Tandy Cronyn will star in THE TALL BOY, a play by Simon Bent based on the short story "The Lost" by Kay Boyle. It is directed by Bruch Reed, based on original staging by David Hammond. It will be presented tonight, Sept. 24 and November 2 at Theatre Row as part of United Solo Theatre Festival.
THE TALL BOY is a moving story about the fragility and resilience of children in war. In it, three boys, a 15-year-old Czech, a 14-year-old Pole and a 12-year-old Italian have been swept up by different American Army units in the final years of WW II and outfitted as GI mascots. When the GIs are shipped back stateside, the boys are dumped at a children's Displaced Persons Camp. The matron of this temporary orphanage is bound by regulations to try to repatriate the children - the US has yet to open its doors to more than a tiny trickle of refugees - but the boys have their hearts set on America. In Simon Bent's dramatization, the story is told by the American matron of the children's camp. Through her eyes, we relive the boys' struggles to find a future for themselves in the aftermath of World War II.
TANDY CRONYN was born in Los Angeles, raised in New York, made her professional debut in Montreal and trained for the stage in London. After a season of repertory in Suffolk and several British teleplays, she returned to the US to tour in Moliere's Scapin and
G. B. Shaw's
The Devil's Disciple. She made her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles replacing
Anita Gillette in the original production of Cabaret. Off-Broadway she has performed in Mint Theater's Drama Desk nominated The Return of the Prodigal, Roundabout Theater's The Killing of Sister George, and A Shayna Maidel at The Westside Arts Theater. Off-Off-Broadway, she performed in
Nat Cassidy's Old Familiar Faces in FringeNYC, and was nominated as Outstanding Actress by the New York Innovative Theatre Awards. She has toured nationally in
A. R. Gurney's The Cocktail Hour,
Mary Chase's Harvey and
Stephen Sondheim's Company. She has performed major roles in theatres across North America, notably Hartford Stage, Barrington Stage, Yale Rep,
Cleveland Playhouse, San Diego's Old Globe and Denver Center Theater, among others. Her work has covered a wide spectrum of styles and playwrights, including Albee, Anouilh,
Alan Ayckbourn, Beckett, Brecht, Coward, Ibsen, O'Neill,
Neil Simon, Shakespeare, Shaw,
Oscar Wilde and
Thornton Wilder.
THE TALL BOY will be presented Wednesday, September 24 at 9pm and Sunday, November 2 at 4pm. Running time is 74 minutes. Theatre Row is located at 410 West 42nd Street at 9th Avenue in Manhattan. Tickets are $18, available at 212-239-6200 or
www.telecharge.com.
