Williams' Obscure 'Tokyo Hotel' Presented Off-Bway in Feb.

A rarely-performed Tennessee Williams play will receive a Manhattan production next month.

The White Horse Theater Company will present In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel from February 2nd through February 18th at the Abingdon Theatre Complex(312 W. 36th St.). "Written in 1968, during an experimental phase in Mr. Williams' career, In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel depicts the tragic demise of a famous American painter and his desperate wife," according to company notes.

"Set in a Tokyo hotel bar, the piece juxtaposes a deeply personal American experience against the cultural backdrop of an exotic and distinctly foreign Japan. Known for poetically realistic portraits of lost American souls in such plays as The Glass Menagerie and the Pulitzer-prize winning A Streetcar Named Desire, the playwright's In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel shocked audiences with its innovative use of language, stark minimalism, brashness of character and multi-layered symbolism."

The play, which premiered at the Eastside Playhouse in 1969, will be directed by the company's artistic director Cyndy A. Marion. 

Visit www.whitehorsetheater.com for tickets and more information.