David Hyde Pierce and Brian Hargrove Set For Talkout Mondays At The TEMPERAMENTALS 4/5

"TalkOut Mondays" (after performance) continues April 5th with David Hyde Pierce (Tony, Emmy Award winner) & Brian Hargrove (TV executive, writer, producer) at the critically acclaimed hit show "The Temperamentals" by Jon Marans at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Daryl Roth, Stacy Shane and Martian Entertainment are presenting the new American play. Thomas Jay Ryan (recently on Broadway "In The Next Room") portrays Harry Hay. Michael Urie (from TV's "Ugly Betty") is Rudi Gernreich. Arnie Burton (an original cast member of Broadway's "39 Steps") joins the cast in multiple roles. Rounding out the cast of five multiple talented actors are Matthew Schneck, and Sam Breslin Wright. It is directed by Jonathan Silverstein. The Set & Costume design is by Clint Ramos, lighting by Josh Bradford and Daniel Kluger is the sound designer. The play was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway. (2 hrs 05 mins including intermission) www.thetemperamentals.com

David Hyde Pierce made his professional and Broadway debut in "Beyond Therapy" and went on to create roles in off-Broadway productions of Richard Greenberg, Jules Feiffer and other before returning to Broadway in "The Heidi Chronicles." Mr. Pierce also appeared in "Hamlet" and "Much Ado" at New York Shakespeare Festival, as well as plays in Chicago at the Guthrie Theatre and in Peter Brook's production of "The Cherry Orchard" in New York, Moscow, Leningrad, and Tokyo. In Los Angeles, he appeared in "It's Only a Play" and "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" with Uta Hagen. Some of his film credits include "Bright Lights, Big City," "Sleepless in Seattle," "Nixon," "Full Frontal," "Down With Love," and "A Bug's Life," Some of the television credits include a long but happy stint on "Frasier," earning four Emmys, American Comedy, Television Critics, Viewers for Quality Television and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Recently he returned to Broadway in "Spamalot" and "Curtains," (winning the 2007 Tony Award for lead actor in a musical), and most recently in "Accent on Youth." Mr. Pierce has been an Alzheimer's Association National Board Member since 1999 and is the national spokesperson.

Brian Hargrove received a BFA from the University of North Carolina, went on to graduate from the Julliard Theatre Center and began his acting career at The NY Shakespeare Festival's Public Theatre. He has worked off-Broadway at the WPA in "Vieux Carre" and at the Manhattan Theatre Club. In regional theatre, he has worked at the Huntington Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, at A.C.T in Seattle, and many roles at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, where he was a company member. Also, during this period, he did about a gazillion television commercials, (Best Foods/Hellmann's Mayonnaise, UPS, Bank of New York, Dairy Queen - to name a few). He then became a television writer for "Dave's World", "Caroline in the City", "Holding The Baby", and "Maggie". He co-created the show "Titus" on Fox, which ran for three and a half years and executive produced "Wanda at Large" and created a comedy for TBS called "Nora". Brian also wrote the book "My Life as a Dog" with Moose, the dog that played Eddie on the television show Frasier - which was sold to NBC as a television movie. In addition, he co-wrote, a new narration for Camille Saint-Saëns' - "Carnival of the Animals" - which was performed at the Hollywood Bowl.
Upcoming TalkOut Mondays guest*: April12 David Mixner (civil rights activist and best-selling author) & guest TBA; April 19 David Reynolds (American historian and literary critic) & guest TBA; April 26 Chuck Wolfe (President & CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund) & Ryan J Davis (Progressive Blogger & Activist). Future confirmed Guest include: Marle Becker (gay activist, "Out FM" radio program); Charles Busch (actor, playwright); David Carter (author "Stonewall-The Riot That Sparked The Revolution" - and being made into a PBS special); Frank DeCaro (SIRIUS XM Out Q Radio host); Frank Kameny (headed the D.C. Mattachine Society & was fired in 1957 as an astrophysicist for being gay. A public apology to him from the Obama administration was made this year in a public ceremony); Tom Kirdahy (playwright); Judith Light (actress); Jim McGreevey (former Governor of New Jersey, he was the first and, to date, the only openly gay state governor in United States history); Terrence McNally (award-winning playwright); Daryl Roth (producer 6 Pulitzer Prize winning plays); David Rothenberg (political activist, Fortune Society, WBAI Radio) * subject to change

Performances are: Monday; Thursday; Friday 8pm; Saturday 2pm & 8pm; Sunday 3pm & 7pm. Tickets are: $65 and $25 student tickets in the mezzanine. The student tickets are available in advance and must be purchased at the box office. Special group rates are also available. Tickets are on sale at the box office and through TeleCharge (212) 239-6200 or (800) 432-7250 and TeleCharge.com.