MTC Announces Cast for TO BE OR NOT TO BE

At the Polski Theatre in 1939 Warsaw, Josef and Maria Tura (Tony Award nominees Craig Bierko and Jan Maxwell) are about to open yet another smash with their theatrical troupe. As the German invasion gets underway, the theatre is closed by the censors, forcing the troupe to face desperate times. But when a handsome young bomber pilot enlists their help to catch a spy, what is a group of actors to do? This hilarious black comedy is an ingenious commentary on the World War II era and an inspired tribute to the timeless joys of the theatre. 

Nick Whitby's TO BE OR NOT TO BE is based on the 1942 motion picture To Be or Not To Be. This will mark Whitby's New York playwrighting debut. The world premiere production will be helmed by three-time Tony Awardâ nominee Casey Nicholaw (The Drowsy Chaperone, Monty Python's Spamalot).
 
In addition to Craig Bierko (The Music Man, The Long Kiss Goodnight) and Jan Maxwell (Coram Boy, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), the production will feature Peter Benson (The Pajama Game), Robert Dorfman (The Lisbon Traviata), Steve Kazee (110 In The Shade, Monty Python's Spamalot), Michael McCarty (Mary Poppins), two-time Drama Desk Award winner Brian Murray (The Little Foxes, MTC's A Small Family Business, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead), Obie Award winner Kristine Nielsen (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, MTC's Our Leading Lady), Brandon Perler (Broadway debut), Rocco Sisto (Iphigenia 2.0), Jimmy Smagula (ENCORES! Damn Yankees) and Marina Squerciati (MTC's Beauty of the Father). 

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