Kevin Spacey, star of the current Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon For The Misbegotten will appear nationally on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on CBS Friday, May 25 at 11:30 p.m. In New York City, the show airs on WCBS, Channel 2.
Directed by Olivier Award winner Howard Davies and produced by Elliot Martin, Max Cooper, Ben Sprecher, Nica Burns, Max Weitzenhoffer, The Old Vic, Spring Sirkin, Wendy Federman, Louise Forlenza, Ian Osborne, Thomas Steven Perakos and James L. Nederlander, the critically acclaimed production starring 2007 Tony nominee and Olivier Award winner Eve Best, two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey, Colm Meaney, Billy Carter and Eugene O'Hare plays the final performance of its 84 performance engagement at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th St) on June 10th.
Originating last year at London's Old Vic, where it holds the record as the highest grossing production in the theatre's history, A Moon for the Misbegotten has been the highest grossing play on Broadway since it began a full slate of performances here the week of April 2nd. With a cumulative gross of nearly $5.6 million to date, the production has routinely outgrossed half of the musicals on the boards, a remarkable achievement for a serious play revival.
"O'Neill's only love story, A Moon for the Misbegotten tells the shattering story of Josie Hogan (Best), a towering woman with a quick tongue and a ruined reputation who lives in a dilapidated Connecticut farmhouse with her conniving father, Phil (Meaney). During one long moonlit night fueled by drink and lust, Josie's softer side is exposed through her feelings for Hogan's landlord Jim Tyrone (Spacey), and two implacable souls reveal to each other the grief, longing and unrequited love they've hidden from the world," state press notes.
Spacey is Artistic Director of The Old Vic Theatre Company. In addition to A Moon for the Misbegotten, he has performed in three other productions at The Old Vic since 2004: National Anthems, The Philadelphia Story and Trevor Nunn's production of Richard II, for which he was awarded the Critics' Circle Award for Best Shakespearean Actor and Theatregoer Award for Best Actor. Other theatre credits include The Iceman Cometh (Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Actor, and Tony Award nomination), Lost in Yonkers (Tony Award, Best Supporting Actor), Long Day's Journey Into Night with Jack Lemmon in the West End and on Broadway, and The Seagull at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC. Extensive film credits include The Usual Suspects (Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor), American Beauty (Academy and BAFTA Awards, Best Actor), Swimming with Sharks, Se7en, LA Confidential, Glengarry Glen Ross and Beyond the Sea, which he also produced and directed
The show plays Tuesday - Saturday evenings at 7pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or at (212) 307-4100. Tickets range from $102.50 to $82.50 with 60 $26.50 student rush seats offered at every performance only at the box office with valid ID.
For tickets and information, visit www.ticketmaster.com or call (212) 307-4100.
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