To accommodate the new Thursday matinees scheduled for the Broadway musical A Catered Affair, the good folks at TDF will open the Times Square tkts booth at 10 a.m. on Thursdays in July, continuing through July 24th.
Beginning July 3, at 2:00 p.m. a Thursday matinee will replace the current Wednesday 8:00 p.m. performance of the Bucchino/Fierstein musical. A Catered Affair will now be offering an unusual number - half - of its performances in the afternoon at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street). The show will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, July 27.
The new performance schedule for A Catered Affair will be Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., Thursday at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. This schedule is effective starting the first week in July.
The production stars Tony Award-winner Faith Prince (also nominated for a 2008 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical) as 'Aggie Hurley,' the mother- of-the-bride, Tony Award-nominee Tom Wopat (2008 Best Actor in a Musical) as 'Tom Hurley,' the father-of-the-bride, Harvey Fierstein as 'Winston,' the uncle-of-the-bride, Leslie Kritzer as 'Jane Hurley,' the bride-to-be and Matt Cavenaugh as 'Ralph Halloran,' the groom-to-be. The featured cast includes Philip Hoffman,Katie Klaus,Heather Mac Rae,Lori Wilner and Kristine Zbornik. The John Doyle directed production recently won the 2008 Drama League Award for Best Musical. Jonathan Tunick, who created the show's orchestrations, was also nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for his work.
The original cast recording of A Catered Affair was also recently released on PS Classics.
A Catered Affair is produced on Broadway by Jujamcyn Theaters,Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment/Ron Fierstein,Richie Jackson,Daryl Roth, John O'Boyle/Ricky Stevens/Davis-Tolentino, Barbra Russell/Ron Sharpe in association with the Frankel-Baruch-Viertel-Routh Group, Broadway Across America, True Love Productions, Rick Steiner/Mayerson-Bell-Staton-Osher Group, Jan Kallish, Stacey Mindich and Rhoda Mayerson. The musical is based on the Turner Entertainment motion picture distributed by Warner Brothers and written by Gore Vidal, and the original teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky.
Tickets are priced at $29.50 - $119.50 and are available through Telecharge at 212-239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com.
