Suddenly Last Summer Previews Begin October 20

Previews performances begin on Friday, October 20th for Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' drama Suddenly Last Summer, directed by Mark Brokaw at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). 

The cast of Suddenly Last Summer includes 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).

Suddenly Last Summer will open officially on Wednesday, November 15th and play a limited engagement through Sunday, January 21st, 2007.

The Suddenly Last Summer design team includes Santo Loquasto (sets & costumes), David Weiner (lights), Peter Golub & Ryan Powers (sound) and Peter Golub (original music).

Mark Brokaw (The Constant Wife) directs this new production of 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," state press notes.

Tickets are now 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 will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.