IMPRESSIONISM's Jeremy Irons & Joan Allen Speak On NPR 3/7

Tune in to National Public Radio's Weekend Edition tomorrow Saturday March 7 to hear Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen speak to Scott Simon about their return to Broadway in IMPRESSIONISM, the new American play opening on Broadway on March 24.

NPR is heard in New York on WNYC (93.9 FM and 820 AM); the story is scheduled to air in the 8:30 AM half hour. Check www.npr.org for your local station.

IMPRESSIONISM is currently in previews at the Schoenfeld Theatre (236 W 45 St) and opens on March 24. It stars Tony Award winners Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen and is directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien. The cast features Marsha Mason, André De Shields, Michael T. Weiss, Aaron Lazar, Margarita Levieva and Hadley Delany.

IMPRESSIONISM's creative team is Scott Pask (scenic design), Catherine Zuber (costume design), Natasha Katz (lighting design), Elaine McCarthy (projection design) and Leon Rothenberg (sound design). Original music is by Bob James.

The production will mark Ms. Allen's first return to Broadway since The Heidi Chronicles in 1989, and Mr. Irons' first time on Broadway since The Real Thing in 1984. IMPRESSIONISM is the story of a world traveling photojournalist and a New York gallery owner who discover each other and also that there might be an art to repairing broken lives.

IMPRESSIONISM is produced by Ostar Productions, Roy Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Chase Mishkin, Jamie DeRoy, Thomas Murphy, Broadway Across America, Michael Filerman, Eric Falkenstein, Morris Berchard, Matt Murphy/Suisman-Gasparian Philip Geier/Donald R. Keough, Jennifer Manocherian/Wendy Federman, Randall L. Wreghitt, Barbara Freitag/Ergo Entertainment, Max OnStage/Hugh Hysell/Richard Jordan.

Jeremy Irons is appearing with the permission of Actors' Equity Association.

www.impressionismtheplay.com