Due to popular, Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced a two-week extension for the first production of the their 24th season, the New York premiere of Buffalo Gal by A.R. Gurney. Performances began July 22, 2008 at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues) for a limited engagement that was originally scheduled to end August 30, 2008 but will now conclude Saturday evening, September 13, 2008. Opening night is Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Mark Lamos (Indian Blood) returns to Primary Stages to direct the six-member cast that features
Mark Blum (Twelve Angry Men) as Dan,
Carmen M. Herlihy (The Piano Teacher) as Debbie, Jennifer Regan (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) as Jackie,
Susan Sullivan (The Fourth Wall, "Dharma & Greg") as Amanda,
James Waterston (As You Like It, Shakespeare in the Park) as Roy, and
Dathan B. Williams (Show Boat) as James.
A.R. Gurney returns to Primary Stages with a comedy that centers around Amanda, a once successful television personality whose star is now fading. Life imitates art as she returns to her hometown of Buffalo to star in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Just as she is connecting with her roots – both on stage and off – she is called back to Hollywood for a role that could recharge her career. Will her love of theater be enough to keep her in Buffalo?
A.R. Gurney, the author of Love Letters and The Dining Room, has given Primary Stages audiences the rare theatrical treasures The Fourth Wall, Strictly Academic, and the Outer Critics Circle Award-winning Indian Blood.
The creative team includes Andrew Jackness (Set), Candice Donnelly (Costumes), Mary Louise Geiger (Lights), John Gromada (Original Music and Sound Design) and Jay Duckworth (Props). The Production Stage Manager is Matthew Melchiorre.
Buffalo Gal will play the following performance schedule: Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Wednesdays through Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m. on August 3 & 10, and Wednesday matinees at 2:00 p.m. on August 13, 20 & 27, September 3 & 10. Following the public performances on August 7th, 14th & 21st, there are special "Artist/Audience Talkbacks" for the attendees of those performances.
Single tickets for Buffalo Gal are priced at $60 each with a specially priced $20 ticket available to patrons 35 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200, online at www.ticketcentral.com, or in person at the 59E59 THEATERS Box Office. Group Tickets (10+) are $45.00 each, and are available by calling (212) 840-9705, ext. 204. Please visit the website at www.primarystages.org, or call (212) 840-9705 for more information
Primary Stages continues the 2008-2009 season with A Body of Water by
Lee Blessing (September 30, 2008 - November 9, 2008), in repertory with Love Child written and performed by Daniels Jenkins and
Robert Stanton (October 12, 2008 – November 19, 2008), and Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself) by
Donald Margulies (January 27, 2009 - March 7, 2009). The season concludes with the world premiere of a new comedy Chasing Manet by Tina Howe (March 24, 2009 - May 2, 2009), featuring Tony Award-Winner
Jane Alexander.
4-play subscription packages are available by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or online at www.ticketcentral.com. For additional information about Primary Stages, please visit the website at
www.primarystages.org.
