Suddenly Last Summer Plays Final Performance Jan. 20

Roundabout Theatre Company's limited engagement of Suddenly Last Summer will play its final performance on Saturday, January 20th at 7:30 PM.  

The Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' drama Suddenly Last Summer, features Becky Ann Baker/> (Mrs. Holly), Blythe Danner/> (Mrs. Venable) Carla Gugino/> (Catharine Holly), Gale Harold/> (Doctor Cukrowicz), Sandra Shipley/> (Sister Felicity), Karen Walsh/> (Miss Foxhill) and Wayne Wilcox/> (George Holly), directed by Mark Brokaw/>. Suddenly Last Summer plays Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46 Street). 

The production, which was originally scheduled for a limited engagement through January 14th and extended one week through January 20th, will have played 31 preview performances and 74 regular performances.  Previews began on October 20th, 2006 and opened officially on November 15th, 2006.

Suddenly Last Summer is the psychological drama by Tennessee Williams. Tony- and Emmy award winner Blythe Danner/> (Follies, TV's "Huff") stars as the formidable Mrs. Venable, an aging widow distraught over the mysterious death of her son. When the young cousin traveling with him, played by Carla Gugino/> (After the Fall), begins raising scandalous allegations Mrs. Venable enlists the help of a young doctor, played by Gale Harold/> (TV's 'Queer as Folk,' 'Vanished'), to preserve her son's reputation," as press materials describe the show.

Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre box office (111 West 46 Street).  Ticket prices range from $63.75 - $73.75.  Suddenly Last Summer plays Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. 

Photo - Carla Gugino