Project Shaw Presents BUOYANT BILLIONS At Players Club

Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW Presents A Rarely Seen Comedic Frolic: "BUOYANT BILLIONS" by George Bernard Shaw

Monday, February 16th at 7pm At the Players Club
16 Gramercy Park South

PROJECT SHAW, now in its third of four years, continues tackling every play George Bernard Shaw ever wrote. This will be its 35th presentation.

This rarely performed comedy by George Bernard Shaw will be performed on Monday, FEBRUARY 16th, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South. David Staller is producer and director.

BUOYANT BILLIONS is one of Shaw's wittiest and least known plays, written towards the end of his VERY long life. The plot: after WWII, a rich young man (Bryan Batt) decides to venture forth into the world and become a professional 'world betterer.' Along the way he meets a rich young saxophone playing heiress (Veanne Cox) who treats him so dreadfully that he becomes fascinated by her...and her entire peculiar family. The cast also stars George S. Irving, Charlotte Moore, Ed Dixon, Graham Rowat, Loni Ackerman, Ezra Barnes, Emma Archid, William DeMeritt, John Martello and Marshall Factora. The evening's host will be critic David Sheward. Don't miss this one: it's a rich opportunity!

Tickets are only $20 and are available after the first of the month. Call TheaterMania at 212-352-3101 or log onto www.PROJECTSHAW.com.

THESE PERFORMANCES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. The Players is New York's most legendary private club. The former residence of Edwin Booth, it became a club for those interested in the arts in 1888.

Among those actors who have previously appeared are Michael Cerveris, Megan Mullally, Karen Ziemba, Jayne Houdyshell, Blair Brown, John Cullum, Veanne Cox, Marc Kudisch, Brian Murray, Rebecca Luker, Cheyenne Jackson, Charlotte Rae, Fritz Weaver, Kate Mulgrew, Charles Busch and Kathleen Widdoes.

As Shaw began his theatrical life as a critic, (and since we don't invite reviews), members of the press have also been involved in each reading. Those who have introduced or acted include Jeremy McCarter, Howard Kissel, Charles Isherwood, Michael Riedel, John Simon, Frank Scheck, David Cote, Adam Feldman, Rex Reed, Roma Torre, David Finkle, Eric Grode, and Robert Simonson.

In addition to PROJECT SHAW, GTG is also producing a successful new play development program. Named for one of Shaw' inflammatory one-acts, PRESS CUTTINGS: the new plays. As Shaw was a theater critic before becoming a playwright, all writers are currently on-staff critics or journalists devoted to covering the theater scene. The three writers chosen for the first year's cycle will be David Cote, Jeremy McCarter and Robert Simonson. These plays will be developed in a year-long workshop process. Once their own theatre space is secured, GTG will be presenting a full season including two fully mounted Shaw plays and at least one new play. These plays are to focus on the Shavian precepts involving individual human rights, political and social responsibility and the comic absurdity of daily life.

GTG has announced the plays for 2009.
PROJECT SHAW 2009
All Mondays at 7.
March 16: GTG BENEFIT: St. Pat Day Eve benefit with O'Flaherty VC
April 20: Inca of Perusalem
May 18: Glimpse of Reality & Man of Destiny
June 15: Six of Calais / Simpleton of the Unexpected
July 20: Mrs. Warren's Profession
September 21: Back to Methuselah PART ONE
October 19: Back to Methuselah PART TWO
November 16: On The Rocks
December 14: Why She Would Not (Shaw's unfinished final play)

And don't forget OUR FIRST GALA
Monday March 16th
For St. Patrick's Eve
DINNER AND A SHAW
Join host Anita Jaffe for our first GTG benefit evening will be a corned-beef & cabbage, lamb stew, green pie, puddings and ale St. Patrick's Eve dinner plus a show! We'll have an all-star evening of Shaw with Marian Seldes, Jane Powell, Michael Cerveris, Brian Murray, George S. Irving, KT Sullivan, Diane Stilwell and MORE
with Shaw's larkish Irish one-act "O'FLAHERTY V.C."!
ONLY $75
TICKETS NOW ON SALE and open to the public!
at 212-352-3101 or www.projectshaw.com

 

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