Off-Bdwy's THE TEMPERAMENTALS Hosts Another Special 'Gay Men Night' 8/16

By popular demand, the hit show "The Temperamentals" is having another special ‘Gay Men Night' (singles and others) on Sunday, August 16th. The party starts at 7:00 pm with wine and hors d'oeuvres in the lobby. The play will begin at 8:00 pm, followed by a talk-back with director, Jonathan Silverstein and playwright, Jon Marans.

Tickets are only $50.00 for the entire night! Go to www.SMARTTIX.com and enter code: HOMOUR for this special offer. Due to wonderful critical and popular acclaimed the play was again extended for the summer through August 23. "The Temperamentals" reopened on June 10th for what was announced to be a limited four week run Off Broadway at the larger TBG Theater, 312 West 36 Street 3rd Floor, NYC.

MAN underdog and Daryl Roth are presenting the new American play. Thomas Jay Ryan plays Harry Hay and Michael Urie (TV's "Ugly Betty") is Rudi Gernreich, with Tom Beckett, Matthew Schneck, and Sam Breslin Wright completing the cast. The acclaimed play is directed by Jonathan Silverstein. Set & Costume design is by Clint Ramos, lighting by Josh Bradford and Daniel Kluger is the sound designer. 2hrs & 15 mins Including intermission

"The Temperamentals" tells the story of two men - the communist Harry Hay and the Viennese refugee and designer Rudi Gernreich - as they fall in love while building the first gay rights organization in the United States pre Stonewall. The play weaves together the personal and political to tell a relatively unknown chapter in gay history. It explores the love between two complex men, as their impossible dream of forming such an unheard of organization becomes a reality in this perilous, unpredictable world. It is an intimate portrayal of the men who created history and the epic struggles they overcame. The characters consist of the actual men who founded the Mattachine Society (Harry Hay, Rudi Gernreich, Chuck Rowland, Bob Hull, and Dale Jennings), as well as other prominent figures of the time. www.thetemperamentals.com
Jon Marans' "Old Wicked Songs" was a 1996 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama, winner of New York Drama League, L.A. Drama Logue Award, and included in Otis Guernsey's Best Plays of 1996-97. It has been produced in over a dozen countries including in London's West End with Bob Hoskins and James Callis. Jon and Yuri Sivo were hired by Universal Pictures and Tribeca Films to write a political/war screenplay based on the acclaimed book CHASING THE DRAGON. Robert DeNiro is slated to play the role of Henry Luce.

Jonathan Silverstein recent credits are the acclaimed Off Broadway revivals of "The Dining Room" (Drama Desk nomination; Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble) and "Tea and Sympathy", both for the Keen Company, where he serves as Resident Director. Some other NYC credits include: Cocteau's "Indiscretions", "Red Herring" (New York International Fringe Festival; "Outstanding Direction" award), "The Hasty Heart" to name a few. Some regional credits are: "The Fantasticks", "Urinetown", "Tick, Tick, BOOM!", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "Cymbeline". www.jonnysilver.com

The remaining performances of this Off Broadway engagement are: Friday - Tuesday at 8:00 pm and matinees on Saturday & Sunday at 3:00 pm; Tickets are only $50 through Smarttix: online at www.smarttix.com or by phone at (212) 868-4444. Theatre is air-conditioned and there is an elevator.

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