Awake and Sing! Revival Extends Through June 25
By: BWW News Desk May. 09, 2006
Lincoln Center Theater has extended the run of its award-winning production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing! through Sunday, June 25th at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44 Street). The production was originally scheduled through Sunday, June 11th.
Awake and Sing! began performances Friday, March 24th on Broadway at the Belasco
Theatre (111 West 44 Street), the very theatre where the play had its
world premiere in 1935. It opened on Monday, April
17th, and is being presented in celebration of the centenary of Odets, who also penned works such as Waiting for Lefty and The Country Girl.
Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under"), Mark Ruffalo (films such as 13 Going on 30, off-Bway's This is Our Youth), Ben Gazzara (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Jonathan Hadary (All Shook Up, Gypsy), and Zoe Wanamaker (Electra, Piaf), as well as Ned Eisenberg, Peter Kybart, Pablo Schreiber and Richard Topol, star in the production, which is directed by Bartlett Sher.
"Awake and Sing! is the story
of a Jewish family in the Bronx who have fallen on hard times during the
Depression. Widely considered Odets' masterpiece, the drama premiered on Broadway in 1935 and, a resounding hit, was the legendary Group Theatre's
first Broadway production," according to press notes.
Awake and Sing! has sets by Michael Yeargen, costumes by Catherine Zuber, lighting by Christopher Akerlind and sound by Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg.
Visit www.lincolncenter.org for more information.
