Urie To Star In BUYER AND CELLAR At The Chocolate Factory From Mar 12

The Menier Chocolate Factory today announces the dates for UK première of Jonathan Tolins' Buyer & Cellar - this one man comedy was a major Off-Broadway hit in 2013. Buyer & Cellar opens on 19 March, with previews from 12 March, and runs until 2 May. Buyer & Cellar is an outrageous new comedy about the oddest of odd jobs - an unemployed Los Angeles actor going to work in Barbra Streisand's Malibu basement. The production reunites the team behind the sell-out award-winning New York run - Stephen Brackett directs Michael Urie as Alex More. Urie is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Marc St James in Ugly Betty, and is also currently appearing in hit comedy Modern Family. For originating the role at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Urie received the Drama Desk Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and nominations for the Drama League and Outer Critics' Circle awards. Michael Urie's other New York theatre work includes How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (Broadway),The Cherry Orchard (Classic Stage Company), Angels in America (Signature Theatre), The Temperamentals (Off-Broadway; Lucille Lortel - Drama Desk and Theatre World awards; Drama League nomination), The Revenger's Tragedy(Red Bull Theatre) and Another Vermeer (HB Playwrights). He has worked in many US regional theatres, including The Old Globe, Vineyard Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Folger Shakespeare, Barrington Stage, Hyde Park (Austin) and The Blank (Los Angeles). For television his work includes The Good Wife, Hot in Cleveland and Partners; and forfilm He's Way More Famous Than You (also director), Thank You for Judging (co-director/exec producer), Beverly Hills Chihuahua, WTC View, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, The Decoy Bride, Petunia and Such Good People. Jonathan Tolins plays include The Twilight of the Golds (Broadway), If Memory Serves, The Last Sunday in June, andSecrets of the Trade (off-Broadway). A collection of his plays has been published by Grove/Atlantic. For US television he was a writer of Queer as Folk, Partners, The Academy Awards and The Tony Awards; and for film, his work includesThe Twilight of the Golds and Martian Child. He was the author of Pushkin 200: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, acted as script consultant on Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular and co-wrote The Divine Millennium Tour and The Showgirl Must Go On for Bette Midler. Also a journalist, he has written articles for Opera News, Opera Monthly, TheaterWeek, Time and The Huffington Post, and is a panellist on the Metropolitan Opera Radio Quiz. Stephen Brackett directs. His Off-Broadway credits include The Material World, American River, Nothing Is the End of the World (Except for the End of the World), After, Be a Good Little Widow, The Tenant, From the Front Porch, The Sporting Life and Whore. Regional credits include The Trouble with Doug and Kilroy was Here: A Styx Rock Opera. Listings Information Buyer & Cellar Venue: Menier Chocolate Factory Address: 53 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU Press Night: 19 March at 8pm Dates: 12 March - 2 May Times: Tue - Sat 8pm, matinees Sat and Sun 3.30pm Box Office: 020 7378 1713 (£2 transaction fee per booking) Website: www.menierchocolatefactory.com (£1 transaction fee per booking) Tickets: Prices vary, as below: Preview tickets between 12 - 18 March Standard reserved tickets £22.50 / Meal Deals £30.50* / Premium Seats £29.50 Booking before 3 February Standard reserved tickets £27.50 / Meal Deals £35.50* / Premium Seats £35.00/ Concessions & Groups 8+ £25.00 Booking from 4 February Standard reserved tickets £30.00 / Meal Deals £38.00* / Premium Seats £35.00/ Concessions & Groups 8+ £25.00 Book from 12 March Standard reserved tickets £32.50 / Meal Deals £40.50* / Premium Seats £35.00/ Concessions & Groups 8+ £25.00 *A meal deal ticket includes a 2-course meal from the pre-theatre menu in the Menier Restaurant as well as the theatre ticket. www.menierchocolatefactory.com Twitter: @MenChocFactory