THE TEMPERMENTALS Offer Easter Discount; Bonnet Contest

There will be a Special Easter Sunday, April 4rh, 3:00 pm performance of the critically acclaimed hit show "The Temperamentals" by Jon Marans at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). All tickets are only $29 and this includes a drink coupon. Plus there will be at 2:30 an Easter Bonnet contest, The judges will be announced soon There will be prizes for the winners: including tickets to "Love, Loss and What I Wore."

Daryl Roth, Stacy Shane and Martian Entertainment are presenting the hit new American play. Thomas Jay Ryan (recently on Broadway "In The Next Room") portrays Harry Hay. Michael Urie (from TV's "Ugly Betty") is Rudi Gernreich. Arnie Burton (an original cast member of Broadway's "39 Steps") joins the cast in multiple roles. Rounding out the cast of five multiple talented actors are Matthew Schneck, and Sam Breslin Wright. The critically acclaimed show is directed by Jonathan Silverstein. The Set & Costume design is by Clint Ramos, lighting by Josh Bradford and Daniel Kluger is the sound designer. The play was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway. (2 hrs 05 mins including intermission) www.thetemperamentals.com

"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 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 in Hollywood and the film industry as well as the politics of the McCarthy era and also the world of fashion.

The schedule for TalkOut Mondays - the weekly panel of distinguished guests* that follows the performance includes: March 29 - Elizabeth Ashley (actress) & Michael Wilson (director); April 5 - David Hyde Pierce (Tony, Emmy Award winner) & Brian Hargrove (TV executive, writer, producer); April12 - David Mixner (civil rights activist and best-selling author) & guest tba. Future confirmed Guest / Panelists include: Marle Becker (gay activist, "Out FM" radio program); Charles Busch (actor, playwright); David Carter (author "Stonewall-The Riot That Sparked The Revolution" - and being made into a PBS special); Frank DeCaro (SIRIUS XM Out Q Radio host); Frank Kameny (headed the D.C. Mattachine Society & was fired in 1957 as an astrophysicist for being gay. A public apology to Frank from the Obama administration was made this year in a public ceremony); Tom Kirdahy (playwright); Judith Light (actress); Jim McGreevey (former Governor of New Jersey, he was the first and, to date, the only openly gay state governor in United States history); Terrence McNally (award-winning playwright); Daryl Roth (producer 6 Pulitzer Prize winning plays); David Rothenberg (political activist, Fortune Society, WBAI Radio) * subject to change.

Performances are: Monday; Thursday; Friday at 8:00 pm; Saturday at 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm. Ticket prices are: $65 and student tickets for $25 for the mezzanine. The student tickets are available in advance and must be purchased at the box office. Special group rates are also available. Tickets are on sale at the box office and through TeleCharge (212) 239-6200 or (800) 432-7250 and TeleCharge.com.