PRIMO Extends for Additional Week Through August 14th

Producers Bill Kenwright and Thelma Holt are pleased to announce that the acclaimed National Theatre of Great Britain production of PRIMO, starring Antony Sher as Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, will extend its run at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45 Street) for one more week, through Sunday, August 14. PRIMO is based on Levi's memoir If This Is A Man, as adapted for the stage by Antony Sher, and directed by Richard Wilson.

Writer and chemist Primo Levi was an Italian Jew, internationally famous for his many writings, the first being his 1947 memoir, If This Is A Man (published in the United States under the title of Survival in Auschwitz), his account of the time he spent in the Auschwitz concentration camp during the final year of World War II.

PRIMO, actor and author Antony Sher's adaptation of Levi's memoir, premiered last fall at London's National Theatre to critical acclaim and capacity audiences. Following its London premiere, South African native Sir Antony traveled to his native Cape Town where he performed PRIMO at the Baxter Theatre again to capacity audiences before returning to England this winter to recreate his performance for another sold out engagement in London's West End. PRIMO is designed by Hildegard Bechtler with lighting by Paul Pyant, sound by Rich Walsh and music by Jonathan Goldstein.

The performance schedule for PRIMO is Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, with matinees Saturday at 2pm and Sundays at 3pm. Please note that the final performance on Sunday, August 14, will be a 1 PM. Tickets, priced at $86.25 and $76.25, are available through TELE-CHARGE (212) 239-6200 or at the box office.

For further information, please go to www.ThisisPrimo.com.