Woman Before a Glass, Lanie Robertson's one-woman play based on the life of Peggy Guggenheim, will play its final performance at the Promenade Theatre on Sunday, June 12, 2005.
The show, which stars Mercedes Ruehl as Guggenheim and is directed by Casey Childs, will have played 22 previews and 110 regular performances off-Broadway since the first performance on February 18, 2005. Woman Before a Glass recently won 5 Obie awards for Ruehl and the entire design team. Ruehl was also nominated for Drama League and Outer Critic Circle Awards.Scenic design for Woman Before a Glass is by Thomas Lynch, with costumes by Willa Kim, lighting by Phil Monat, and original music and sound design by David Van Tieghem. The show is produced by Susan Quint Gallin, Mary Lu Roffe, Debra Black, Maria Cozzi and Morton Swinsky.As described in the press release, "In Woman Before a Glass, Mercedes Ruehl portrays Peggy Guggenheim, the tempestuous lover of men and modern art, who spent her life supporting and loving the greatest artists of the Twentieth Century. Set from 1963 to 1968 in Peggy's home in Venice, the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, the play follows the great triumphs and supreme disappointments of the legendary Grande Dame of the art world. She never bought a work of art for profit and never by chance, assembling a piece-by-piece collection that included major works by Klee, Pollack, Ernst, Miro, Chagall, DeKooning, Dali, Leger, Picasso, Duchamp, Braque, Rothko, Motherwell, Man Ray, among many others."
Ticketholders for performances after Sunday, June 12th should go to their point of purchase for an exchange into another performance or a refund.The Promenade Theatre is located at 2162 Broadway at 76th Street.The performance schedule is Tuesday through Saturday at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets, which are $66.25, include a $1.25 facilities fee and are on sale throughTelecharge.com (212) 239-6200.
