Photo Flash: Crazy Mary in Previews
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 01, 2007
Playwrights Horizons will present the sixth and final production of its 2006/2007 season, the World Premiere of Crazy Mary, a new play by A.R. Gurney (The Dining Room, The Perfect Party, Later Life and The Old Boy all at Playwrights Horizons, Love Letters, Sylvia, Mrs. Farnsworth). Directed by Jim Simpson (Psych and Demonology at Playwrights Horizons, The Guys, Mrs. Farnsworth), previews began Friday, May 11 and the play has its official opening on Sunday, June 3 at 7PM. Performances will continue through Sunday, June 17 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).
The cast is headlined by Tony Award nominee and three-time Academy Award nominee Sigourney Weaver (Hurlyburly on Broadway; Gemini at Playwrights Horizons; Mrs. Farnsworth, The Mercy Seat and The Guys Off-Broadway; the films Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl). Gurney, Simpson and Weaver all collaborated on Mr. Gurney's Mrs. Farnsworth at The Flea in 2004. Appearing in the title role is two-time Obie Award winner Kristine Nielsen (Miss Witherspoon and Betty's Summer Vacation, both at Playwrights Horizons; currently in Our Leading Lady at MTC). Joining them are Michael Esper (Manic Flight Reaction at Playwrights Horizons, subUrbia at Second Stage), Mitchell Greenberg (Isn't It Romantic at Playwrights Horizons, Old Wicked Songs at The Promenade) and Myra Lucretia Taylor (Fabulation at Playwrights Horizons, Nine on Broadway).
In Crazy Mary, "in an attempt to account for the family inheritance, the scion of a wealthy Buffalo, NY clan (Weaver) and her willful, college-aged son (Esper) visit their long lost cousin Mary (Nielsen). The catch: Mary is living in an asylum for the wealthy insane and has barely spoken in years, forcing mother and son to employ radical ends to get through,"state press notes.
Visit www.playwrightshorizons.org for tickets and more information.
Photos by Joan Marcus
Sigourney Weaver and Kristine Nielsen
Michael Esper and Sigourney Weaver
Mitchell Greenberg, Kristine Nielsen, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Michael Esper and Sigourney Weaver
Kristine Nielsen and Myra Lucretia Taylor
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