Tony nominee Martha Plimpton, currently appearing in MTC's critically acclaimed production of Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS, will be a guest on WNYC's "The Leonard Lopate Show" tomorrow, Thursday, June 12 (1:00 – 1:20 PM). "The Leonard Lopate Show" can be heard locally on 93.9 FM or 820 AM.
Plimpton received a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in MTC's production of TOP GIRLS currently playing at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). This marks Plimpton's second Tonyâ nomination. She is the recipient of a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award and this season was also nominated for the Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award.
In addition to Plimpton, TOP GIRLS features
Mary Catherine Garrison (Rabbit Hole, Assassins), three-time Tony Awardâ nominee
Mary Beth Hurt (A Delicate Balance, The World According to Garp),
Jennifer Ikeda (As You Like It), four-time Obie Award winner
Elizabeth Marvel (Seascape and An American Daughter on Broadway),
Ana Reeder (No Country For Old Men, Sight Unseen), and Academy Award® winner
Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny and In the Bedroom, seen on Broadway in Salomé). The play is directed by
James MacDonald (Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?, A Number).
TOP GIRLS marks the Broadway debut of
Caryl Churchill's groundbreaking work. At the
Top Girls Employment Agency in London in the early 1980s, Marlene has just been appointed head of the firm. But as this ambitious career woman celebrates her achievements, can we applaud her values? This bold and ingenious work from the singularly talented author of Far Away and Cloud Nine offers one of the theatre's most honest portraits of what it means to be a woman in the modern world.
The creative team for TOP GIRLS includes
Tom Pye (scenic design),
Laura Bauer (costume design),
Christopher Akerlind (lighting design),
Darron L West (sound design),
Matthew Herbert (original music),
Paul Huntley (hair and wig design) and
ElizaBeth Smith (dialect consultant).
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 Awardsâ and five Pulitzer Prizes as well as numerous other awards. Renowned MTC productions include 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, following a two-year, $35 million capital campaign. In addition to the Biltmore, MTC operates two theatres at New York
City Center, 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), is serving as Acting Artistic Director. Meadow will return to MTC for the 2008-2009 season and is consulting on the planning of that season.
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Tickets to TOP GIRLS are available by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, online at
Telecharge.com, and at the Biltmore Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Tickets range in price from $46.50-$91.50. For group ticket information, call (800) 432-7780. Student rush tickets are available the day of the performance at the Biltmore Theatre box office for $26.50.
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