The critically acclaimed World Premiere comedy NOVEMBER, by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, and starring two-time Tony Award-winner Nathan Lane will play its final performance on Sunday, July 13th, for a final tally of 205 performances and 33 previews.
Under the direction of two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello, the production also stars Tony-nominee and three-time Emmy Award-winner Laurie Metcalf as presidential aide Clarice Bernstein and Dylan Baker as presidential advisor Archer Brown. "Star Trek: Voyager" star Ethan Phillips and Michael Nichols round out the cast.
Set just days before a major presidential election, November involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions.
During its run, November hit a number of important milestones. Firstly, President Charles H.P. Smith not only holds the notable record of being the only fictional president in history to be offered a blog spot on the prestigious Huffington Post, but also the only fictional president EVER to publish a collection of his musings in book form – "Talking Turkey: The Wit and Wisdom of President Charles H.P. Smith*" (*available for sale in the Barrymore Theatre lobby, and coming to a book store near you)
The creative team includes two-time Tony Award-winner Scott Pask (The Coast of Utopia, The Pillowman), eight-time Tony-nominee Paul Gallo (Guys and Dolls, 42nd Street), and Laura Bauer (Talk Radio, Glengarry Glen Ross).
November is produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Arny Granat/Steve Traxler, Michael Cohl, Ergo Entertainment, Wendy Federman, Michael Filerman, Ronald Frankel, Barbara and Buddy Freitag, James Fuld Jr., Roy Furman, Roy Gottlieb, JK Productions, Sheldon Stein, Harold A. Thau, Jamie deRoy, Ted Snowdon and Barry Weisbord.
November began previews on Thursday, December 20th and opened on January 17th at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). Tickets are currently available through Telecharge.com or 212-239-6200.
David Mamet is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross. His other stage credits include Speed-the-Plow (Tony nom.), The Cryptogram (Pulitzer nom.), America Buffalo (NY Drama Critics Circle Award), Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Romance, Boston Marriage, The Old Neighborhood and the recent adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance. Mamet is also a two-time Academy Award-nominee for The Verdict and Wag the Dog whose other film credits include State and Main, The Winslow Boy, The Spanish Prisoner, Homicide and The Untouchables. He a writer and co-producer for the current CBS hit "The Unit" and the author of numerous novels including The Wicked Son and Bambi vs. Godzilla.
