premium seating also available.
In SEMINAR, four aspiring young novelists (including Ms. Rabe and Mr. Linklater) sign up for private writing classes with Leonard (Mr. Rickman), an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, sex is used as a weapon and hearts are unmoored. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience in this biting new comedy.
The production will feature set and costume design by Tony Award nominee and two-time Obie Award winner David Zinn, lighting design by Drama Desk Award nominee Ben Stanton and original music and sound design by two-time Drama Desk Award winner John Gromada.
The performance schedule for SEMINAR during previews will be Monday through Saturday evenings at 8PM and Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2PM during previews (please note holiday week variances). After the November 20 opening, the performance schedule Tuesday through Thursday evenings at 7PM, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8PM, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2PM and Sunday matinees at 3PM.
Final casting will be announced in the coming weeks.
