Danny Boyle's FRANKENSTEIN Receives US Screenings This Spring

On March 17 & 24, National Theatre Live will broadcast a live performance of the acclaimed sold-out production of FRANKENSTEIN, Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller.

The broadcasts will be shown on screens throughout the U.S. with additional encore dates in most markets.

WHAT:
National Theatre Live continues its season with the Academy Award winner Danny Boyle's hugely acclaimed production of FRANKENSTEIN, starring Benedict Cumberpatch & Jonny Lee Miller. National Theatre Live is an initiative by the UK's National Theatre to broadcast live performances onto cinema screens around the world. FRANKENSTEIN, a new play by Nick Dear based on Mary Shelley's novel, will be filmed twice for National Theatre Live to allow cinemagoers to see Cumberbatch and Miller alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature.

WHERE:
In the New York City area, screenings continue at the Brooklyn Academy Of Musica (BAM), NYU's Skirball Center, City Cinema 123, Kew Gardens Cinema, Fairfield University (CT), the Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC) and more.

The broadcast will also be shown on screens across the United States including the newly added Music Box Theater in Chicago & Downtown Independent in Los Angeles, Amherst Cinema in MA, the Angelika Film Center in Dallas, Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights, OH and many more.

ABOUT:
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.

WHEN: THURSDAY, MARCH 17 & 24 OR VARYING DATES LISTED BELOW.

SCHEDULE:
For a complete list of U.S. dates, times & locations, please check: www.ntlive.com
Example broadcasts in major markets are as follows.

• NYU Skirball Center for the Arts (NY, NY) - Thursday, March 24 at 7:00pm
• Cinema 123 (NY, NY) - March 17 at 7:00pm & March 20 at 2:00pm
• Mann Chinese (Hollywood, CA) - March 17 & 22 at 7:00pm
• Brooklyn Academy Of Music (Brooklyn, NY) - March 24 at 2:00 & 7:00pm
• Guild Hall (East Hampton, NY) - March 26 at 7:30pm
• Kew Gardens Cinema (Queens, NY) - March 17 at 3:00 & 7:00pm; March 31 at 2:00 & 7:00pm
• Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) - March 17 at 3:00 & 7:00pm; April 6 at 2:00 & 7:00pm
• Coolidge Corner (Brookline, MA) - March 17 at 6:30pm & April 4 at 6:30pm
• Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC) - March 21 at 7:30pm & April 23 at 8:00pm
• Angelika Film Centre (Dallas, TX) - March 23 & 24 at 7:00pm
• Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN) - April 3 at 1:00pm 
• SIFF Cinema (Seattle, WA) - April 11 at 7:30pm
• Bryn Mawr Film Institute (Bryn Mawr, PA) - April 3 at 1:00pm & April 6 at 7:00pm
• Ambler Theater (Ambler, PA) - March 20 at 12:20pm & March 31 at 7:30pm
• Third Rail Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR) - April 2 & April 3 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
• Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY) - March 17 at 3:00pm & April 19
• Music Box (Chicago, IL) - April 27 at 7:30, April 30 at 2:00pm; May 4 at 7:30, May 7 at 2:00pm

TICKETS:
Ticket prices vary by venue. The average ticket price is $20. Contact local venues for ticket information.

NEXT:
Following FRANKENSTEIN season two will continue on June 30, 2011 with Chekov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD.

NT Live is distributed by New York-based BY Experience, Inc. (www.byexperience.net)