Photo Coverage: 'Fifty Words' Opening Night Party

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) opened their production of Tony Award-winner Michael Weller’s new play Fifty Words on October 1st, 2008.

The two character play co-stars Norbert Leo Butz and Elizabeth Marvel, and is directed by Austin Pendleton.  Fifty Words began performances at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on September 10 and continues through October 25.

In Fifty Words, something’s gone awry behind the idyllic façade of Jan and Adam’s Brooklyn brownstone.  At 9:10 p.m., they’re reveling in the freedom of having waved off their young son, Greg, to a neighborhood sleepover.  By 9:30 p.m., things have gone, well…way past awry.  Alternately funny and frightening, Fifty Words is an expansive look at modern marriage, as seen through the looking glass of one couple’s long night’s journey into day.

For more information please visit www.mcctheater.org.

Photos by Peter James Zielinski

Elizabeth Marvel

Michael Weller, Elizabeth Marvel, and Austin Pendleton

Michael Weller, Elizabeth Marvel, Norbert Leo Butz, and Austin Pendleton

Elizabeth Marvel and Norbert Leo Butz

Elizabeth Marvel and Norbert Leo Butz

Norbert Leo Butz

Robert LuPone, Elizabeth Marvel, William Cantler, Norbert Leo Butz, Blake West and Bernard Telsey

The stars of the upcoming 'Catch Me If You Can' Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz

Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz

Aaron Tveit

Aaron Tveit