Lincoln Center Theater will present the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's new play The House in Town, directed by Doug Hughes, beginning performances Wednesday, May 24 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Opening night of The House in Town will be Monday, June 19 at 6:45pm.
Set in the early months of 1929 in a townhouse on Millionaire's Row (23rd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues) in New York
, The House in Town is an intimate portrait of a marriage. The cast of five will feature
Becky Ann Baker (
Rabbit Hole, Assassins), Dan Bittner,
Mark Harelik (
The Light in the Piazza),
Jessica Hecht (
Julius Caesar) and
Armand Schultz (
A View from the Bridge). The production will have sets by John Lee Beatty, costumes by
Catherine Zuber, lighting by Brian MacDevitt and sound design and original music by David van Tieghem.
Playwright Richard Greenberg returns to Lincoln Center Theater where his play Everett Beekin was produced, also in the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. He is currently represented on Broadway with the new production of his play
Three Days of Rain, winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics, Olivier and Drama Desk Awards. He won the Tony, NY Drama Critics, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and Drama League Awards for Best Play for
Take Me Out. His other plays include
A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, Night and Her Stars, The Extra Man, The American Plan, The Author's Voice, The Maderati, Life Under Water, Safe as Houses and
Hurrah at Last.
The House in Town marks director
Doug Hughes' Lincoln Center Theater debut. Winner of the Tony, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, Drama Desk and Callaway Awards for his direction of
John Patrick Shanley's
Doubt. Earlier this season, he directed
A Touch of the Poet and
A Naked Girl on the Appian Way for the Roundabout Theatre, where he is an Associate Director. His other Broadway and off-Broadway credits include
Frozen (Tony, Outer Critics, Lucille Lortel Award nominations)
, The Paris Letter, McReele, The Grey Zone (Obie Award) and
Flesh and Blood (Callaway Award).
LCT is also currently presenting
The Light in the Piazza at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, while Clifford Odets'
Awake and Sing! opens tonight, April 17th, at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway.
The House in Town will be performed Tuesday through Saturday evening at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturdays at 2pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets, priced at $70 and $75, will be available beginning Monday, May 8 at the Lincoln Center Theater box office, at telecharge.com or by visiting
www.lct.org.
