MTC Adds Hyde Pierce and Moses To 2008-09 Season

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer; Daniel Sullivan, Acting Artistic Director 2007-2008 Season) is pleased to announce upcoming productions and casting for its 2008-2009 season.

A second production at New York City Center – Stage II, will be announced in the coming weeks. That Stage II production will complete MTC's 2008-2009 season of three Broadway and four Off-Broadway productions.

MTC'S BILTMORE THEATRE
Accent On Youth                                 
Written by SAMSON RAPHAELSON
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
With Tony & Emmy Award Winner David Hyde Pierce
Previews begin April 2009 (Specific dates to be announced)

David Hyde Pierce heads the cast in this rollicking salute to love's possibilities, both on stage and off. Successful playwright Stephen Gaye (Pierce) is about to abandon his latest script, when his young secretary offers him new inspiration. With her as his muse, he stages the show on Broadway, only to learn, to his dismay, that the show's young leading man is being inspired by her too. In this fresh look at Samson Raphaelson's brilliantly clever comedy, the Tony Awardâ-winning actor of Curtains and Monty Python's Spamalot returns to MTC under the direction of Tony Awardâ winner Daniel Sullivan (MTC's Proof and Rabbit Hole). Additional casting will be announced in the coming weeks.

 
MTC AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER – STAGE II

Back Back Back                                      
Written By Itamar Moses
Directed by DANIEL AUKIN
A Timely New Play
Previews begin Fall 2008 (Specific dates to be announced)

Does greatness always come with a price? Can only someone with nothing to lose tell the whole truth? From the acclaimed writer of last season's MTC Stage II hit The Four Of Us and Bach at Leipzig comes a stirring new drama about America's favorite pastime. BACK BACK BACK follows the turbulent careers of three very different teammates in baseball's steroid era whose clubhouse secrets bring them under federal scrutiny.

Directed by Daniel Aukin, formerly the Artistic Director of Soho Rep, this New York premiere reveals a riveting portrait of pressure, paranoia and payback in professional sports. Casting for BACK BACK BACK will be announced in the coming weeks.

As previously announced, MTC will be renaming its Broadway house, the landmarked Biltmore Theatre, the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in recognition of the pioneering Broadway publicist.  The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) will be dedicated prior to the start of the 2008-2009 season. In addition to its Broadway theatre, MTC operates two theatres at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street), its Off-Broadway home since 1984.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, MTC has become one of the country's most prominent and prestigious theatre companies. MTC productions have earned a total of 16 Tony Awards and five Pulitzer Prizes, an accomplishment unparalleled by a New York theatrical institution. Renowned MTC productions include Top Girls; From Up Here; Come Back, Little Sheba; The Receptionist; LoveMusik; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; Kimberly Akimbo; Love! Valour! Compassion!; Sylvia; Four Dogs and a Bone; Putting It Together; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Crimes of the Heart; and Ain't Misbehavin'.

In 2003, MTC reopened Broadway's landmark, long-neglected Biltmore Theatre, soon to be renamed the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, following a two-year, $35 million capital campaign. In addition, MTC operates two theatres at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street), its Off-Broadway home since 1984.

During Meadow's sabbatical this season, Daniel Sullivan, a close associate of MTC and director of several Manhattan Theatre Club productions (Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, Proof, Psychopathia Sexualis), has been serving as Acting Artistic Director. Meadow will resume her full duties as artistic director in September and is consulting on the planning of the 2008-2009 season.

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Single tickets to all productions will be available at a later date. Other listings information will be released in the coming weeks.

Photo Credit Peter James Zielinski