STAGE TUBE: GOD OF CARNAGE Original Cast Reunites On LA Stage

The original Broadway cast of the smash hit comedy GOD OF CARNAGE comes to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for six weeks only!

Hear what Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden have to say about the play, which took New York by storm last year.

Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden, the original Tony Award-nominated Broadway cast of the scathingly funny, Tony Award-winning Best Play "God of Carnage," will reunite in Los Angeles for six weeks only to bring this comedy of manners without the manners to the Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre, April 5 through May 15, 2011. Opening night is April 13.

Matthew Warchus, winner of the Tony Award for his direction of "God of Carnage," returns to lead the cast of four - all of whom were nominated for Tony Awards for their performances (Marcia Gay Harden took home the award).

"When I saw the original production on Broadway I knew that I wanted to bring the play to L.A. but I never dreamed that we would get this cast," said CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. "Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden - four terrific actors in four great roles squaring off at the Ahmanson. This isn't just the theatrical event of the season, it's the battle of the century and it's only happening here in Los Angeles."

After seeing this cast on Broadway, Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote "Never underestimate the pleasure of watching really good actors behaving terribly . . . highly skilled stage performers take on roles that allow them to rip the stuffing out of one another, tear up the scenery, stomp on their own vanity and have the time of their lives."

Hailed by Elisabeth Vincentelli of the New York Post as ". . . gleefully nasty fun," "God of Carnage" is set in a gentrified section of Brooklyn where two married couples meet to sort out a playground fight between their sons. At first, niceties are observed but as the evening progresses and the rum flows, the gloves come off and the night becomes a side-splitting free-for-all of verbal brawling. Linda Winer of Newsday said "God of Carnage" is ". . . brutally entertaining," while syndicated columnist Liz Smith raved, "Hysterical! Fasten your seat belts and go!" and Variety's David Rooney thought it was "Played to perfection by a scorching cast." French playwright Yasmina Reza received her first Tony Award in 1998 for Best Play for "Art," which CTG presented at the UCLA/James A. Doolittle Theatre in Hollywood in 1999. She has written seven plays in total including the more recent "Life (x) 3," "The Unexpected Man" and "A Spanish Play."

Tickets for "God of Carnage" are currently available by subscription only. Individual tickets will go on sale January 30. Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling CTG Audience Services at (213) 972-4400 or online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org or in person at the CTG box office located at the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center.

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