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The Portuguese Kid, a new play written and directed by Tony, Pulitzer Prize, and Academy Award winner John Patrick Shanley, is currently in previews ahead of a Tuesday, October 24 opening night at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). Performances began Tuesday, September 19. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
The cast of The Portuguese Kid stars Tony Award winner Jason Alexander (six-time Emmy Award nominee for "Seinfeld," Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Merrily We Roll Along), Pico Alexander (Punk Rock, What I Did Last Summer, Home Again), Aimee Carrero ("Young & Hungry," "Elena of Avalor," and the upcoming "American Horror Story"), three-time Tony Award nominee Sherie Rene Scott (The Front Page, Whorl Inside a Loop, Everyday Rapture), and two time Tony nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Mary Testa (The Government Inspector, First Daughter Suite, Queen of the Mist).
In Providence, Rhode Island, habitually widowed Atalanta (Sherie Rene Scott) pays a visit to her second-rate lawyer Barry Dragonetti (Jason Alexander). Intending to settle her latest husband's affairs, this larger-than-life Greek tightwad quickly becomes a nightmare for her cheesy, self-aggrandizing attorney. Add Barry's impossible Croatian mother (Mary Testa), a dash of current politics and a couple of opportunistic young lovers, and you have in hand a recipe for comic combustion.
This feisty romantic comedy could only come from John Patrick Shanley, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the MTC hits Doubt and Outside Mullingar, and the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Moonstruck. The Portuguese Kid marks MTC's 12th collaboration with Shanley, a partnership that spans over three decades.
The creative team for The Portuguese Kid features John Lee Beatty (scenic design), William Ivey Long (costume design), Peter Kaczorowski (lighting design), and Obadiah Eaves (original music and sound design).
Photo Credit: Richard Termine
Jason Alexander, Aimee Carrero, Sherie Rene Scott and Pico Alexander
Pico Alexander, Aimee Carrero, Mary Testa, Jason Alexander and Sherie Rene Scott
Aimee Carrero and Jason Alexander
Sherie Rene Scott, Aimee Carrero and Jason Alexander
Pico Alexander and Sherie Rene Scott
Mary Testa, Aimee Carrero and Jason Alexander
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