Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell to Close June 26

Producers Eric Falkenstein and Michael Alden have announced that the acclaimed production of Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell will play its final performance this Tuesday, June 26, 8:00 p.m. at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, Greenwich Village).  The production, which opened to rave reviews on March 6, 2007, will have played 129 regular performances and 16 preview performances.

The original cast of Stories Left to Tell featured Kathleen Chalfant, Hazelle Goodman, Ain Gordon (who won a 2007 Obie Award for his performance) and Tony-winner Frank Wood.  Chalfant, Goodman and Wood will play the show's final performance.  Soap star Roger Howarth ("As the World Turns") will play the role originated by Gordon.  For the final performance, Tony and Emmy award-winner Elaine Stritch will perform the role of "Career."  She joins an impressive (and eclectic) list of actors including Richard Kind, Fisher Stevens, Estelle Parsons, Josh Lucas, Rachel Dratch, Bruce Vilanch, Valerie Smaldone, Dylan Walsh, Charles Busch, Whoopi Goldberg, David Boreanaz, Christopher Gorham and Michelle Trachtenberg, who have all filled the 5th guest actor position.  In addition, Anthony Rapp ("Journals"), Lisa Kron ("Love") and Darnell Williams ("Journals") are all alumni of the show.

"Spalding Gray is one of the most revered and irreverent storytellers of our time.  He became an indelible image: sitting alone at a desk on a bare stage, delivering hilarious and moving monologues that had a singular resonance with his audiences.  Conceived by Kathleen Russo, Gray's widow and directed by Lucy Sexton, Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell assembles both well-known and never-before-seen work spanning Gray's extraordinary life and career.  It began in 2006 at New York City's P.S. 122, to celebrate what would have been Gray's 65th birthday," accordign to press materials. 

"I am so pleased that we ran this show for almost 5 months and that I had the privilege to work with so many talented people - from our cast, to the director Lucy Sexton, our brilliant design team and The Producers, who all believed in Spalding's work for a larger audience," Russo said.  "This project was so important to our children and family and for Spalding's writing and legacy to continue in the future."

Tickets for the final performance (Tuesday at 8:00 p.m.) are priced at $35 -$65 and are available by visiting www.ticketmaster.com or phoning (212) 307-4100.  In addition, tickets can be purchased directly from the Minetta Lane Theatre box office by phoning (212) 420-8000.

Visit www.storieslefttotell.com for more information.

Photo of Kathleen Chalfant by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

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