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Guy Boyd Joins AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY 12/16
By: Eddie Varley Dec. 16, 2008
Tracy Letts' August: Osage County, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics' Circle, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play – is proud to welcome Guy Boyd in the role of Charlie Akien. Boyd will take over from Robert Foxworth on December 16th.
Guy Boyd's credits include: Broadway: Sex & Longing; Rose Off-Broadway: Adam Rapp's Stone Cold Dead Serious; American Sligo; Essential Self Defense; Quincy Long's People Be Heard; Joy of Going; Somewhere Definite; The Lively Lad. Signature:The Late Henry Moss. Playwrights Horizons: Betty's Summer Vacation. Edge: Now That's What I Call A Storm. Film:The Savages, Taking Chance, Sister Act, Jagged Edge, Body Double, Lucas, Streamers (Golden Lion Award - Venice Film Festival - Best Actor).
Directed by Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award Winner Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County is the explosively funny comedy-drama focusing on the Weston family following the disappearance of the family's patriarch.
Voted #1 play of the year by Time, The Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, and TimeOut New York, Charles Isherwood of The New York Times has called August: Osage County "The most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years."
Special holiday schedule: Tuesday, December 23 at 7:30 pm; Wednesday, December 24 at 2:00 pm; Friday, December 26 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm, Saturday, December 27 at 2:00 and 8:00 pm, Sunday, December 28 at 3:00 pm.; Monday, December 29 at 7:30 pm; Tuesday, December 30 at 2:00 pm and 8:30 pm; Wednesday, December 31 at 2:00 pm; Friday, January 2 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm; Saturday, January 3 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm; and Sunday, January 4 at 3:00 pm.
August: Osage County performs Tuesday-Friday at 7:30PM, Matinees on Wednesday and Saturdays at 2:00PM, Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sundays at 3:00PM. Beginning, January 6, performances will be at 7:00 pm on Tuesday. Tickets can be purchased at Telecharge.com, or by calling (212) 239-6200. Outside the NY Metro (800) 432-7250.
The Music Box Theatre is located at 239 West 45th Street.
