Michael Wilson-Helmed TALLEY'S FOLLY Set to Open at Laura Pels Theatre in March 2013

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has just announced a new production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning play Talley's Folly, directed by Michael Wilson, will complete the 2012-2013 theatrical season.

The limited engagement will begin performances on February 8, 2013 and open on March 5, 2013 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46^th Street).    

Talley's Folly is funny and heart-warming play about finding love when you've nearly given up looking.  At the end of World War II, Matt Friedman, a Jewish immigrant who has spent his life keeping others at a distance, returns to the small town where he first met Sally Talley. Nothing like her conservative Protestant family and neighbors, Sally is a nurse with deep misgivings about the country's future. After a lifetime of believing they'll never truly belong in the world around them, Matt has worked up the courage to ask Sally for her hand, and convince her that they do belong -- together. 

This production completes Roundabout Theatre Company's 2012-2013 season. 

QUOTE FROM Todd Haimes:  "I'm thrilled with how our 2012-13 season has come together. As the final piece to be announced, Talley's Folly is a perfect fit. This intimate revival from one of our great American Playwrights, Lanford Wilson, provides just the right counterpoint to the sprawling period romance of Cyrano, the ensembles of Inge's Picnic or Odets' The Big Knife and the unique musical style of Rupert Holmes' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.  Joining Talley's Off-Broadway this season, we have new plays from the exciting young British writer Nick Payne and from homegrown playwright Steven Levenson, who was first produced through our Roundabout Underground program. It is very exciting to put together a season with such variety, that features talent both familiar and new, and consistently offers the audience the kind of enduring themes and stories that have come to define Roundabout." 

In the Laura Pels THEATRE this season, Talley's Folly joins Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet which is currently in previews, directed by Michael Longhurst and featuring Annie Funke, Michelle Gomez, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brían F. O'Byrne.  In the late spring following the limited run of Talley's Folly, Steven Levenson's The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, directed by Scott Ellis, will begin performances.

At STUDIO 54, Rupert Holmes' musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood will begin performances on October 19^th, starring Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Gregg Edelman, Jim Norton & Chita Rivera, directed by Scott Ellis.

At the AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE beginning September 14^th, Cyrano de Bergerac will begin performances on Broadway.  Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, features a translation by Ranjit Bolt and stars Douglas Hodge,Clémence Poésy & Patrick Page, directed by Jamie Lloyd.  Following that, Sam Gold's production of William Inge's Picnic will begin performances in January and then Doug Hughes' production of Clifford Odets' The Big Knife starring Bobby Cannavale will begin in the spring.

The sixth season of ROUNDABOUT UNDERGROUND also launches this fall with Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews directed by Daniel Aukin in a world premiere production.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony® Award winning Anything Goes will set sail on a National Tourat Cleveland's Playhouse Square in October 2012.  Following its opening in Cleveland, Anything Goes will cruise into more than 25 other cities during the 2012/2013 season.

Only Roundabout subscribers have first access to tickets!  To join Roundabout visit www.roundabouttheatre.org or call Roundabout Audience Services at (212)719-1300.  Tickets for all fall productions are also available at the American Airlines, Studio 54 and Laura Pels box offices.  Single tickets for Talley's Folly will be available this winter.